Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Duke University Libraries https://archive.org/details/someaccountofpar01eade ST. GILES’S, NOEWICH. st. Giles’s broad street. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PARISH OF ST. GILES, NORWICH, With Maps, Parish Lists, and Numerous Illustrations. SIR PETER EADE, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Hon. Fellow of King's College, London ; Senior Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital; tic., <£c. JARROLD & SONS, 3, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, LONDON ; AND NORWICH. 1886. £ i is CONTENTS. CHAPTEE. PAGE. Map of St. Giles’s, 1883 Early Map of St. Giles’s Preface ... ... ... vii. I. Saint Giles ... ... ... ... ... 1 II. The Parish of St. Giles ... . . ... 5 III. Population and Street List ... ... ... 21 IV. Parish Buildings and Principal Houses ... 34 V. Chapel Field ... ... ... ... ... 52 VI. The City Wall, and the Gates of St. Giles’s 73 VII. The District Outside St. Giles’s Gates ... 1)3 VIII. The Church of St. Giles’s, with List of its Ministers ... ... ... ... 100 IX. The Monuments of the Church and Churchyard of St. Gres’s ... ... ... ... 137 X. Kirkpatrick's Notes of St. Giles’s Church, etc., in 1712 ... ... ... ... ... 198 XI. Notes from St. Giles’s Vestry and Church Bate Account Book, with List of Churchwardens and Overseers ... ... ... ... 212 XII. Notes and Extracts from St. Giles’s Charity Account Book ... ... ... ... 242 XIII. Terriers of St. Giles’s for 1593, 1784, 1827, and 1879 ... ... ... ... ... 262 XIV. Notes from, and on, the Parish Registers ... 282 XV. Municipal Matters ... ... ... ... 308 XVI. Notes, 170G to 1885, in Reference to St. Giles’s Parish and Inhabitants ... ... 321 XVII. Biographies of some Former Inhabitants of St. Giles’s ... ... ... ... ... 344 All. CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. XVIII. List of Parliamentary and other Voters ... 880 XIX. Various Eating and other Lists ... ... 459 XX. Further Notes and Extracts having Eeference to St. Giles’s ... ... ... ... 484 Index of Names of Persons Buried in St. Giles’s Church and Churchyard ... ... ... 495 498 General Index ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE. St. Giles’s Broad Street. Frontispiece Saint Giles ... ... ... ... ... 1 Seal of St. Giles’s Hospital ... ... ... ... 4 St. Giles’s Broad Street—Looking East ... ... 7 St. Giles’s Street, with House of Young Men’s Christian Association ... ... ... ... ... 9 Upper St. Giles's Street ... ... ... ... 11 St. Giles’s School Boom, Chapel Field ... ... 34 94, Upper St. Giles’s Street ... ... ... ... 35 Dining Boom in “Churchman House” ... ... 40 House of Mr. Tho. Churchman ... ... ... ... 41 68, St. Giles’s Street, as Decorated ... ... 43 53, Bethel Street ... ... ... ... 45 9, Chapel Field .. ... ... ... ... 46 Nos. 15, 16, and 17, Cow Hill (Holkham House) ... ... 46 Carved Doorway in Mack’s Yard ... ... 47 Kinghorn’s House ... ... ... ... ... 47 Boman Catholic Chapel, Willow Lane ... 48 Gilman’s Offices ... ... ... .. ... 49 Aspen-Poplar ... ... ... ... ... 61 Chapel Field Gardens, with Pavilion and Chestnut Tree 65 Volunteer Drill Hall ... ... ... ... 69 St. Giles’s Gate (Inside), 1720 ... ... ... 77 ,, ,, (Outside), 1720 ... ... ... 77 ,, ,, (Inside), 1792 ... ... ... ... 81 ,, ,, (Outside), 1792 ... ... ... 81 Portion of Old City Wall, with Tower ... ... 85 Triumphal Arch, 1866 ... ... ... ... 88 Front of Old City Gaol ... ... ... ... 96 XIV. ILLUSTRATIONS. TAGS. St. Giles’s Church, 188G ... ... ... ... 101 „ ,, before Restoration... ... ... 105 „ „ „ „ (Interior) ... 108 Interior of Sr. Giles’s Church, 1886 ... ... ... Ill Font ... ... ... ... . 113 Communion Plate . ... ... ... . 115 Couvre-Feu or Curfew ... . ... 124 Mayors’ Standards ... ... ... ... 127 Old Parish Umbrella ... ... ... 129 Watchman’s Rattle or Crake ... ... ... ... 130 Coffin Plate—Churchman ... ... ... 131 ,, Payne ... ... ... ... ... 132 Church Monument—Alderman Churchman ... ... 143 „ Stannard ... ... ... ... 145 Snell ... ... ... 146 ,, Sir Thomas Churchman ... ... 149 „ Offley ... ... ... ... 151 Beevor ... ... ... ... 153 ,, Adrian Payne ... ... . . 155 Rubbing of Brass—Smyth ... ... ... ... 160 „ ,, Purdaunce ... ... ... 161 ,, ,, Baxter ... ... ... ... 164 „ ,, Bedingfield ... ... ... 165 ,, ,, Landysdale ... ... ... 173 ,, „ Hervy .... ... ... ... 174 ^ ,, Spendlowe ... ... .., ... 174 Copy of First Page of Earliest Parish Register Book ... 286 Flat Archway to Watts’s Court ... ... ... 379 .ST SWITHIN ST LAWRENCE PARISH UPPER st' •qJVes: jj.WEE'f' (jfr educed fro > ^©rinraiue Snrbegx^ ? * *&**?ff| i o *■; o ^ '•t V‘ A : v ? - 06 i'*/ ?'$$&£ fi JIT LI ^ PLACB REFERENCE .lltitudss in /art ahoc* & Pansh Poundorits thus . ■sv Giles's vanish , -prom old M A P*P Us AND OTHER. 2> ATES \ ) PREFACE. The edition of my Lecture on Saint Giles, published in 1870, having become exhausted, I have ventured to undertake the task of remodelling as well as greatly enlarging it, instead of merely reprinting it in the original form. As will be seen, I have in the present volume given a short account of St. Giles’s parish as it at present exists ; and I have at the same time endeavoured to sketch, however imperfectly, some of its past history; whilst I have also been enabled to print numerous lists and documents, which serve in many ways to illustrate this past history, both as regards the parish and its inhabitants. To many persons now living, any description of the present state of the parish may appear to be both superfluous and uninteresting, because now patent and evident to all. But time passes so rapidly, and changes so quickly occur, that the facts of to-day rapidly pass away, and themselves become history. Even during the time in which I have been engaged in preparing these pages, very con¬ siderable changes have taken place, whilst during the period of my residence in St. Giles’s both persons and names, long familiar, have disappeared, blouses also have been remodelled and rebuilt, even public buildings have been changed, whilst the very paving of the streets has been profoundly altered (macadam giving way to wood, just as in many other parts of the city the hard angular flint stones which had for generations formed the flooring of the streets and thoroughfares, have themselves been replaced by the same material). These changes will be found duly chronicled in their proper places. In undertaking such a work as this, it has been found impossible to make it absolutely complete, and it is probably equally impossible to prevent some small errors of detail. But I have endeavoured to secure that these errors shall be as few as possible; and I have PREFACE. taken every available opportunity of verifying any statements I have personally made, either by my own special investigation, or through the kindness of friends. To those many friends and others who have so kindly assisted me, either with material, with references, or with some of their accumulated knowledge, I beg to offer my best acknowledgments : without their assistance the present volume could scarcely have appeared at all. Amongst others, I am especially indebted to Mr. C. Goodwin, Mr. Fitch, Major Washington, Mr. Colmau, M.P., Mrs. Herbert Jones, Mr. C. Williams, Mr. James Reeve, Mr. Mark Knights, Mr. Martin, Mr. A. J. Chambers, Mr. Tallack, &c., &c. To Mr. Fitch I am especially indebted for his permission to reproduce some manuscript notes on St. Giles’s by the late eminent Norwich Archaeologist, Mr. John Kirkpatrick. As coming from his pen, these will have an interest of their own. They are printed verbatim , and it is believed that, as a whole, they are now first given to the public. I desire also to express my thanks to Major Washington of the Ordnance Department, now stationed at Norwich, for his valuable aid in pre^iaring the complete and accurate map of this parish given herewith. I am further indebted to the “ Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead” for permission to use the list of St. Giles’s Church and Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions prepared by them; as also to their Secretary, Mr. Vincent, for his assistance in connexion there¬ with. The Parish Registers have been found to be storehouses of interest and to be full of the most valuable information, direct and in¬ ferential. It has been a matter of regret that the size of this work has precluded the giving of more extended extracts. Of the various histories of Norwich I have, of course, made full use ; and I desire to express my obligations to the authors of these, as well as to the authors of the many other works which I have consulted, and to most of which due reference is made in the proper place. Blomefield, Bayne, White, Chambers, Creuse, Mason, Rye, Matchett, Taylor, may be especially named as having furnished me with much valuable material. PREFACE. ix. Many of tlie local drawings have been executed for me by Mr. A. J. Chambers, and the photographic and other views taken by Mr. Shrubsole. It is hoped that the illustrations may increase the interest of the work. The difficulty of reducing general and floating knowledge into precise and reliable statement has often been found to be immense; as also that of acquiring exact knowledge of persons and things, even of recent date. In this respect I have been greatly aided by neighbours and friends, as well as by some of the “ oldest in¬ habitants.” Such an attempt as this at a parish history requires little further introduction. A complete history is, as has been said, impossible, and many subjects must necessarily remain incomplete, or even quite fragmentary. But it is hoped that the notes I have been able to make may at least give a general outline of the subject; and may further give to the public, and thus preserve for future use many facts and much local knowledge which is rapidly passing from memory and record. A few partial repetitions will be found in connection with some subjects, but these have been thought necessary for their complete¬ ness. For the faults and shortcomings of the work, I venture to ask tho kindly consideration of its readers. Norwich , 1886. CHAPTER I. AINT GILES (or S. Gyles, or JEgidius), our parish Saint, to whom our church is dedicated, and from whom our parish takes its name, still retains his place in the Calendar of the Church of England prayer-book. September 1st is the day appropriated to his memory. Although his fame and repute have been much dwarfed by the lapse of centuries, yet he B ST. GILES'S. 2 was, in his own time, and for long afterwards, a very eminent personage. He appears to have been horn at Athens, towards tire end of the seventh century, hut to have, very early in life, migrated to France, Avhere he settled as a hermit, at a place about twelve miles to the south of Nismes, where there is a romantic story of his having been fed by a heaven-directed hind, which came daily to give him its milk. It is said that his retirement in his forest cave rvas discovered by the king of the country (Flavius, Iving of the Goths), who, having wounded this animal when out hunting, followed it until it took refuge at the feet of the holy anchorite. Hence, he is always pictured in legendary representations as an aged man, often with a long white heard, and a hind pierced by an arrow is either in his arms or at his feet (see sketch). Saint Giles appears to have died in his hermitage about a.d 750, and the place becoming sanctified by the extreme veneration which the people bore to his memory, there arose on the spot a magnificent monastery, and around it a populous city bearing his name, and giving the same title to the Counts of Lower Languedoc, who were styled Comtes de St. Gilles. The abbey of St. Giles was one of the greatest of the Benedictine communities, and its abbots became powerful temporal, as well as spiritual, lords. They built here two splendid churches, one of which still remains. Saint Giles is the patron of beggars. Going to church one day in his youth, he gave his coat to a sick beggar who asked alms of him. The mendicant was not only clothed, but the Saint’s garments miraculously cured his disorder. He is also the patron saint of cripples. He is said not only to have refused to be cured of his own lameness, the better to mortify him in all fleshly appetites, but also to have made a lame man walk. As such patron, it was customary that St. Giles’s church should be on the outskirts of a town, or in one of the great thoroughfares leading into it (just as we see in our own parish), in order that cripples might the more con- SAINT GILES. 3 veniently come to and cluster round it. St. Giles’s Cripple- gate, in the East of London, and St. Giles’s-in-tke-Fields, where Matilda, Queen of Ilenry the First, founded a hospital for lepers, are illustrative of this fact. The parish church of Edinburgh is dedicated to this Saint. It is related that one William Preston, of Gorton, travelling in France, succeeded, with great pains and expense, in ob¬ taining a most holy relic, an arm-bone of Saint Giles, and brought it home to Scotland, to be placed for perpetuity in St. Giles’s church. The municipality, in gratitude, allowed him to raise an aisle in the church, and granted that he and bis successors should have the privilege of carrying the bone in all processions. So lately as 1556, scarcely more than three hundred years ago, the Dean of Guild of Edinburgh expended twelve pence in “ mending and polishing Saint Gele’s arm.” Two years later, however, much of this veneration for Saint Giles seems to have departed, for we read that, in 1558, when the wooden image of the Saint was required for carrying in procession on his anniversary day, it was found to have been taken by the populace and ignominiously burned.* Saint Giles’s bind still figures as a supporter in the coat armorial of the city of Edinburgh. The golden legend records that, “ many wytnisse that they herde the company of angelles berynge the soule of him into heven.” St. Giles’s Hospital (the Great Hospital), in Bishopsgate Street, of this city, formerly a monastic institution, and now an almshouse for aged poor, has, or had, a seal (figured by Blomefield), of which a sketch is given herewith. This hospital, as is so commonly the case, is situated just without the city walls. Dr. Husenbeth (“Emblems of Saints,” pages 73-4) gives the following references to delineations of this saint and his hind in various positions:— Lessingham.—Roodscreen. Hempstead.—Pulpit; formerly on the roodscreen. * Vide Hone, Chambers, Doran, &c., &c. 4 ST. GILES'S. T averh amF on t. Great Plumstead Church—formerly on the roodscreen. Norwich Cathedral. — Font. Der Heyligen Leben. Catalogus Sanctorum. Callot. M. S. Hours. British Museum.-—Albert I)urer. Sandringham Church—Glass. Molanus. Seal of S* Giles foyrper)y bejopgi^g to tl>e Oreat HospjtaJ CHAPTER II. THE PARISH OF ST. GILES. The Parish of St. Giles* occupies a district of the city which is of considerably later date than some of the oldest portions of Norwich. It appears to have been originally settled in the time of Edward the Confessor, and was much increased at the Conquest by the Normans or Frenchmen settling in it, who did here as they did elsewhere, always get the best for themselves, for this Neu'-Burgh con¬ tained the most pleasant part of the city, viz., the parishes of St. Giles and St. Peter of Mancroft. The two streets, St. Giles’s and Bethel Streets, leading from the Market-place to St. Giles’s Church, are called in old deeds the Lower and Upper New-port, the word Port signi¬ fying a gate (sometimes, also, a town), and the streets being those leading to these gates.f As is usual with parishes dedicated to Saint Giles, this one lay upon the outskirts of the houses, though within the city proper; and along its outer edge was afterwards built a portion of that defensive city wall so much of which has now disappeared, and some of the St. Giles’s portion of which has been pulled down and removed within a very few years. The disappearance of this city wall, though so much ob¬ jected to by archaeologists, marks the progress of the city, and the extension of its inhabited parts into the hamlets. And thus it happens that, at the present time, St. Giles’s, instead of being on the outskirts of Norwich, as formerly, See Maps. t Blometield's History. ST. GILES'S. 6 is now completely overlapped by the populous district of Heigbam; which hamlet, though formerly open, and known as Heigham fields, and until within a very few years almost country, is now largely covered with streets and houses, and at the census of 1881 possessed a population of 24,031 persons. And this number is still rapidly increasing. St. Giles’s parish now forms a part of the great third ward, one of the eight wards into which the city and hamlets are now divided. This ward now comprises the parishes of St. Benedict and St. Giles, and the hamlets of Earlham. and of Heigham (divided into North and South Districts). Previous to the division of the city into its present eight wards (1835), St. Giles’s formed a portion of the Mancroft Ward, which also included* * * § the parishes of St. Stephen, St. Peter Mancroft, and part of the hamlet of Earlham.t The population of this third ward, by the census of 1881, amounted to 27,703. It sends six representatives to the Town Council, who at the present time are: + (Mr. C. E. Muriel + (Mr. Silvanus Smith Mr. James Goldsmith Mr. Samuel Matthews Mr. Pobert Daws ) Third 3 Mr. John Perra Watson j The Alderman for the third ward is Mr. Ambrose Winter, jun. The number of streets in this parish is not large. The main street (Lower Newport), called St. Giles’s Street, runs through it, and extends from St. Giles’s gates to the Market Place. The portion of this street which is in St. Giles’s parish terminates at the parish boundary, near the Norfolk Pirst year. > Second ,, * Blomefield, vol. iv., p. 238. 1 A proposal has recently been made in the Norwich Town Council to re¬ arrange the wards of the city, so as to make the number of voters in each a little less disproportionate, but the consideration of the question has been postponed for a short time. J Replacing Sir Peter Eade and Mr. George White. § Mr. H. S Robinson elected November, 1886. 8T. GILES’S BROAD STREET—LOOKING EAST. I PARISH OF ST. GILES. 9 Hotel; the remaining portion of the street, which extends from this point to the Market Place, being in the parishes of St. Gregory and St. Peter Man croft. Until quite recently (1882), the portion of the street between the gates and the junction of Bethel Street with St. Giles’s Street was called Upper St. Giles’s Street, and the portion from the church to the Market Place, St. Giles’s Broad Street, but this dis¬ tinction is now virtually removed, and the whole length of the street is now regarded as St. Giles’s Street, in consequence of the houses on both sides of the street having been numbered consecutively from end to end, by order of a committee of the Town Council. ST. GILES'S STREET, WITH HOUSE OF YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (No. 48). The whole of St. Giles’s Street, from the gates to the Market Place, has recently (1882) been paved with wood. Besides this main street, a portion of Bethel Street (which includes what is sometimes called St. Giles’s Plain) is in this parish ; and lligby’s Court (formerly Pit Lane), Fisher’s Lane, Willow Lane, Cow Hill, and Wellington Lane lie 10 ST. GILES'S. within its boundaries ; as does also the East side of St. Giles’s Hill (Grapes Hill), down to Pottergate Street; as well as the South side of St. Benedict’s Plain, and of a small portion of Pottergate Street. The greater portion of the road running from the Drill Plall to the top of Theatre Street is in St. Giles’s parish, and Chapel Eield Road forms a boundary to that part of the parish by which it runs. As before stated, the boundary of the parish in St. Giles’s Street is at the house forming the western portion of the Norfolk Hotel; and on the opposite side, at the house east of ICett’s yard, and now forming the entrance to the Sal¬ vation Army Barracks. In Bethel Street the boundary is, on the right-hand side (passing eastward), at the stable adjoining the Coach and Horses Tavern; and on the left side at No. 54, the house now occupied by Mr. Goodchild. In both St. Giles’s and Bethel Streets, and in Chapel Eield, iron plates on the walls indicate the boundary lines, but none are placed at the boundary in Pottergate Street. In shape (see map) the parish is broadly triangular, with the base along Chapel Eield Road and St. Giles’s Hill. Near the Norfolk Hotel a small strip projects into the parish of St. Gregory. It covers a space of 22*952 acres, and comprises within its area rather more than half of the Chapel Field (its north and north-westerly portions). Its rateable value in 1881 was £5,515 5s. Fisher s Lane leads from St. Giles’s Broad Street to Potter¬ gate Street. Its name indicates that it was a road to the fish-quay which formerly existed here. Chambers says of St. Lawrence Church that it stands upon the very spot of ground* that, in ancient days, before the retreat of the sea, when Norwich was as great a fishing town as Yarmouth now is, was the quay or landing-place for all the herrings brought * The correctness of this statement has recently been questioned, on what would appear to be good authority. UPPER ST. GILES'S STREET PARISH OF ST. GILES. 13 hither, the tithe of which was so considerable when it belonged to the Bishops of the East Angles, that when Afric, the Bishop, granted the quay staithe llagh (or close enclosed with hedges), together with the adjoining mansion to Bury Abbey, about 1038, the Abbey upon building the church, had a last of herrings reserved to it, to be paid them yearly. Blomefield also states that at a later period, the Corporation of Norwich, as Lords of the Manor of East Carlton, used to deliver yearly at the Queen’s Exchequer, on the last day of November, one hundred and twenty herrings baked in twenty-four pies; but it would seem that they did not always faithfully discharge this their duty, for we read that in 1629, the Mayor and Sheriffs received a letter from his Majesty’s Secretaries of State, complaining of the quality of these herring pies. They complained that they were not the first new herrings that were taken, according to tenure ; that the pies were not well baked; and that the herrings were deficient in number, as there ought to be one hundred and twenty, five in each pie; also that many of them were broken in the carriage. Schools .—A voluntary Church School for Girls is carried on in the parish schoolroom in Chapel Field. It can receive about 150 children. The head-mistress is Miss Burbidge. It is supported by pupils’ fees, voluntary contributions, and the Government Grant. There is also an Infants’ School in Wellington Lane, now carried on by the parish, but until quite recently, supported entirely by the Lev. W. N. Ripley (now Canon Ripley) and Mrs. Ripley. The head-mistress is Miss Hill. The building in which this school is held is the property of the parish of St. Andrew, from whom it is hired. It was converted several years ago to its present state and uses from very poor cottages, by and at the expense of the Rev. W. N. Ripley. Post Offices .—There is a Branch Post Office at No. 91, St. Giles’s Street; a Wall Letter Box on St. Giles’s Plain ; and a Pillar Letter Box on Grapes Hill. 14 ST. GILES'S. The District Medical Officer is Mr. F. C. Bailey, of Bethel Street. The Public Vaccinator is Dr. W. Guy, of St. Andrew’s Hall Plain. The Registrar of Births and Deaths for the parish of St. Giles is Mr. T. W. Crosse, of St. Giles’s Street. The Registrar of Marriages is Mr. J. Restieaux, of Stafford Street, Heigh am. The Superintendent Registrar is Mr. G. R. Cooke, Registry Office, Bridge Street, St. Andrew’s. The Relieving Officer is Mr. G. Burton, Park Lane, South Heigham. The Rate Collector is Mr. S. Mann, Magdalen Street. The Licensed Houses in St. Giles’s parish are twelve in number, viz. : Mortimer’s Hotel—St. Giles’s Street. Norwich Restaurant—St. Giles’s Street. The Cock, Upper St. Giles’s Street (Steward, Patteson, and Co.) The Queen’s Head, Upper St. Giles’s Street (Youngs, Crawshay, and Co.) The Wine Company’s Stores, Upper St. Giles’s Street (Bolingbroke, Woodrow, and Co.) St. Giles’s Gate Stores, St. Giles’s Gates. Volunteer Stores, Chapel Field Road. King’s Head Tavern, Upper St. Giles’s Street (Bolingbroke and Co.) Vine Tavern, Upper St. Giles’s Street (Bolingbroke and Co.). Duke of Wellington, Wellington Lane (Youngs and Co.). Red Cow, Cow Hill (Youngs and Co.). Alma Tavern, Pottergate Street (Steward, Patteson and Co.). Also Miss Goggs (Grocer’s Wine License), St. Giles’s Gates. Besides which, the westerly portion of the Norfolk Hotel premises are in this parish. MEDICAL MEN OF ST. GILES’S. 15 In 176U* the Inns in St. Giles’s were the Admiral Vernon Red Cow Cock Eagle and Child Two Quarts King’s Head Green Man kept by Thomas Cooke ,, Thomas Friend ,, Matthew Browne ,, Hugh Gibson „ Benjamin Walker. ,, George Blumfield ,, Thomas Lawes. MEDICAL MEN OF ST. GILES’S. St. Giles’s Street and St. Giles’s Parish appear for a long period to have been the favourite residence of Medical Men in Norwich, and at the present time no less than 15 members of the medical profession, in addition to surgeon dentists, are resident in the parish, namely, Mr. Bailey Dr. Bateman Dr. Beverley Mr. Burton Mr. Cadge Mr. Crosse Sir B. Eade, M.D. Dr. E. Firth Mr. Goodwin Mr. G. R. Master Mr. Muriel Mr. C. Muriel Mr. Robinson Mr. Spowart Mr. Woodhouse Of the eight members of the present Medical Stall of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, six live in St. Giles’s, viz., Sir P. Eade and Dr. Bateman, Physicians; Mr. Cadge and Mr. Crosse, Surgeons; and Dr. Beverley and Mr. Robinson, Assistant Surgeons, (Dr. Taylor, the third Physician, living in St. Giles’s Road, Heigham ; and Mr. Williams, the other Surgeon, living on Prince of Wales’s Road). Of the others, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. * From Corporation Kecords. 16 ST. GILES'S. Burton are Medical Officers of tlie Bye Infirmary in Potter- gate Street; Mr. G. It. Master and Mr. Burton are Medical Officers of the Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children, also in Pottergate Street; Dr. E. Eirtli, of the Lying-in-Charity and the Norwich Dispensary ; and Mr. Bailey, of the Asylum for the Blind, in Magdalen Street. Mr. Crosse is Medical Officer of Health for the City of Norwich. In quite recent times the following Medical Men have also resided in St. Giles’s parish : Mr. A. Master Dr. Charles Firth Mr. Balfe Mr. John Fox Dr. Hanking Mr. A. M. F. Morgan Mr. G. W. W. Firth Dr. Copeman Mr. Johnson Mr. Dashwood Mr. Garthon Mr. Edgar Mr. Wiles Mi’. Dixon Mr. Marsack Mr. Webber Dr. G. Hull Dr. E. Lubbock Mr. Page Nicol Scott Dr. Rigby Mr. J. G. Crosse Mr. William Back Whilst, previous to this century, I find the names of: *Dr. Richard Lubbock, at No. 76, as then numbered, now Mr. White’s. Dr. II. Beevor, at No. 58, now Mrs. Hewett’s. Dr. James Beevor, at No. 72, now Mortimer’s Hotel. Mr. Matcham, at St. Giles’s Hill. Mr. J. Pitchford, at No. 26, now Mr. Cooke’s. Mr. Elias Norgate, at No. 17, now Mr. Dunsford’s. f Dr. Robert Dack. fMr. John Flowerdew. Dr. Offley. John Hobert. * Besided just without the bounds of the parish, but thought worthy of in¬ sertion, on account of his name and his importance, f Norwich Poll Book for 1768. POOR LAW DISTRICTS. 17 POOR LAW MEDICAL DISTRICTS. Norwich is now divided into eight Medical Districts. The seventh district, which includes, besides St. Giles’s, the parishes of St. Peter Mancroft, South Heigham, Earlham, and St. John of Timberhill, is now held by Mr. P. C. Baile} r , of Bethel Street. In 17G8 Norwich was divided for medical purposes into only three districts, and Mr. William Donne is noted as Medical Officer for the parish of St. Giles; his district in¬ cluding, also, the parishes of St. Stephen, St. Peter of Mancroft, St. Benedict, St. Swithin, St. Margaret, St. Law. rence, St. Gregory, St. John Maddermarket, the Hamlets of Eaton, Earlham, and Heigham; and also St. John’s Work- house, and the City Gaol. The Surgeons for the other two districts were, Mr. Joseph Rogers for the parishes of St. Peter Southgate, St. Etheldred, St. Julian, St. Peter-per-Mountergate, St. John Sepulchre, St. Michael-at-Thorn, St. John Timberhill, All Saints, St. Andrew, St. Michael-at-Plea, St. Peter Hungate, St. Simon and Jude, St. George Tombland, St. Martin-at-Palace, St. Helen, and the hamlets of Trowse, Carrowe, Bracondale, and Lakenham, St. Andrew’s Workhouse, and Bridewell; and Mr. Dadd Martineau for the parishes of St. Michael Coslany, St. Mary, St. Martin-at-Oak, St. Augustine, St. George Cole¬ gate, St. Clement, St. Edmund, St. Saviour, St. Paul, St. James, the Hamlets of Pockthorpe, Hellesdon and Thorpe, and the Infirmary.* FIRES AND EPIDEMICS. In 1507 two large fires occurred in Norwich, in which (says Blomefield) there were 718 houses burnt, including many in the parish of St. Giles. The greater one seems to Crouse’s “ History of Norwich,” vol. i. pages 353 4. 18 ST. GILES'S. have begun near the Popinjay , which was then burnt, and to have made the greatest havoc on the river side, from the bottom of Tomblaud, through St. Andrew’s, up the city; for the river was so stopped up with rubbish, that the first thing the court did was to publish an order for it to be forth¬ with cleared; and then they chose Tho. Aldrich, Robert Browne, and Henry Attemere, to go to the King’s Privy Council to inform his Majesty of their misfortune, and im- plore his aid and advice, to maintain the sufferers in their present extremity, and rebuild the city. In response to the appeal for help, the city of London and the rest of the country raised large sums, which, joined to what the Court, and other private subscriptions raised, soon re-edified part of it again. [It seems, however, to have been a great while before the river and the streets could be cleaned. But, like the great fire of London, these Norwich fires were, probably, not an unmixed evil, for they, doubtless, cleared away many bad and narrow streets, and, further, before any one began to build it was ordered that no one should cover any newly- built house with thatch , but should tile them all, for the future safeguard of the city.] As is well known, Norwich was formerly visited by many and fatal epidemics of disease. The small-pox, the sweating sickness, and, above all, the plague, devastated the city at frequently-recurring intervals. Blomefield speaks of 1348, 1361, 1369, 1390, 1485, 1506, 1578, 1583, 1602, 1609, 1631, 1637, 1646, 1665 and 1666 as especially years marked by the prevalence of these diseases.* It will be seen by reference to the St. Giles’s Register of Burials that 1579, 1584, 1603, 1625, 1666, 1681, 1687, and 1701 were the years that pre¬ sented an excessive number of such entries; whilst in many of the other years mentioned there is no indication therein of any excessive mortality in the parish. * Hecker (“Epidemics of the Middle Ages”) gives the years 1485, 1506, 1517, 1528, and 1581 as the years when the sweating sickness most largely prevailed in England. FIRES AND EP ID EM rCS. 19 The highest record is of 112 burials in 1603, and 79 in 1666. Of the plague (or Blade Death) of 1348, Blomefield writes: “In 1348, January 1, the plague broke out in this city, from which time to the 1st of July following, as our historians assure us, there died no less than 57,104 persons in this city only, besides religious and beggars,” i.e., 57,000 out of 70,000 inhabitants of the city and its suburbs. But, according to the Book of Bleas, kept in the Guildhall, this plague lasted a whole year, beginning “ in the south parts of the world, and going through even the northern parts thereof, attacking all nations of the world. In many places this plague did not leave a fifth part of the people alive; it ■ struck the world with great fear, so great was the pestilence.” The Chronicle of St. Albans, where there is an exact account of it, ends thus :—“ But whaune this pestilence was cessed, as God wolde, unnetlies the 10th part of the people was left on lyve. And in the same yeare began a wonder thynge, that all that ever were borne after the pestilence, hadde two chek tetli in their heed, lasse than they hadde afore.” The terrible mortality of the Great Blague in the year 1666 is well shown by our parish registers, which prove that our parish suffered severely, as well as other parts of the city, as many as 79 burials being registered in this year—a number nearly four times the average of several years before and after it.* It is noticeable, in examining these earlier records for many years, that the great mortality from pestilence nearly * The year of the Great Plague in London was 1665, but the great mortality here— i.e. in St. Giles’s — is recorded in 1666. Extract from the Blofield Registers: — " Memorandum—yt ther was collected ;ti ye P’rish of Blofield, bye virtue of an order from ye Justices of Peace, of this couutie, upon the 2-1 th day of September, 1666, the sum of £2 10s. lOd., which was for ye relief of ye poore and infected parishes in ye Cittie of Norwich. Teste, Alex. Shipdham” (Quoted from a paper by Mr. H. Daveney, in the “East Anglian," vol. i., page 144). 20 ST. GILES'S. always occurred in the months from July to November. It is also worthy of remark that at this period there is no indication of any very excessive senile or other mortality occurring in the early cold spring months, as is now so markedly the case. The connection of ignorance and filth, and, above all, of ignorance of sanitary laws and of the necessity of cleanliness, with the frequent recurrence and the fatality of these pesti¬ lences, is well recognized; and such entries as the following clearly point to the absence, at that time, of proper sanitary arrangements in the city. We read that in 15-38 one Mr. Alderman Hemmyng gave the city two acres of land lying outside St. Giles’s gate to lay manure upon; and again, in 1578, w'hen Queen Elizabeth was about to visit Norwich, that the muck-hill at Brazen Doors was ordered to he carried away.* * See Rye, who uses the term, “More than Scythian filth.” CHAPTER III. POPULATION AND STREET LIST . The Population of St. Giles’s at the last census, in 1881, was 1438. In 1693 it was 910; in 1752, 961; in 1801 it was 1076; in 1811, 1043; in 1821, 1422; in 1831, 1595; in 1841, 1546 ; in 1851, 1611 ; in 1861, 1586 ; and in 1871 it amounted to 1563*. There has, therefore, been a slight decrease in the number of its inhabitants of late years, and we have now returned to about the same density of population as existed in 1821. In 1801, of the 1076 inhabitants of the parish, 443 were males, and 633 females. The number of houses at that date was 239. In 1821, of the 1422 inhabitants, 559 were males and 863 females. The number of inhabited houses was 287. Six houses were uninhabited, and the number of families in the parish was 330. f The number of voters in the parish, as compiled from the register of 1883, was: occupiers and freeholders, 176; free¬ men, 34; lodgers, 2. Under the new Franchise Act (1885) the number of parlia¬ mentary voters is 188. There are 34 freemen (twenty of these with another voting qualification); and five having lodger or other qualifications. There are now 45 lady voters in the parish, who have votes for municipal elections, &c. * White’s “ History of Norfolk,” p. 435. t “ Norwich Remembrancer,’’ p. 248. C oo ST. GILES'S . The following is a STREET LIST of St. Giles’s parish at the present time, with the names of some former occupants of some of the principal houses. ST. GILES’S STREET. Name. Previously occupied by 100 Harden Mr., Baker and Con¬ fectioner 98 Herbert and Miller, Milliners 96 Chapman Mr. S., Butcher 91 Bar well Mr. John Mrs. Sancroft Holmes, Dr. Eade, Dr. Ranking, Rev. T. Mann, Mr. Charles Bol- ingbroke, Mr. Starling Day, the Suffield family (1740 to 1805) 92 Norwich Wine Company (Messrs. G. E. Boliug- broke and Woodrow) 90 Queen’s Head Tavern, Rusli- mer Mr. 88 Davy Miss, Milliner 86 Gunn Mr., Bird Preserver, &c. 84 82 Browne Mr., Greengrocer [Code Yard ] 80 Pullen and Mase, Painters and Decorators 78 The Cock Tavern—Peacock Mr. 76 Parr Miss 74 *Macklcy Mr. F. J., Dentist Miss Corriclt, Mr. John Fox, Mr. James Hales, Mr. Rackham * Formerly tlie 11 Black Swan.” STREET LIST. 23 ST. GILES’S STREET (Continued). Name. Previously occupied by (Hales's Court]. 72 Nash Mrs., Stationer [Bateman’s Court.] 70 Bateman Dr. Mr. Charles Bolingbroke, Mr. George Seppiugs, Miss Minty, Mrs. Minty, Rev. C. Chapman 08 Bade Sir P., M.D. Sir W. Foster, Bart., Mr. G. W. F. Loftus, Rev. W. R. Clayton, Mr. Samuel Clay¬ ton, Mr. Edmund Hook, Sir Thomas Churchman, Alderman Thomas Church¬ man [Bethel Street ]. 66 *Stovenson T., Registry Office 64 * 62 Smith and Craclmell, Pur¬ veyors Mr. Drake 60 Hcwett Mrs., Milliner 58 (Spurgeon Mr., Watchmaker Mr. Hewitt 56 fDyball Mr., Tailor 54 (Kett and Son, Upholsterers Dr. Rigby 1 [Rigby's Court ]. 52 Beverley Dr., Surgeon Miss Iluson, Miss G'orbould, Mrs. Keith 50 Burton Mr. S. II., Surgeon Mr. J. G. Johnson, Rev. Gibbs * Tliis property was left in 1566, by Sir Peter Reade, to the parish of St. Peter Mancroft, to provide for the ringing of the curfew bell in that church. t Wadnow and Mason’s Charity, and standing upon ground upon which formerly stood the residence of Dr. Rigby, and Mr. John Owusworth. ■£ Formerly called Pit Lane, and so styled in a document dated 1509, in the possession of Mr. C. Goodwin. 24 ST. GILES’S. ST. GILES’S STREET ( Continued). Name. Previously occupied by 4S Young Men’s Christian Asso¬ ciation Mrs. Forster, and used as Jud¬ ges’ Lodgings, Mr. C. Firth, Mr. G. W. W. Firth, Mr. Marsack, Mr. Webber, Dr. G. Hull, Dr. E. Lubbock, Mr. Wm. Herring, Rev. Robert Parr* 4G Offord Dr., Dentist Mr. R, Cooper, Mr. A. Dal- rymple, Mr. Hor. Boling- broke, Mrs. Landy 44 Leeds Miss Daniels Mrs. 42 Taylor Mr. Clement, Solici¬ tor, and Acting Under- Sheriff for Norfolk Mr. John Ilartt 40 Bridgman Mr. J. B., Dentist Mr. W. K. Bridgman, Mrs Deeker [Court, with house and garden] 38 Littleboy Mr., Dentist Mr. Woodcock, Mr. S. Day 3G Muriel Mr. C. E., Surgeon ... Mr. Johnson, Mr. Brightwell, Mr. J. H. Cole 34 Mortimer’s Hotel—Knights Miss Mr. Wm. Hubbard [Kett’s Yard and House.] Mr. Kett, Mr. Mack (Wag¬ goner) 25 Norfolk Plotel—West portion of—Captain Cole Mr. Tidman, Miss Plarris, Mr. Durrant, Mr. Bolton 27 Say Mr., Plumber and Pain¬ ter 29 Freeman Mr. James, Baker Mr. Cannell [ Freeman’s Court.] 31 Guyton Miss, Dressmaker ... Mr. Storey 33 Dunsford Mr., Dentist * Who is believed to have rebuilt the house in 1792. STREET LIST. ST. GILES’S STREET {Continued). Name. Previously occupied by 35 Reeve Mr. Simms, Barrister and Recorder of Yar¬ mouth. (The greater part of this house stands in St. Lawrence’s parish) Mr. Back 87 Spowart Mr., Surgeon Mr. A. M. F. Morgan, Dr. Bateman 89 Harcourt Mr. B. W., Dentist [Fisher's Lane.] Mr. Mason, Mrs. Marcon 41 Offices of the Norwich and Mr. I. O. Taylor, Mr. F. C. London Accident Insur- Bolingbroke, Mrs. Chap- auce Association man (School), Mrs. Rogers (School) 43 Gilman Mr. C. S., Solicitor; also Offices of the General Hailstorm Insurance So¬ ciety 45 Crosse Mr. T. W., Surgeon Mr. Dixon, Captain Postle, Miss Clitheroe, Mr. J. G. Crosse 47 Norwich Masonic Association Mr. H. Bolingbroke, Mr. P. (Limited) N. Scott 49 Cadge Mr. W., Surgeon Mr. Bullard, Mr. Burt, Arch¬ deacon Ormerod 51 Francis Mrs. W. B. ... Mr. Charles Hart 53 Cooke Mr., Chemist [ Willow Lane.] 55 Rudd Mr. K., Professor of Music [,S7. Giles's Church and Church¬ yard] [Cow Hill.] Mr. F. C. Bailey, Miss Dring 75 Vine Tavern—Mr. Johnson 77 Fell Mr., Butcher Mr. P. S. Carpenter ST. GILES'S. 26 ST. GILES’S STREET (Continued). Name. Previously occupied by 79 Mr. Balfe, Mr. Garthon 81 Berry Mr., Confectioner and Baker 83 Bassingtbwaite Mr., Boot¬ maker Mr. May [May's Court .] 85 Mann and Adcock, Photo¬ graphers 87 Goreham Mr., Jeweller, &c. 89 Tuck Mr., Draper* 91 Hart Mr., Stationer, Branch Post Office 93 King’s Head Tavern, Mr. Savage 95 Ellis Mrs., Barsham House, Lodgings Mr. Lingwood, Mrs. R. Clay¬ ton, Miss Ray 97 Taylor Mr. S., Surgical In¬ strument Maker Mr. G. Taylor, Mr. James Bennett [Wellington Lane.\ 99 Goggs Miss, Grocer and Fruiterer Mr. Goggs 101 English Mr., Chemist [SC Giles's Hill] BETHEL STREET. Name. Previously occupied by 09 Dyball Miss, Lodging house Mr. Farnham, Mr. Juler, Mr. H. S. Robinson, Mrs. W. W. Ray * Belongs to Balliston’s Charity. STREET LIST. 27 BETHEL STREET ( Continued). Name. Previously occupied by 67 Chambers Mr. A. J., Parisli Clerk and Sexton 65 Kent Mrs. 63 Arnold Mrs. [Ninhatn’s Court.] 61 Master Mrs, ... Mr. A. Master, Mr. John Her¬ ring, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Watts. 59 Robinson Mr., Surgeon . . Mrs. Shipp, Rev. R. Rigg, Mr. Dasliwood, Mr. Millard, Misses Smith, Misses White, Miss Curtis. 57 The Surgery to above [ Watts's Court.] 55 Hancock Mrs. Mr. C. B. Daveney 53 Bailey Mr. F. C., Surgeon ... Mr. Stockings, Mr. Browne, Dr. Copeman, Mr. Cuddon, Mrs. Baseley. [Coach and Horses Yard.] 54 Goodchild Mr., Grocer 56 Sampson Mr., Bootmaker 58 Boatwright Mr., Bacon Curer [St. Giles's Terrace.] Mr. Skelton, Dr. Watson, Mr. Dalton, liev. C. Millard 60 Mobbs Mr. 62 Factory, occupied by Mr. Podd, Boot Manufacturer * Late the stables to Mr. Firth’s house [Rigby's Court. J * Here comes a length of wall bounding the late stable-yard of Mr. Firth, and now the property of the Young Men's Christian Association, behind which are some tall elm trees, on which, until lately, rooks used to build nests. 28 ST. GILES'S. BETHEL STREET {Continued). Name. Previously occupied by 64 Firth Dr. Eustace, Surgeon Mrs. Church, Mr. Atkins 66 Prior Miss 68 Browne Mr., Tutor 70 Fleet Mrs., Lodging-House Keeper CHAPEL FIELD EGAD. Name. Previously occupied by 2 Sutton Mrs., Pawnbroker 4 Race Mr. 6 ) Volunteer Stores, Blackwood Mr. CHAPEL FIELD. Name. Previously occupied by 17 Pilgrim Miss Mr. J. Pilgrim (Solicitor and Coroner for a division of Norfolk), Sir J. H. Yallop 16 Fletcher Mr. 15 Stevens Mrs. 14 Woodhouse Mr. W., Surgeon Mr. Hambley 13 Cork Mr., Coachman 12 Hawes Miss 11 Blackbourn Mrs. [Ninham's Court.] STREET LIST. 29 CHAPEL FIELD ( Continued). Name. Previously occupied by 10 Stacy Miss Mr. Ninham (Author of the Etchings of the Gates of Norwich) 9 [ Watts' Court.] Crowe Captain Mrs. Corbould WILLOW LANE* Name. Previously occupied by I Riches Mr. Miss Temple, Mr. Boulger, Kev. A. Slipper, Mr. Wiles, Mr. Cuddon, Mr. Iliudes Roman Catholic Chapel; and the residence of the priest, now the Rev, T. Fitzgerald 9 Master Mr. G. R., Surgeon 11 Mrs. Hawes, Miss Chaplin, Mr. C. R. Gilman, Miss Eade, Mr. Ling, Miss Brock, Mr. N. Bolingbroke, Mrs. Norris, Mr. Reuben Deave ? 13 Borkiug Mr. 15 Goodwin Mr. C., Surgeon Mr. James Goodwin, Rev. Francis Blomefield [King’s Court.] A house now occupied by Ringer and Symons, for¬ merly the residence of Mr. George Borrow and Captain Borrow 17 Colman Mr., Bricklayer Mr. King (Father of Dr. King) * So called from the willow-trees which formerly grew in it. Two especially large willows grew in Mr. Goodwin’s garden. 30 ST. GILES'S. WILLOW LANE ( Continued ). Name. Previously occupied by 19 (Reeve Mr., Whitesmith {Cock Mr. Messrs. Christmas, George, and John Culyer, (from prior to 1700) 2 Muriel Mr. C., Surgeon Mr. K. Rudd, Mr. Collins, Mr. Culyer 4 Furness Mrs., Dressmaker Formerly Mr. Webber’s Hos¬ pital for Incurables 6 Mrs. Stannard 8 Green Mrs., Register Office for Servants Mrs. Lee, Mr. Hawkes *10 Browne Mrs. Walter, Dress¬ maker *12 Hipper Mr., Tailor *14 Mortimer Miss, Dressmaker Mr. E. S. Bignold 10 Lovett Mrs. 18 Cooper Mr. Walter COW HILL. Name. Previously occupied by 1 De Year Miss Mrs. De Year 2 o j Corrick Miss, Lodging-house 1 keeper Miss Cooke, Miss Larke, Mrs. Hall, Miss Saffery, Mrs. Donne, Misses Pitchford Stables of Norwich Omnibus Company, Limited Norfolk Hotel Stables 4-0 Wilkin Mr., Carpenter and Builder * In these houses, before they were rebuilt, lived Mr. Damant, Mrs. Bay, Mr. Culyer (parish clerk), and Mr. Smith (parish clerk). STREET LIST. 31 COW HILL ( Continued ). Name. Previously occupied by 7 Cumby Mr., Shoemaker 8 Fox Mrs. 9 Gostling Mr. 10 Brooks Mr. 11 Brighten Mrs. 12 Clarke Mr. 13 Forder Mr. 14 Bed Cow Tavern—Skipper Mr. 15 1G 17 [Cow Yard ] Bead Mr. \ Stevens Mr. Brock Mr. ) Previously occupied and built by Mr. Patience, who called his residence “Ilolkham House,” from its resem¬ blance in miniature to Ilolkham Hall (see sketch) 18 Parker Miss |Pottergate Street] ST. GILES’S HILL.* Name. Previously occupied by 2 Cauham Mr., Druggist Fish Mr. D., Shoemaker • 8 Lincoln Mr., Chimney-sweeper 14 Olley Mr., Bootmaker * The following, and a few others, are taken from Jarrolds' “Norwich Direc¬ tory for 18S3.” 32 ST. GILES’S. ST. GILES’S HILL ( Continued). Name Previously occupied by 16 Alden Mr. A., Clerk 18 Corrick Mrs., Bonnet Maker 20 Page Mr. S., Watchmaker 22 Long Misses, Dressmakers 24 Balls Mrs. 26 Hutson Miss, Teacher of Music 28 L’Estrauge Mrs. 30 Petch Mr., Tea Merchant 32 Riches Miss, School 34 Bowhill Mr. 36 Finch Mr. 38 Briggs Mr. 40 Davey Mr., Grocer POTTEBGATE STBEET AND ST. BENEDICT’S PLAIN. Name. Previously occupied by 132 Mace Mr., Baker, &c. [ Wellington Lane.'] Ellis Mr. Balls Mr. Mallett Mr. Monnser Mr. Cooper Mr. STREET LIST. 33 POTTERGATE STREET AND ST. BENEDICT’S PLAIN {Continued). Name. Previously occupied by Gosling Mr. 10G 104 102 100 [Seely's Court.'] Pettitt Mr. Breed Mr. Truman Mr. Matthews Mr. Baker Mr. Annison Mr. [. Lincoln's Court.) Lupson Mr. Lincoln Mr., Boot Manufac¬ turer Fraser Mrs. (Taylor Mrs. I George Mr. | Shaldrack Mr. | Lemmon Mr. 96 Johnson Mr. [Cow Hill.) 92 Alma Tavern, King Mr. Wm. Rev. J. Kingliorn CHAPTER IY. PARISH BUILDINGS AND PRINCIPAL HOUSES. The Parish School (see plate) was erected in 1861, and opened in January 1862. The architect was Mr. Barry, and the builder Mr. Booking. st. Giles’s school boom, chapel field. It was built on land facing Chapel Field, which had previously formed part of Mr. Fox’s garden (late Hales’s estate), and which was purchased for £400. £400 was advanced by Government, and the rest of the cost was pro¬ vided by parish subscription. The property is vested in the minister and churchwardens, as trustees; and it includes, PARISH BUILDINGS, Sc. 35 besides the schoolroom, a school-mistress’s house, and some outbuildings. An annual rent of lialf-a-crown is payable to Messrs. Steward and Patteson for the route of a drain across their premises of the “ Cock ” Inn. to No. 94, St. Gi les’s Street (Mann's Mansion House). This is a private house, but has a considerable history, not devoid of interest, either as regards itself or its surroundings. For the earlier details of these, namely from 1745 to 1805, when it was purchased by Mr. Starling Day, I am indebted to the present occupier, Mr. John Harwell, who has collated them from deeds of the estate. (For later residents, see street list.) 94, UPPER ST. UILES’S STREET. The passage way along the west side of this house, which led from Upper St. Giles’s Street to Chapel Field, was stopped up in 1866. Mr. Bar well writes: “ The principal house and premises of this estate were, prior to the 26th September, 1745, owned by a Miss Catherine Dalton, but were in the occupation of Robert Suffield, gentleman, and were conveyed at that date to Stephen Gardiner, Esrp, in trust for the said Robert Suffield. ST. GILES’S. 3G And by a further deed, dated 2Gtli May, 1748, and made between the said Stephen Gardiner and the said Robert Suffield and Mary, his wife, a life interest in the property was declared in favour of his said wife, Mary. *“In April, 1779, Mary, the widow of the above Robert Suffield, had it conveyed to her for life, and on her decease to Thos. Suffield, eldest son of Robert Suffield absolutely. This Thomas was a wine merchant, and in November, 1758, he had bought the business premises, which were conveyed to him by John Chamber, gent., who had purchased them in June, 1758, from Nicholas Boyce, brewer, and Lady Elizabeth Henrietta, his wife. “ Thomas and Robert Suffield, his sons, lived at No. 94, St. Giles’s Street, and carried on the wine trade, in partnership with John Barwell,f on the business premises, and built the large cellars under the garden, the earth from the excavations being used to make the path round Chapel Field. This Thomas Suffield, by his will, 12th September, 1800, described as of Catton, Norfolk, left all his messuages situate in the parish of St. Giles’s to his nephew, Robert Suffield. This R. Suffield was a captain in the Norfolk Militia, and, by deed dated 19th April, 1805, conveyed both properties to Starling Day of Norwich, Esquire. “ No. 94 and its appurtenances is thus described in the parcels from the deed of 20th and 21st Sept., 1745: ‘All those messuages lands tenements gardens and hereditaments of her the said Catherine Dalton with their and every of their appurtenances situate lying and being in the parish of St. Giles’s in the City of Norwich aforesaid or in some other parish precinct or place near or adjoining which were there¬ tofore in the several tenures possessions or occupations of Mrs. Teresa Norris widow Bassett widow and John Segin * Deed of April, 1779, made between one Branston and Mary, his wife (who was lieiress-at-law of Stephen Gardiner), of the first part, and Mary Suffield, widow of Robert Suffield, and Thomas Suffield, of Norwich, wine merchant, eldest son, heir of Robert Suffield, of the second part, t A great-uncle of the present occupier. PARISH BUILDINGS, Ac. 37 their some or one of their assignee or assignees undertenant or undertenants and then were in the possession or occupation of Robert SufHeld gentleman his assignee or assignees under¬ tenant or undertenants with their and every of their rights members easements privileges and appurtenances whatsoever and which said premises were situate lying and being in the parish of St. Giles's aforesaid and abut upon the common street leading to St. Giles’s Gates toward the North and upon a road or highway leading from St. Giles’s Gates afore¬ said unto the town wall towards Chapel Field on the part of the west and upon a yard or gardens of John Coulton gentln. belonging to a public inn called or known by the name of the “Black Swan” in St. Giles’s aforesaid towards the east.’ “ T1 le business premises, Ac., in the parcels from the deed of 1st and 2nd June, 1758, thus:—‘All that messuage or tenement of him the said John Chamber commonly called or known by the name or the sign of the “ Queen’s Head ” situate and being in the parish of St. Giles’s in the said City of Norwich together with the messuages or tenements thereto adjoining as the same then or then late were in the several tenures or occupation of John Boggish Isaac Williamson Daniel Godfrey John Bond and William Kellett some or one of them their some or one of their assignees or undertenants. “ ‘And also all and singular other the messuages Ac. And also all and singular the houses outhouses walls buildings stables yards gardens orchards lands waste way &c. to the said messuages Ac. belonging or in any wise appertaining or accepted reputed deemed or taken as part and parcel or member thereof All which said premises in and by certain indentures of lease and re-lease dated respectively the 29th and 30th days of November then last were conveyed by Nicholas Boyce gentleman and Ijady Elizabeth Henrietta his wife and their trustees unto and to the use of the said J. Chamber his heirs and assigns with the appurtenances.’ ” Thus, Robert SufHeld occupied the house prior to 1745. He bought it at that date. Thomas Suffield succeeded. Ilis sous, Thomas and Robert, lived there till about 1805, when D 38 ST. GILES’S. their heir, Robert (Captain Norfolk Militia), sold it to Starling Day, 19th April, 1805. The Suffield family were occupiers before 1745, and owners from that date till April, 1805. They would appear to have been Roman Catholics. The premises now in the occupation of Messrs. Bolingbroke and Co. were formerly, it appears, part of the gardens and stables of the “ Mansion House,” now No. 94. The premises occupied by Thomas Suffield as a wine merchant, prior to 1758, and purchased by him at that date, were situate farther to the East, at the back of the “ Queen’s Head ” inn with an entrance to St. Giles’s Street. The “ Black Swan,” another inn belonging to John Coulton, gentn. (now Mr. Mackley’s house, No. 74) was also on the east, the yard or garden of which bounded the property of the dwelling-house on the east. No. 70, St. Giles’s Street. —Beneath portions of this (Dr. Bateman’s) house, viz., of parts of the present hall? dining-room, and kitchen, is a subterranean chamber or crypt, now used as a cellar, but in good repair. It has very thick walls, and is formed by two compart¬ ments, with groined arches, placed endways to the street, i.e., running north and south, and eight feet high. The vault nearest the street in size measures 10 ft. by 13^ ft.; the one nearer the garden, 10 ft. by 14 5 ft. There are ten feet of distance, by measurement, between the wall of the northern arch and the street. At another portion of the cellar, which abuts upon the street, the wall is thick (2 feet 4 inches) and apparently old. This crypt has an ecclesiastical appearance; and the house immediately faces the church. A former connection between the two would therefore seem to suggest itself, but I am informed that it was more probably a merchant’s warehouse or storeroom, seeing that similar arched cellars exist in other parts of Norwich, where such an ecclesiastical origin does not seem to have been probable. DINING ROOM IN “CHURCHMAN HOUSE. PARISH BUILDINGS, etc. 41 No. 68, St. Giles’s Street.—“Churchman House,” although strictly a private house, yet is worth a little detailed notice. It takes its name from having been originally the residence of the Churchman family, at one time of considerable impor¬ tance in Norwich. On the margin of Corbridge’s Map of Norwich, published in 1663, is a sketch of a house then inhabited by Mr. Thomas Churchman (see plate). This house appears to have been situated at the end of what is now the garden and stable-yard of the present premises, and to have abutted upon Chapel Field. The date of the new house is uncertain, but it was in¬ habited by Alderman Thomas Churchman, who died in 1743, aged 72 years (by whom it is supposed to have been built) ; and, subsequently, by his son, Sir Thomas Churchman. The probable date is between 1700 and 1720. The present mansion-house was erected at the opposite end of the property to the old one, and fronting to St. Giles’s Street. 42 ST. GILES’S. The entrance hall is lofty and handsome, and measures 18| feet by 17^ feet. It has a gallery running along its south side. On its walls are two very large historical oil paintings, by Graham, of the same date as the house. One represents the “ Death of David Rizzio,” and the other the “ Capture of Margaret of Anjou.” These have both been engraved, and the engravings published. In the back hall is another large picture, “ Cleopatra before Julius Caesar.” The dining-room (see plate) is a highly-ornamented room decorated with elaborate plaster mouldings on the walls ; with a raised plaster picture upon the ceiling; and with fine panel paintings, and tivo handsome mirrors let into the walls. The mantel-piece is of marble, beautifully carved in relief, and of considerable value. It is sketched in Willins’s volume, “ Quaint Old Norwich.” In the library is a stone mantel-piece, carved at the sides with festoons of grapes and vine-leaves, whilst the upper portion is divided into three parts. The central one consists of a pastoral scene in relief, Avitli trees, sheep, and a group of boys watching a trap set for birds. And on either side of this is—to the left —a carving of boys driving a horse to water; and—to the right—some boys in a boat, fishing Avith a net. The drawing-room is modern, and Avas built during the occupancy of the Rev. W. R. Clayton. After the death of his father, Alderman Churchman, this house was occupied by his son, who was knighted during his mayoralty. It is remarkable as having been, during this short period, the residence of three titled men in Norwich, Sir Thomas Churchman, Sir William Foster, Bart., and now the present occupier. A view of the house, as decorated for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Norwich during my mayoralty in 1884, is appended. Young Men’s Christian Association. This society has recently purchased the house and premises 68, ST. GILES'S STREET, AS DECORATED. PARISH BUILDINGS, Ac. 45 No. 48, St. Giles’s Street, formerly so well known as the residence of Mr. G. W. W. Firth, and Mr. Herring; and, after due alterations, has removed from its recent premises situate nearer the Market Place. This house was formerly the property of some of the Stracey family. It is believed to have been rebuilt by the Rev. Robert Parr, in 1792. It has a large and handsome frontage (see plate, page 9). The garden and stable yard runs hack to Bethel Street, and in the latter are some tall elm trees, on which, until recently, some rooks used to build their nests. For several years past this house has been used as Judges’ lodgings. In 1866 Ilis Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, slept one night in this house, and the Royal bed had afterwards affixed to it by Mr. Firth, a plate commemora¬ tive of this fact. 53, BETIIEI. STREET. The Salvation Army Barracks, in St. Giles’s Street stand on the confines of the parish, on ground just behind what was formerly known as Mack’s yard, and later, as Ivett’s yard. A large house, recently occupied by Miss Dove, and previously by Mr. Cohhald, Miss Firth, and Mr. Mack, was removed to make room for it. The Barrack building was at 46 ST. GILES'S. first used as a Skating Rink, and was erected for this purpose on land then owned by F. E. Watson, Esq., and previously constituting a portion of Grand's Estate. It has two en¬ trances, one from St. Giiles’s Street, and the other from Bethel Street. 9, CHAPEL FIELD. Nos. 15, 1G, AND 17, COW HILL (holkham HOUSE). Mack’s Yard (or Kett’s Yard), lying behind, and at the side of Mortimer’s Hotel, is so called from Mr. Mack, the PARISH BUILDINGS, kc. 47 etched in 1876, shortly before its demolition, by Mr. Bosworth W. TIarcourt, who has kindly allowed me to make use of it. great carrier of former days, having a station here. A very handsome carved doorway (17th century work) formerly existed in this yard (see drawing). This was sketched and CARVED DOORWAY IN MACK’S YARD. kinghorn’s HOUSE, 104, ST. benedict’s PLAIN. 48 ST. GILES'S. Oilman's Offices, 41, St. Giles’s Street.—A handsome building (see plate) containing the offices of the Norwich and Loudon Accident Insurance Association, established in 1856 ; C. R. Gilman, Esq., Secretary; H. S. Pattesou, Esq., Chair¬ man of Board of Directors. These offices were enlarged and re-decorated in 1883. No. 43, adjoining, is the residence of C. S. Gilman, Esq., and contains the offices of the General Ilail Storm Insurance Society, established in 1843. C. S. Gilman, Secretary. H. S. Patteson, Esq., Chairman. The Catholic Chapel in Willow Lane (see plate) was built from a design of Mr. Patience, of this city, who was architect also of the Quaker’s Meeting House, and of the Methodist Chapel in Lady’s Lane. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL, WILLOW LANE. The dimensions of the Catholic Chapel are about 90 feet by 40 feet. The entrance front is in the Palladian style, the ground story having a portico of the Ionic order, extending from side to side. The principal story is surrounded with a Corinthian entablature, supported by pilasters. This (St. Giles’s) Chapel is to be used in the room of the St. s offices, 41, st. Giles’s street, PARISH BUILDINGS, Sc. 51 Swithin’s Chapel, and belongs to the College of Jesuits, at Stonyhurst.* [A God’s House (domns Dei, maison Lieu), of St. Giles’s, which formerly existed, was situated in this parish, and in Mancroft Ward. It was “given for an alms-house by John le Grant in Edward I.’s time, and in 1310 was confirmed by Thomas, his sonf ; It was in St. Giles’s street,+ in Lower Newport, and, previously to the year 1472, was rebuilt by Bishop Walter Lyhart, whose arms, with those of the see, were on each side of the old gate-house before it was pulled down ; hut the nomination of the poor people to inhabit here being in the Bishop (though they were to be parishioners) it was seized with the rest of the revenues of the see, and so became a private property ever since. The old house was pulled down by Mr. Robert Gamble (more than a century and a half ago), Avho built the present house standing on its site ” (see map). A Hermitage also formerly existed in St. Giles’s parish, and, according to Taylor’s map, w r as located at the south-west corner of the churchyard. [Taylor says of these hermitages that they were religious cells erected by devout persons, some¬ times in solitary places, such as forests, caverns, and church¬ yards, sometimes in the midst of populous towns, and fre¬ quently by the side of high roads, and on or near great bridges. The}^ were generally occupied by single individuals called anchorites, recluses, or hermits; but they had occa¬ sionally more than one occupant .... Some hermit¬ ages were endowed. The hermits of cells not endowed have been considered by some to be common beggars. The occu¬ piers of the hermitages in the Norwich diocese appear, never¬ theless, to have been mentioned with respect, and were most commonly dignified with titles.Thus we meet with “Sir Bichard the hermite at St. Giles’s,” &c.] In addition to the above hermitage, a hermit formerly lived over St. Giles’s gate.] * Chambers’ “ History of Norfolk.” f Blomefield. + See Taylor's map, which localizes it on the north side of St. Giles's Street, a little to the west of Fisher's Lane. CHAPTER Y. CHAPEL FIELD. Chapel Field (Chapel Field Gardens) is partly in St. Giles’s parish, and partly in the parish of St. Peter Mancroft. The boundary between these two runs across the field from nearly opposite Captain Crowe’s new house, to a point on the Chapel Field Road, just beyond the Rising Sun Road, and nearly opposite to Eldon Row, as shown upon the Map of St. Giles’s. It is nearly triangular in form, with its apex at the north¬ west extremity, and it contains 8'994 acres, of which 4'790 acres are in the parish of St. Giles. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Chapel Fields, according to Blomefield, comprised lands within and without the city walls. But the particular field known latterly as Chapel Field appears to have been distinguished from others as Chapel Field Croft. This croft seems to have been pur¬ chased by the city after the erection of the walls; and was the portion of the field enclosed within them. Chapel Field takes its name from a Chapel of St. Mary, which formerly existed near its east part, on the site of the present Theatre, and Assembly Rooms (now the High School for Girls). This chapel was first designed for a hospital only, but it gradually increased into a noble college, the seal of which had this curious motto, “ The fields and Virgin gave the name, And may good luck attend the same.” At the time of the foundation of the chapel, in the beginning CHAPEL FIELD. 53 of the thirteenth century, the city walls were not built, and the chapel stood in the open fields. In the fourteenth century, and later, the municipal assem¬ blies were commonly held in this chapel. Mr. Blomefield writes, “In 1345 an order was renewed in a Common Assembly held in the chapel of the Virgin Mary in the Fields in Norwich, which then was the usual place where the most part of the city business was transacted.” And again, “And whereas (1380) the principal citizens were often absent at the election of bailiffs, it was ordered that everyone that was absent, for the future, at the great assembly yearly held in the Chapel of St. Mary in the Fields, to choose the bailiff, shall pay 40d. each.” As is well known, the first Mayor of Norwich was elected in 1403. For three or four years previous to this, the citizens of Norwich were making great efforts to procure a new charter for their city, and the assemblies for considering this question were often held at the Chapel in the Fields.* “ Iu 1406 the citizens claimed four acres and a half of ground which belonged to the Chapel in the Field, hut they were made easy in that respect by John Itekynghale, dean there, who produced the grant of Hugh Prior, of the Canons? at Old Buckenham, iu which he and his convent granted, and for ever released, four acres and a half of arable land, lately * The “ immediate cause of their obtaining it appears to have been the lending the king one thousand marks, by which they so much obliged him that it was signified to them that they might have a charter, as large and ample as they could devise. And, accordingly, in 1403, the new charter was granted, by which, amongst other things, the City of Norwich, with its suburbs and hamlets, were separated from the County of Norfolk, and made a county of and by them¬ selves, which was to be for ever called ‘The County of the City of Norwich.' The charter being finished, it was brought down from Westminster with the sword that the king presented them with, and was received witli great joy by all the city; and, in pursuance thereof, on the 1st of May, 1403, they chose William Appleyard their first Mayor, who had his residence in Bridewell Alley." Although, therefore, St. Giles’s cannot claim the first Mayor of Norwich as having belonged to it, the neighbouring Chapel in the Fields was the scene of many of the deli* berations which resulted in the charter under which he was elected; and although, probably, at that time St. Giles's held a far inferior position, relatively, to the rest of the city to what it does now, yet we find that, within thirty 7 years, St. Giles’s had three, if not four times, provided its chief magistrate. 54 ST. GILES’S. given to that monastery, by Richard de Fraunceys, lying in Chapel Field Croft, within the city ditch, on which it abutted south, for an annual pension of 10s., payable by the dean to that monastery for ever.” In 1486 King Henry the Seventh visited Norwich, and Johu Earl of Oxford, and his lady, who accompanied him> lodged at the College of the Chapel in the Fields. In 1518, the Earl of Surrey being at the Minor Friars, and the Abbot of St. Rennet of Holm, there was an agree¬ ment made between the abbot and the city, on which occasion the Earl presented the city with venison, and there Avas great cheer made between them; they had their breakfast at the Chapel in the Field, and the Bishop was with them. Blomefield says the ancient owners of Chapel Field Croft were the Prior of Buckenham, the Prioress of Carhowe, the Bean and College of the Chapel in the Fields, &c. It was formerly ploughed land, but at the dissolution, when the city had got it all, it was converted into pasture. In 1569, Alice, widow of John Worseley, alderman, and Barth: Rede, had a lease of it for twenty-one years, at £12 per annum. In 1572, Mr. Francis "Windham had a lease of it, with the Cherry yard and Dove-house. In 1578, it appears to have been the Campus Martius of the city, the musters for the trained bands or artillery of the County of the City, being yearly made there, between Bartholomew tide and Michaelmas; and, according to a proclamation, this was ordered and appointed a meet and lit place to charge guns with shot and powder for the exercise of shooting in hand¬ guns, harquebusses, cullivers, &c., &c., for trial of all such pieces as were named in the proclamation. In 1596, Sir Robert Mansell, Knight, desired a lease of it, and had it granted on the terms as Justice Windham had it, with a clause that if he or his lady died before it expired, the rest of the term to be to Nic. Bacon, Esq. In 1606, the Mayor and Court granted to the Attorney- Greneral, II. Hobart, a lease of the Croft for 41 years. CHAPEL FIELD. 55 In the troublous times of 1648, it being reported that the Mayor of Norwich was likely to he carried off in the night, a large number of citizens assembled in the Chapel Fields; and, having obtained arms from the Committee-house, where the county arms were kept, they proceeded to arm themselves- But it seems that they were speedily dispersed by a troop of soldiers, billeted in the neighbouring country, who were at once sent into Norwich. In 1656, the court, by special messenger, sent word to the Lady Ilobart, that, contrary to her lease, ditches, stiles, and taynmrs were then made in Chapley Field, to the hindrance of the citizens’ free passage there, and that they insisted on its being reformed. In 1668, the city tent was ordered to be set up in Chapley Field against the general muster, for the use of the deputy- lieutenants, by the Chamberlain. In 1671, it was erected there for the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk and Norwich, and the deputy-lieutenants of the city, to meet in, for a general review of the city regiment, and this was done yearly. In 1707, the Field was railed in. In 1746, the Field was planted with trees, and laid out with three useful and spacious walks, for the use of the in¬ habitants, by Sir Thomas Churchman, who was then the lessee of it, and appears to have also used it as a garden or appendage to his own grounds. At a later period (1792), a large portion of the Field, near its centre, having been leased by them, was used by the Proprietors of the Water-works for the construction of a reservoir of water for the purpose of supplying the city. This was removed when the present Norwich Water-works Company was formed, and their new reservoirs established at Lakenham.* This reservoir was large, and occupied a con- * Mr. Ayris (the Engineer of the Norwich Water-works Company) has kindly supplied me with the exact dates in the following note: “The Water-works Company's Act received the Royal Assent loth July, 1850; and Ido not think the reservoir in Chapel Field was used for the supply of any part of the city after 56 ST. GILES'S. siderable area. It was surrounded by an outer trench; and attached to it was a broad, red-bricked crenated tower. The water in the reservoir, when frozen, was occasionally allowed to be skated upon. Chambers says of these old "Water-works, “The water is taken from the river about a quarter of a mile above the (New Mills) dam, and is brought, by means of a trunk, a portion of which passes under the dam. It is impelled by two engines, set in action by the same wheel, the one, used in general for the supply of the higher parts of the city, throws about barrels per minute; and the other, which is commonly em¬ ployed in the service of the lower parts, about two-thirds of that quantity. The water intended for the former use, is sent towards the reservoir iu Chapel Field, a distance of about three furlongs, aud 120 feet iu perpendicular height. This reservoir was a basin, nearly 300 yards in circumference, banked up a considerable height by the mould dug out of its centre; on its north side stands a tower, containing upright pipes, into which water is forced, gaining by this means an ascent of 145 feet from the fountain head; the height being necessary for the supply of the more elevated spots, such as Ber Street, &c. The water furnished by the other engine has a similar provision, upon a smaller scale, on Tombland, to serve the higher site in that division.”! In the Report of the Charity Commissioners for Norfolk and Norwich, 1815 to 1839, I find the following entry, under the heading of the Great or St. Giles’s Hospital: Parish, Chapel Field; donor, unknown ; tenants, the Corporation; description of property, a part of the Chapel Field, let with the ground belonging to the Corporation. Quantity not known. Rent paid by the Chamberlain. Amount, 3s. 4d. Christmas, 1851, or March, 1852. But, although not used, we were hound to keep it full of water. By the Company’s Act, 14th June, 1858, power was taken to fill up the reservoir in Chapel Field, and to surrender Chapel Field to the Cor¬ poration, and I think the stand pipe was cleared away, the old tower pulled down ( and the reservoir filled up in 1854.” f The water-house on Tombland is superseded by the water column enclosed in an obelisk, and the other was taken down in 1798, when the reservoir in Chapel Field was made. CHAPEL FIELD. 57 This sum, I am informed, is regularly paid annually by the Norwich Corporation to the Bishopsgate Hospital. In later times, CImpel Field has been used for various public purposes. At one period it was utilized for the drilling of some of the Militia, or of the Volunteers; and one or more general Volunteer reviews have been held in it. In 18G5, the Norfolk Agricultural Association hold its annual meeting in it. In 18G6, the Field was enclosed with its present handsome iron palisadiugs.* In this year, also, their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Queen of Denmark, were l'eceived in it, on the occasion of their first visit to Norwich, when the Prince and Princess each planted a Wel- lingtonia Gigantea tree in it.f In 18G8, the Manchester PTnity of Odd Fellows held a fete in the Field, on behalf of their Widows and Orphans’ Fund, the railings round the field being covered with high boarding. In August, the same year, the Norfolk and Norwich Horti¬ cultural Society held a show here, lasting four days, during the visit of the British Association to Norwich. For this Exhibition the Society engaged the services of the Royal Marine Baud, from Woolwich. But, unfortunately, every day of their engagement was extremely wet. In 18G9, the Foresters’ Society held a gala here, in May; and, in July, the Oddfellows again Held a fete in the Field. Once, a race meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Bicycle Club was held in it. In 1878, aud several following years, the Christmas Show of the Norwich Fat Cattle Association was held in a portion * This work was carried out by Messrs. Boulton and Paul, at a cost of £532. f Since removed, because not thriving, and becoming unsightly, or dying. Four iron plates were placed in the ground, one on either side of each of these trees, thus stamped: “Planted by H.It.H. The Prince [the Princess] of Wales, October 31st, 1866. Wellingtouia Gigantea.'’ These plates are now preserved in the plant-house in the Field. 58 ST. GILES'S. of the Field adjoining the Drill Hall, as well as in the hall itself. Still later, one or more horse shows have been held in the Field. In 1880, the Heigham Horticultural Society held its show in the Drill Hall, and was also allowed the use of the Field for its visitors. For a long period the Field itself remained in a wild and untended state; the grass being fed off by sheep at intervals. It was, however, much used by lads for cricket and other games, and by the children of the neighbouring schools for playing in. It was also much utilized in the drier summer months by labourers and others, who would come here in the intervals of their work to lounge on the grass and smoke their pipes in the open air. Open-air religious services were also often held in it, as well as preaching of various kinds on Sundays or other days. Gradually, however, the Field got into a very wild and shabby condition, and it, moreover, became the habitual evening- resort of discreditable persons, and, therefore, after long con¬ sideration, steps were taken by the Town Council to bring it into better order. In 1877 this work was first definitely taken in hand; and in 1880 the transformation of the shabby field into the present handsomely-laid-out gardens was completed. In August, 1879, the Field was completely closed till the following Spring, for planting, fencing, and seeding, &c. In 1879 a special committee was appointed by the Town Council to consider the question of improving the Field and laying it out as public gardens, and to act; and under the skilful and energetic guidance of George Alden Stevens, Esq., who was elected its chairman, this committee carried the work to its conclusion. On their recommendation, it was decided to rail off a sufficient portion of the Field, near the Drill Hall, as a playground for the children. Mr. Elphin- stone (landscape gardener) was employed to furnish a suitable plan for the projected improvement. CHAPEL FIELD. 59 Iu August of tliis year, the Mayor (Harry Bullard, Esq.) and Mrs. Donald Steward (in the unavoidable absence of Donald Steward, Esq., Sheriff) planted some hollies near the south-east end of the Field, with due ceremony—these being some of a number of shrubs handsomely presented by Mr. Bird, of Downham, Mr. S. Gurney Buxton, and Mr. Ileniy Birkbeck. In 1880 the grand pavilion was purchased of Messrs. Barnards and Bishop, and erected. In this year, also, Mr. North presented a drinking-fountain, and four vases. In November of this year (1880), the Field being com¬ pleted, it was formally opened by the Mayor (II. Bullard, Esq.—this being his second Mayoralty), who delivered an appropriate address, and afterwards entertained the subscribers to the pavilion, some ladies, and others, at a handsome lun¬ cheon in the Drill Hall. The total cost of the improvement was about £1400. In 1881 Mr. Elphinstone was appointed liead-gardener, and Mr. Snelling park-keeper. In this year the great National Fisheries Exhibition was held in the Drill Hall and adjoining portions of the Field. On May 24 th a band played for the first time in the pavilion (provided by myself, as Sheriff) ; and in this year Mr. Henry Birkbeck very liberally fitted up the children’s play-ground with a gymnasium. In 1885 Mr. G. A. Stevens presented a very elegant fountain, which has been placed near the centre of the Field, not far from the pavilion. The Field , lhas completed from the design and under the advice of Mr. Elphinstone (the present head-gardener), is provided with four gates, which are opened at daylight, and closed at sunset, or soon after, when a bell is rung to warn all persons to leave.* These gates and the pathways between * The second bye-law for regulating these gardens is to this effect: “ The pleasure-ground shall be opened at the hour of 5.30 in the forenoon from the 1st of March to the last day of September, and from an hour before sunrise on every day during the remaining months of the year; and shall be closed at the expira¬ tion of an hour after sunset on every day of the year.” .. 60 ST. GILES'S. them are so arranged that they form main thoroughfares through the Field in the direct line of traffic between the various adjoining streets. The Field has been properly drained, and numerous seats are provided along the main avenues, around the pavilion, and under the great central horse-chestnut tree. The gardens, as the shrubs and flower-beds have become developed, have been increasing in beauty year by year. At the present time Chapel Field is laid out Avith three broad walks, which run along its sides, and with several smaller ones running in various directions through the grass plots, and around the beds of flowers and shrubs. Near its centre, stands the iron pavilion. A fine avenue of trees, chiefly elms, runs from its northerly to its southerly extremity, along its western side. The older ones Avere planted by Sir Thomas (then Mr.) Churchman, but some of the old trees have died and have been replaced by younger ones. Another handsome avenue, of lime trees, borders the broad walk Avhich runs east and Avest along its southern side. And the third broad walk along its northern side is bordered at intervals with some other varieties of trees. A very grand and handsome aspen-poplar stands near the middle of this northern broad walk. It was sketched by IT. Ninham, and a plate of it is given in Grrigor’s “Eastern Arboretum,” date 1841. It is uoav large and lofty, and is altogether a much finer and nobler tree than at the date of its former depiction, although some of its largest boughs have been removed on account of decay. A view of it in its present state is given here'with (vide plate). Another very handsome tree, a large and spreading chest¬ nut, stands near the pavilion, and towards the centre of the Field. It has a diameter of about four feet, one yard from the ground, and a sketch of it is also given (vide view of Chapel Field). The size and beauty of some of these old trees is very great and remarkable. At a height of three feet from the ground, ASPEN-POPLAR. CHAPEL FIELD. G3 the aspen-poplar has a circumference of more than fourteen feet. The horse-chestnut at the same level measures eleven and a-half feet in circumference ; whilst its spreading boughs cover a breadth of sixty feet, measured in one direction, and of fifty-seven feet in the other, thus covering an area with a very large circumference. (It is surrounded with seats for the accommodation of the citizens). Some of the elms are very large, with trunks still solid and undecayed. The largest (the last at the southern end of the main avenue), at the height of three feet from the ground, has a circumference of thirteen feet eleven inches ; and many others measure at the same height from eleven to thirteen feet. Near the centre of the Field stands the fine iron Pavilion (see plate). This handsome erection, whose original cost is stated to have been £2,000, was purchased in 1880, from Messrs. Barnard, Bishop, and Barnards, of the Norfolk Iron Works, for a sum of about £500, which sum was raised by public subscription. It was originally constructed by that firm from plans by Mr. Thomas Jeckyll, and was exhibited at the Paris and Philadelphia Exhibitions. It is thirty-five feet six inches long, eighteen feet six inches in width, and thirty-five feet high to the extreme ridge. It consists of two floors,* the upper of which is reached by a spiral staircase. The lower verandah is supported by cast-iron brackets firmly secured to the columns; and the spandrels of the brackets are enriched with various bas-reliefs, illustrative of the following subjects: apple-blossom, with flying birds; whitethorn, with pheasants; Scotch firs, with jays; sunflower; chrysanthe¬ mums ; narcissus; daisy and grass; with a crane and rising lark, &c. The upper roof is supported by a score of columns. The roof is covered with zinc in curved tiles, the rafters being of a wrought T iron, whilst the cresting which surmounts it is effectively carved. There is a fascia and pendant orna¬ ment beneath the balcony and overhanging the lower roof, * White’s “Norwich." 04 ST. GILES'S. which is of quaint and pleasing- design. Around the entire building- is a railing, 4J ft. high, composed of wrought-iron, and the sun-flower is introduced into the design, appearing in the whole seventy-two panels with great distinctness. The means of communication between the two iloors consists of an ornamental staircase, in cast-ii’on, with wrought-iron balus¬ trade. This pavilion is a very fine and elaborate specimen of iron¬ work, and is a credit to the workers who produced it. It is, moreover, a very striking object in the Field. Its effect, however, is very peculiar, and not altogether in harmony with the surrounding scenery. It has been chiefly used as a stand for bands to play upon. The first band which plaj'ed in Chapel Field was provided by myself in 1881, when Sheriff of Norwich. During- the whole summer season of this year the splendid Carrow band performed in the Field on Thursday afternoons and evenings, playing for the first time on the Queen’s birthday, May 24th. Since that time, two other bands have given performances' during the summer months, viz., the Police Band on Thurs¬ days, in 1884; and the Blue Ribbon Band on Saturday evenings in 1884 and 1885. For the present season (1886) the Police Band has again undertaken to play on Thursday evenings. A small drinking fountain was presented to the Field Gardens, soon after their opening, by Mr. North; and last year (1885) a larger and very elegant ornamental fountain was most liberally presented by George Alden Stevens, Esq., the late Chairman of the Gardens Committee, and erected a short distance to the south of the pavilion. The Volunteer Drill Hall is situated at the north-west comer of Chapel Field; and is used for drill purposes by the Norwich Rifle Volunteers, now commanded by Colonel Mansel, of Melton Hall. (See plate.) It was erected on a piece of the Field leased by the Cor¬ poration for the purpose; is built of flint and red brick ; and is 144 feet long by 62 feet wide (builder, Mr. William CHAPEL FIELD GARDENS. CHAPEL FIELD. G7 Gilbert). The first stone was laid during the mayoralty of W. P. Nichols, Esq., and it was opened in 1866 by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, on their first visit to Norwich. The front of the building is in the castellated style; a portion of one of the old towers of the old city wall is incorporated in its structure ; and it contains an armoury, with a residence for the drill instructor. On its north side is a stone containing the following inscription :—“ This stone was laid by Mrs. Nichols, wife of W. P. Nichols, Esq., Mayor of Norwich, May 24th, 1866.’' Besides its ordinary use for drilling Volunteers, the hall has on various occasions been used for other and important public purposes. Thus, in 1868, the inaugural address of the President (Dr. Hooker) of the British Association for the Ad¬ vancement of Science was given in it; also previous to the erec¬ tion of the Agricultural Hall, the Christinas shows of the Fat Cattle Association were for several years held in it. On two or three occasions the whole body of Norwich Rifle Volunteers have been hospitably entertained in it. A grand Freemason’s Lodge has been held in it, with the presence of the Grand Master, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The annual distribution of prizes to Volunteers for successful shooting is held in it (at which the Mayor, the Sheriff, and many ladies and gentlemen are usually present). Military tournaments and exhibitions of feats of arms have been held in it. The Annual Repository Bazaar has been once held here. One of the exhibitions of the Heigham Horticultural Society has been held in it; and in it Mr. Bullard gave an elegant luncheon, on the occasion of his public opening of Chapel Field Gardens. But the most important public purpose to which this hall has been applied was the holding in it, in 1881, of the great National Fisheries Exhibition. This great exhibition, the parent of similar exhibitions held subsequently in Edinburgh and London, was too large to be entirely contained in the Drill Hall, and, therefore, additional and supplementary buildings were added in adjoining portions G8 ST. GILES'S. of the field; and the whole was lighted np by the electric light. It was opened on April 18th by H.E.H. the Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by the Princess of Wales and the late Duke of Albany; Mayor, Samuel Grimmer, Esq. ;* Sheriff, myself; Deputy-Mayor, Harry Bullard, Esq. ; Presi¬ dent of the Exhibition, Edward Birkbeek, Esq., M.P. (now Sir Edward Birkbeek, Bart.) ; Secretary, Mr. W. Oldham Chamber's; Honorary Architect, Mr. J. B. Pearce. After a most successful career, this Fisheries Exhibition was closed on May 7th, by the Earl of Ducie, acting- as Her Majesty’s Commissioner, supported by Mr Spencer Walpole (Inspector of Fisheries), and by Mr. Calcraft, and in the presence of a large number of noblemen, ladies, and gentle¬ men. Chapel Field Gardens , as now arranged, afford a charming place of resort for the citizens, and are largely availed of by great numbers of the people. The general effect of the laying out of the gardens is good and pleasant to the eye, and the excellent way in which the beds of flowers, and the plantations of herbs and shrubs are maintained, and the neat way in which the grass is kept, render them in every respect agreeable to visitors, and calcu¬ lated to fulfil the recreative objects for which they were designed, and to constitute them a veritable “ people’s park and garden.” In the fine warm weather of summer the beauty of the whole surroundings—park, and trees, and garden combined— renders the place delightful for sauntering, for sitting about in, or even for a walk across on the way to and from business. And I have observed that the Gardens are very largely so used, by healthy adults of both sexes, as well as by invalids, some of whom are drawn in bath-chairs for their daily airing. They are largely frequented also by servants and others in charge of children, and of babies in perambulators—to the * Who, after the opening, most sumptuously entertained the Royal party, the visitors, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen, at luncheon in St. Andrew’s Hall. THE DRILL HALL CHAPEL FIELD. 71 advantage of both the nurses and their charges. Large numbers of workmen also daily traverse the gardens in their way to and from their places of employment. But even in the cooler seasons, the advantages of the fresh air and the open space are so thoroughly appreciated, that I have often seen, almost with surprise, how the seats in the broad walks will be occupied by many who are unable to walk about, whenever the weather is such as at all to permit of their remaining in the open air. On the whole, there can be no doubt that these gardens are a great boon to the city, and contribute largely to the health and enjoyment of very large numbers. They have, of course, the drawback that the former free use of the grassy turf is no longer permissible, either for cricket, or other children’s games, or for lounging upon, because incom¬ patible with the necessary freshness and neatness. But the balance of advantage is, doubtless, with the present arrange¬ ment, and it is certain that, in their present state, they not only afford an excellent centre for fresh air and recreation, but also do much in the way of training the eye and the mind to the enjoyment of a higher class of horticultural and arboreal life. As has already been mentioned, a considerable substitute for the children’s loss, is provided in the special playground allotted to them, and fitted with appropriate mechanical and gymnastic contrivances. It is worthy of notice, for how long a period the adapta¬ bility of Chapel Field for the better class of recreative and garden purposes, has been recognised. Mr. Grigor, writing in 1841 (see “Eastern Arboretum”), specially refers to this, and makes the following remarks, under the heading “ Pro¬ posed Public Garden in the City of Norwich.” lie says:— “ How is it, we have been asked on all hands, that, amidst all this worship of nature, and fondness for trees and flowers, no botanical institution has sprung up in this quarter, worthy of the taste and opulence of Norwich and the country around it? We confess we are at some loss to answer this question. We trust, ST. GILES'S. however, that the day is not distant when the work of forming a public pleasure garden will be commenced in good earnest. “ That the capital of Norfolk, one of the first cities in England, should have been so long without a public resort of this description, cannot, surely, he attributed to want of taste for flowers, or the sylvan beauties of the arboretum, for so predominant is its character in this respect, that it is emphatically termed ‘ the city of gardens,’ or ‘ the city in an orchard ’ A public pleasure-garden would form a delightful promenade. Here the inhabitants might repair to meditate and amuse themselves. At present Norwich possesses nothing of this description; for Chapel Field, from its being so much the resort of loose and idle boys, and being occupied partly by washerwomen, seems to be, in a great measure, deserted by the respectable citizens, so that the want of such a place for recreation and amusement must be felt by many. To take excur¬ sions about the streets or highways is found to be tedious and dis¬ agreeable, and to children dangerous. In a garden, however, such as we are recommending, all would be perfect security—here the juvenile branches of a family might play at pleasure ; and whilst it would supply the youthful mind with interesting associations, it would be at the same time healthful and exhilarating.” Not only have Chapel Field Gardens largely supplied that which Mr. Grigor felt to he so great a want for Norwich, but there is good reason to hope that that larger and grander addition to the recreative resources of Norwich—Household Heath—will gradually he duly developed so as not only to afford healthful air, and room for all persons and for all kinds of out-of-door amusements, but will be so laid out as to land¬ scape and planting, that the rest of Mr. Grigor’s hopes and wishes will be thoroughly accomplished. It will then only remain to remember that these open spaces and recreative grounds are chiefly available (for daily uses) for those who live within a reasonable distance of them ; and to recall that whilst the centre of Norwich and its eastern portions are well provided with such public grounds, yet that the Lakenham end of Norwich, and the districts of Ideigham, are far from the opportunities afforded to the more fortunate residents elsewhere. In any future extension of the recreative grounds of Norwich, the urgent requirements of the children in the way of playgrounds should also not be forgotten. CHAPTER YI. THE CITY WALL, AND THE GATES OF ST. GILES’S. The City Wall surrounds the outer margin of St. Giles’s parish, as of the rest of the city proper (see map). This wall, with its twelve gateways, was (I quote from Mr. Pitch*) built in the twenty-live years comprised between 1294 and 1319. But it was not till 1342, or twenty-three years after this date, that they were fortified and furnished with the necessary means for defence. On the portion of wall between St. Giles’s and St. Stephen’s Gates were two hundred and twenty-nine battlements, besides several strong towers ; whilst between it and St. Benedict’s Gate were one hundred battlements more. Previously to the erection of this wall Norwich had been surrounded by a ditch and a bank for pro¬ tection. Sr. Giles’s Gateway, the Newport, the gate of the New Burgh, stood at the west end of Upper St. Giles’s Street. No portion of it now remains, but the house against which the south side of it abutted was only removed about the year 1865-6, this having been taken down, along with a portion of the old wall, when the new houses at the end of the street were built. Mr. Chapman’s (butcher’s) shop now stands upon part of the site. Ihe gateway, with its wicket, was surmounted by fifteen battlements. Over it, at one time, lived a hermit. It was * “Views of the Gates of Norwich,” by Robert Fitch, 1861, p. v. ei s'q. 74 ST. GILES'S. pulled down in 1792. Views—both external and internal— of this gateway are appended, as it existed in 1720 and 1792. The earlier ones after Kirkpatrick, and both etched by the Ninhams, Henry and John. Over the gate, on the inside,* was the following inscription : SIR THOMAS CORY, MAYOR 1628. On the outside, under the city arms, carved in stone, ADORNATA TEMPORE MAIORALTIS HENRICI CROWE ARMIGERI 1679. The cost of the original building of these fortifications was defrayed, partly by the levying of a series of murages or wall taxes, and partly by the contributions of private donors. In 1342 (says Blomefield) the gates and towers of the city were fortified and made up fit to dwell in (they having been built, but not fitted up, ever since the walls were finished) by Richard Spynk, citizen of Norwich, who, for the profit and defence of the city and adjacent country, and for the honour of the king, gave thirty espringolds, or warlike instruments, to cast great stones with, to be always kept at the various gates and towers (of which two were allotted to St. Giles’s Gate); as well as ropes, cross-bows, and other warlike appliances. He also covered and leaded St. Giles’s Gate (as well as others), and otherwise contributed largely to the completion of these city defences. For all which, and in return for his patriotism, the citizens gave him their common seal to pay him their part, and also that neither he nor his heirs male, for ever, should be obliged to bear any office, or serve on any juries in the city, without their consent, and that they should be for ever quit and free from all foliages and taxes in the city, customs, murage, pavage, &c. * Fitch’s “ Gates,” p. 16. CITY WALL. 7.7 The city bailiffs and commonalty, at an assembly also ordered that Richard Spink’s “ good deeds ” should be pro¬ claimed every quarter of a year, street by street, throughout the whole city. In 1345, according to the Domesday Book of the city, there was a tax called Fossage, to defray the great charges of the walls and ditches. In 1385 a general survey was made, and all the walls and gates were placed in good repair, with a sufficient number of men appointed to guard them. It was also agreed that wardens should be chosen annually, whose duty it should be to prevent any decay or permanent injury to the fortifications by timely repair, or by reconstruction. In 1386, in consequence of the expectancy of French in¬ vasion, the towers were filled with engines of defence, the walls rendered perfect, and the ditches made as wide and deep as the necessity of the case demanded. The names of the wardens appointed to St. Giles’s Gate in this year (1386) were John Crispyng, Richard Storme, John Leverych, Robert Bakestere, Thomas Rous (Spicer), and Thomas Wytlesford. In 1399 the city was again placed in a condition of strength through its walls, towers, and gates. With the exception of Bishop’s, Magdalen, St. Martin’s, Conisford, and St. Stephen’s, the gates were kept shut both day and night, and soldiers of every kind were ordered to keep the towers and walls. In a charter, dated 1403, it is provided that the Mayor, Sheriffs, citizens, &c., have power to appropriate waste ground, tolls of bridges, gates, &c., to the repair of the walls of the city and the gates. In 13th Henry VI. (Fitch, p. 16), £5 was bestowed on the ditch between Westwyk and St. Giles’s Gates. In 1437 it was ordained that every mayor, newly elected from year to year, should, in the second week after the feast of Corpus Christi, survey and search all the walls of the city, with the gates and towers. But at an Assembly held in 1630, it was ordered that, “ Whereas the riding about the city walls was w r out to be within one month after the Maior’s ST. GILES'S. charge, it is now ordered that it shall be yearly in the month of March.”* In 1448, on the occasion of the visit of Henry 6th to the city, the gates Avere beautified, and the king’s arms and the arms of St. George Avere painted and raised upon six of the gates. In 1458, at an Assembly, it was granted that the customs and toll of the gates of the city should be received by the sheriffs, instead of by the Chamberlain, as heretofore. But the next years the city took this into their oavu hands again, and so it continued till discharged by the benefaction of Alderman Jaunys. In 1460, in consequence of the general national insecurity, the gates and Avails were again repaired. And in this year the Mayor and authorities issued peremptory orders that the strictest watch and Avard should be kept, and the gates, with the exception of five, should be kept locked, not only by night, but by day. In 1480 the farm of St. Giles’s gate produced the sum of eight shillings. In 1481 the ancient assessment of this city (says Blome- field) towards repairing the Avails was renewed, by which it appears that St. Giles’s repaired all the Avails, towers, and St- Giles’s gates, to the tower on the north side of the gates, and that toAver. Or, as Mr. Fitch gives it from a manuscript account: “ St. Giles’s .—They shall have the toure on the southsyde of the gates there, and the toure on the north- syde.” Mr. Fitch says the distribution was settled in 1451, and Avas, most probably, re-instituted in 1481, with the old murage-tax, for the proper repair of the Avails from the effects of the earthquake which took place on the 28th of December, 1480. Although the great city fires of 1504 and 1507 spread upwards into the districts of St. Peter Mancroft and St. Giles’s, * Fitch, quoting from Kirkpatrick. GILES’S GATE (INSIDE)—1720. 8T. GILES’S GATE (OUTSIDE)-! 7 20 CITY WALL. 79 there does not appear to have been any damage done to their walls or gates. St. Stephen’s gate was battered down, and the walls between St. Giles’s and St. Stephen’s gates were broken through and entered by the Earl of Warwick’s soldiers in the time of Kett’s rebellion (154S). In 1578, on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s visit, the narrow way at St. Giles’s gate was enlarged by casting down the hills. In 1612 the city gates were not to be opened for packhorses or others laden, on Sundays; only the little clicket to be opened on those days. In 1625 a commission was received in the city to cleanse the ditches around the walls, the towers and gates were ordered to be repaired, and all persons residing in the several wards were taxed for the purpose. This proceeding was undertaken both for retaining the city in a condition of defence, and also to assist in staying the progress of the plague, then desolating other places. All persons arriving at the gates from infected places were denied admittance. Before the end of the month of July, however, further watch of the gates was considered superfluous, and ceased, it being- known that the city had become infected. Some of the towers were now fitted up as houses for the accommodation of infected persons. At a court held August, 1628, “ it was thought fit that St. Giles’s gates shall not be taken down till next spring.” In 1638, the walls next St. Giles’s gate ordered to be stopped where they were broken. In 1640 a watchman was appointed at every gate of the city, during all Lent, to seize the flesh brought into, or live creatures brought to be killed in the city; and the gates were to be shut at sunsetting, and the keys brought to the mayor, or his deputy, and not to be opened till sunrising.* In July, 1642, in consequence of the state of antagonism * Blomefield. 80 ST. GILES'S. between tbe King- and the Parliament, a double watch was ordered to be set upon the gates; all persons in their turns being obliged to watch by themselves or their deputies. At the end of 1642, the citizens rampired up Bishop’s and St. Augustine’s gates; and in February, 1643, “ it was agreed that the following-mentioned gates be rampired up, viz., Conisford, Ileigham, St. Augustine’s, St. Giles’s, and Pock- thorpe, and the rest strictly guarded day and night, till further orders.” In June, 1643, St. Giles’s gate, as well as Conisford gate, St. Martin-at-the-Oak gate, and Magdalen gate were rampired up, “so to remain till the present dangers be over.” But in July the gates were opened again, upon promise of the citizens to ramp ire them up again at their own charge, upon warning so to do. In 1648, it being reported that the Mayor was to be carried off in the night, the citizens went in a body to all the gates, locked them up, and carried away the keys, and themselves watched all night. The following is a copy of the St. Gdes’s portion of the murage-tax or icall-rate , for 1665, taken from the original manuscript in the possession of the Norwich Corporation.* ST. GILES’S. John Hobart, Esq. £ S. d. John Earle, Esq. — Tho. Norris 0 1G 0 Tho. Cock 0 5 4 Win. Stinnett (dead) — Tim. Day 0 2 0 Cicely Hun, widd. 0 2 4 Martha Watts, widd. 0 4 0 Tho. Suggett ... ...~ 0 10 8 Anne Souths, widd. 0 5 0 * Kindly furnished to me by Mr. James Reeve. ST. Giles’s gate (inside)— 1792. st. Giles’s gate (outside)— 1792 CITY WALL. 83 Anne Leverington, widd. Fra. Tompson, widd. Marie Seamens, widd. ... Wm. Gargrave Step. Cooper ... Robert Colman John Baker Jo. Wright Wm. Symonds ... Wm. Robbins ... John Aggs Nicb. Osbourne Wm. Tompson Tlio. Feade Wm. Coe Wm. Beavis Tko. Elvine Jo. Hansell, Esq. Lionel Gurlinge Jo. Burgesse Roger Basie Tho. Goldinge ... Rich. Dawson ... Nicb. Waldegrave, E.sq. Jeremy Day Wm. Edgley Jeremy Linge ... Eliz. Youngs, widd. Mrs. Katherine Anguish Sirs. Anne Chambers, widd. Mary Repps, widd. Edw. Pope Wm. Lowe Tho. Lowe Tho. Thornton Nich. Osbourne Fra. Saunders, Esq. £ s. d. 0 2 8 0 5 4 0 14 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 5 4 0 2 8 0 14 0 2 0 0 2 8 0 5 4 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 5 0 0 2 8 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 G 0 1 0 0 2 8 0 2 G 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 4 0 0 10 6 0 10 Iu 1726 an Act was passed for the levying of tolls for the maintenance of the walls, gates, roads, &c. Yet both the gates and walls, soon after this, fell into general decay—their usefulness being felt, in fact, to have expired. 84 ST. GILES'S. On July 7th, 1756,* the tonnage hooks say, it was ordered that the walls of St. Giles’s gate he painted, and the battle¬ ments repaired, and a ringe of lead put round the top of the roof to protect the same from wet, &c. June 15th, 1763, it was ordered that St. Giles’s gate he examined by proper workmen, and repaired, under the direc¬ tion of Sir Thomas Churchman, Knight, and the Chamberlain ; and also that they give proper directions for the better paving the passage under the gateway and without the gate. This appears to be the last time the gate was repaired. It was taken down in 1792. Very considerable changes have been made in the last few years in the aspect of the outer boundary of St. Giles’s parish. In 1865 the narrow roadway inside the city wall, between such wall and the house then occupied by myself (now number 91) leading from Upper St. Giles’s street to Chapel Field, was considered by the Corporation to be unnecessary, and was ordered to be stopped up. About sixteen years ago, in 1867, much of the old city wall existing between St. Giles’s gate and the southern end of Chapel Field, and bounding this Field to the west, was pulled down, only a small portion at the extreme southern end of the Field, with one of the towers (see plate) being left standing. In its stead an iron palisading has been erected as an enclosure to the Field. At the north-west corner of the Field the Volunteer Drill Hall has been built. Between this and Upper St. Giles’s Street, a row of houses has been erected. And on the other side of this street, along the slope of Wellington Lane, and between this and Grapes Hill, a further portion of the old city wall has been taken down, and a series of detached double cottages has been built by the Corporation upon the ground thus obtained. Some of these cottages are built against portions of the wall which were not removed. The backs of * Fitch, p. 1G. POETION OF OLD CITY WALL IN CHAl’EL FIELD, WITH TOWER. CITY WALL. 87 many of the houses on the east side of St. Giles’s hill also abut upon portions of the old wall.* * The aspect of the site of the old gateway has been neces¬ sarily greatly altered by and since its removal {vide plates of outer and inner face of gateway) ; but some of the houses near it still remain very little altered. Norwich has been visited by Royalty at many periods of its history, but I believe the only occasions on which the royal personages entered the city by St. Giles’s gates were in 1866 and 1884; usually the entrance has been by St. Benedict’s gate, or by St. Stephen’s gate, but in 1764 Charles II. and his Queen came to Norwich, entering the city by the Trowse road. They were sumptuously entertained at the Duke’s Palace. It was on this occasion that the king wished to knight the mayor, but as he earnestly begged to be excused, lie conferred that honour instead upon that learned citizen, Dr. (afterwards so well known as Sir Thomas) Browne. On October 31st, 1866, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, paid their first visit to Norwich, and entered the city by St. Giles’s gates and street. They tra¬ velled from their seat at Sandringham, and were received and entertained in princely style at Costessey Hall by Lord and Lady Stafford. They were accompanied by the Queen of Denmark (mother of the Princess), and by Prince Alfred (Duke of Edinburgh). Their Royal Highnesses entered the city from Cossey (or Costessey) by way of the Dereham and St. Giles’s roads, passing at St. Giles’s gates under a triumphal arch, which had been erected on the site of the old St. Giles’s gate, of which it was a partial copy (see plate). They were heralded by a salute of twenty-one guns, and were received just outside the gates {i.e., at the boundary of the city proper) by the Mayor (W. P. Nichols, Esq.) in violet * The greater portion of the continuation of this wall along the west side of Duck Lane to St. Benedict’s Street has long been removed, but the south end of St. Benedict’s gateway still remains, with one of the large iron hinges of the gate still left in the masonry. • F 8S ST. GILES'S. robes, the Sheriff (W. J. Cubitt, Esq.), and the Corporation, whilst the various corps of voluuteers kindly gave their ser¬ vices as and where required.* TRIUMPHAL ARCH. They then proceeded along St. Giles’s street to the Guild¬ hall, in the Council-chamber of which an address was presented to them by the Corporation ; and from thence they went to * A large stand was erected in St. Giles’s churchyard hy J. J. Colman, Esq., for the purpose of enabling the children belonging to the schools of this and other parishes to see the royal procession. For this, as well as other assistance on this occasion, the thanks of the Council were subsequently voted to Mr. Colman. ROYAL VISITS. 89 St. Andrew's Hall and attended a morning concert of the Musical Festival. On leaving the hall their Royal Highnesses drove through the Market Place and up St. Stephen’s Street to the Chapel Field, where they were received by the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, and where they each planted a Wellingtonia tree* in memory of their visit. They afterwards formally opened the Volunteer Drill Hall, and then returned to Cossey. The royal party was most enthusiastically received along the whole route. In the evening the St. Giles’s triumphal arch was illumi¬ nated with gas. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh slept one night in Norwich during this week, at the house of Mr. G. AV. AV. Firth, in St. Giles’s Street (now No. 48) and the royal bed was commemorated by a metal plate affixed to it, recording the fact. The address presented by the Corporation to their Royal Highnesses on this occasion was thus worded : “ The humble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Norwich and County of the same City in Council assembled. “ We, the Assembled Council of this Body Corporate, most heartily welcome your Royal Highness and your Illustrious and Beloved Consort on the occasion of this your first visit to our ancient and loyal city. “Most highly do we appreciate the favour which your Royal High¬ ness has conferred upon the County of Norfolk in having chosen it for your home, and we feel especially honoured by your most gracious acceptance of our invitation to this city, the metropolis of the Eastern Counties. “ With sentiments of loyalty and profound respect we beg to present through your Royal Highness, to your most excellent parent, our Gracious Queen, the homage of our dutiful regard and of our un¬ bounded devotedness to her Throne. “We trust that your Royal Highness, her Royal Highness the * One of tlie trees planted by the Prince and Princess was presented for the purpose by the Lady Stafford, of Costessey; and the other by the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. The silver spade presented to the Princess on the occasion was the gift of the Sheriff of Norwich (William Jary Cubitt, Esq.) 90 ST. GILES’S. Princess, and your cherished offspring, will long he spared as the objects of our hope, and if, in the course of years, your Eoyal High¬ ness he called to reign over this great nation, we enjoy the happy confidence that you will exhibit the transcendent qualities of your royal parents, the illustrious Prince, whose loss we shall ever deplore, and of Her Majesty, who has so carefully trained you to serve your God and your country. “ This Council cannot conclude without acknowledging the gracious condescension of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, iu accom¬ panying your Eoyal Highness to Norwich on this auspicious occasion. “ And may the Almighty King of kings, aud Father of all mankind, with His constant providential care, watch over you aud all your house, protecting you from all harm, and showering upon you con¬ tinually the choicest of His blessings.” To this the Prince gave the following reply: “ Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—The Princess unites with me in thanking you for your address of welcome on this our first visit to your ancient and loyal city. “ I have also to thank you on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, for the attachment to her person and the devotion to her throne which you desire me to he the medium of conveying to her. “ The satisfaction experienced by the Princess and myself on this occasion is greatly enhanced by the circumstance of our residence being situated in your county. “ The Queen of Denmark has also desired me to express the pleasure it has given her to have accompanied her daughter, the Princess, and to thank you for the welcome you have given her. “For myself I beg you will believe how deeply sensible I am of the kind wishes you have offered for the happiness and welfare of me and my family.” The recent visit (1884) of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Norwich is fresh in the minds of all. On Wednesday, October loth, their Royal Plighnesses came to Norwich and attended a morning performance of the Musical Festival (of which the Prince is president), at which Gounod’s oratorio, “ The Redemption,” was given to a crowded audience. They came with a large party from Lord Hastings’, at Melton Constable, where they were staying. They travelled by the new Eastern and Midlands Railway, ROYAL VISITS. 91 and arrived at its Norwich (City) Station shortly before twelve. They were met at the station by myself (Mayor), by the Sheriff, the Deputy-Mayor, the Town Clerk, Mr. Colman, M.P., and Colonel Philips (commanding the military escort furnished by the 4th Hussars), and immediately entered the carriages prepared for them. The route from the station to St. Andrew’s Ilall was along the Barn Road, Dereham Road, Distillery Street, St. Giles's Road, St. Giles’s Street, Market Place, Exchange Street, and St. Andrew’s Street, to the Hall; which they entered by the corridor belonging to the adjoining Middle Class School, which had been prettily decorated for the occasion. After the conclusion of the first part of the oratorio, the Royal party (with the addition of a few invited guests) adjourned to the luncheon which they had graciously per¬ mitted me to provide for them, and which was set forth in some adjoining rooms, belonging to the Middle School. After the conclusion of the oratorio, the royal party pro¬ ceeded to the grand new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, by way of Prince’s Street, Redwell Street, London Street, the Market Place, Briggs’ Street, Rampant Horse Street, and St. Stephen’s Street. At the hospital (opened in 1883 by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught), of which the Prince is patron, and of which he laid the first stone in 1879, the party was received by the Earl of Leicester, K.G. (Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk), who is President of the Hospital, by the Rev. Canon Heaviside (Chairman of the Board of Management), by myself (Mayor, and Senior Physician), by the Medical Staff and Board of Management, and by a few other gentlemen, as well as ladies. The hos¬ pital was then inspected, after which the royal party re-entered their carriages and returned by way of St, Stephen’s Road, Chapel Field Road, St. Giles’s Road, Distillery Street, Dere¬ ham Road, and Barn Road, to the Heigham station, which they left for Melton at about four o’clock. St. Giles’s street, as well as all the other portions of the route, were prettily decorated, and their Royal Highnesses ST. GILES'S. 92 were most warmly and loyally received along the whole line of distance. My house (as Mayor’s) had been very tastefully ornamented for the occasion, and a view of it, as photographed at the time, is appended (see plate, page 43). On the evening of Friday, October 17th, their lloyal High¬ nesses and the party at Melton Constable came again to Norwich to attend an evening concert of the Musical Festival, at which Mendelssohn’s “ Walpurgis Night,” and other miscellaneous pieces were given. They arrived at the Heigham (City) station about 7.50 p.m., and passed to St. Andrew’s Hall along the same route (via St. Giles’s Hoad and St. Giles’s Street) as before, returning to Melton at the conclusion of the concert. They were again enthusiastically cheered both coming and returning. It may here be mentioned that the present was the seventh public, or semi-public, visit of the Prince of Wales to Norwich, and the third public visit of the Princess of Wales ; and that it was the twentjMirst year of their joint residence in the County of Norfolk since their marriage. CHAPTER VII. THE DISTRICT OUTSIDE ST. GILES'S GATES. Outside St. Giles’s, or Newport, Gate (see map) was formerly THE LEPER-HOUSE of St. Giles’s. It was founded (says Blomefield) in Edward Ill’s time, by Balderic, or Baudry de Taverham, who, in 1843, settled it for that use on the city, as his original deed, now in the Guildhall, in old French, shows us.* It was not dissolved, but continued a hospital, or sick-house, for a long period, in the same way as did the St. Stephen’s lazar-house. Dr. Tanner, however, traces its origin much higher, for, a.d. 1308, Walter Knot granted to Richard de Ely “ his seven cottages in which the leprous people dwell, lying together without St. Giles’s gate, on the north side of the king’s highway ” f Blomefield says (vol. iv., p. 1G6) :— A leper house was formerly iuliabited by lepers, lazars, and lame folks; of these bouses there were live, at live of the city gates. Each was governed by a master, custos, or guardian, who, before the Dissolution, was always a religious, and officiated daily in the chapel belonging to his house ; tliero was one always at each house, called the foregoer, who used to beg daily for them; few people died heretofore without leaving a legacy to each leper-liouse, and to each of the foregoers there; and anciently, besides these leper-houses, there wero hermits dwelling in their cells in all the gates. * Mr. Fitch quotes the deed as of date 1344. f Taylor's “Index Monasticus, 1 ’ p. 58. 94 ST. GILES'S. The leper or lazar houses were very frequent at some small distance from great towns, and very often in lonely places, near some great passage over rivers, &c., for the greater convenience of daily begging for their relief ; and at the same time being alone by themselves, according to the law of the leprosie, in Leviticus; and also according to the national law, in which there was a writ by which the parish was to remove the leper to some solitary place, to hinder his conversing with those that were not so. Nay, so exact were they, that each leper-liouse had a burial-ground to their chapel, in which the lepers were buried by themselves. The leper-house of St. Stephen’s was also placed just out¬ side the city gates, and it appears to have occupied the greater part of the space between the gates and the present Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. All the five leper-houses of Norwich were in being and had relief out of the treasury for the King’s Bench and Marshalsea, in 1602 and 1604.* The leprosy, for the relief of which these houses were chiefly created, was not only a loathsome disease, but very contagious, and, in consequence, those infected witli it were separated from all human society, and confined in hospitals or lazarettos. The number of persons suffering from contagious disease, and, therefore, fit subjects for these leper-houses, may be inferred from the fact that at one time as many as nine thousand of these hospitals existed in Europe. The true leprosy has nearly vanished from Europe in the last two hundred years, but it still lingers in the east. How readily parasitic and contagious disease might arise and be perpetuated in the good old times is seen in the fact that in all the numerous military castles, the garrison and servants slept upon trusses of straw, and were crowded to¬ gether in the donjons, or keeps, without any external com¬ munication with the light or air. These leper-houses as receptacles for the diseased, differed from the establishments called hospitals (and one of which, dedicated to St. Giles, and now well known as the Old Man’s, or the Great Hospital, was founded near the Bishop’s White’s “ History,” p. 453. DISTRICT OUTSIDE TIIE GATES. 95 gate in this city), which were founded not only for the recep¬ tion of the sick, but also of the poor, the aged, and the infirm, as well as for the gratuitous entertainment of travellers on their pilgrimage, as at Billingford, where the hospital of Bee was instituted for the accommodation of thirteen poor pilgrims, on their way to Walsingham, who were each to be entertained there one night.* * The district lying outside of St. Giles’s gates requires a short notice. And, first, it may be mentioned that at an early period of our parish history, when dirt and filth were habitually allowed to accumulate and fester within or just without the city, with the result not only of a great prevalence of contagious disease, but also of the frequent recurrence of that dreadfully fatal pestilence, the plague, and of other frightful epidemics, a patriotic citizen gave two acres of land just outside these gates to lay the city refuse upon. Secondly, on December 7th, 1706, Henry Crossgrove printed his first newspaper (called the “ Norwich Gazette ”) at his house near St. Giles’s gates. He was assisted in this undertaking by the celebrated Edward Cave, the original planner and establisher of the “ Gentleman’s Magazine,” which was first published in 1731.f Thirdly, in 1827, there was erected immediately outside the gates, at the corner of St. Giles’s road, the new City or Borough Gaol, now nearly demolished. Its site is occupied by the large Roman Catholic Church, now in process of erection, at the expense, it is said, of the Duke of Norfolk. A sketch of the front of this old gaol, which is not yet removed, is given herewith (vide plate). This city gaol* was “ built in 1824 to 1827, from a design * Taylor’s “Index Monasticus,’’ p. 13. “ The milky way seen in the sky on a clear night was once popularly called the Walsingham way, because it was supposed to direct pilgrims on their road to the shrine.” — Doran’s “ Saints and Sinners,” vol. ii., p. 272. t “ Norwich Remembrancer,” p. 2. See also his biography. • + Bayne, “ History of Norwich,” and “Chambers’ History.” 9(5 ST. GILES’S. by Mr. Philip Barnes, of Norwich, at a cost of £23,000. The prisoners in the City Bridewell were removed from thence to this gaol in March, 1828. The front elevation is massive, and is supported by Tuscan columns. The whole prison lias a circumference ol 1220 feet, and encloses an area of one acre, two roods, thirty poles, and contains 114 cells. The house of the governor stands in the centre, and commands a view of the entire prison, which is well ventilated and supplied with water pumped by the tread-wheel.” Bayne further states that “ at a quarterly assembly of the Corporation, held February 24th, 1823, a lease was granted to the magistrates of the city, for 500 years, of the piece of laud outside St. Giles's gates, on which it had been decided to build the new jail, at the annual rent of £50.” FRONT OF OLD GAOL. In 1877 the new Prison Act came into force, and in the following year the city gaol was taken out of the hands of the Norwich justices, and the charge of the prisons was vested in the Prison Commissioners created by the Act. In 1878, also, these Commissioners decided to remove the city prisoners to the Norwich Castle (the County Gaol), and offered to re-sell this gaol and its site to the Norwich Corpora¬ tion at the price fixed by statute. As the Corporation declined to purchase at this price, the building and ground DISTRICT OUTSIDE THE GATES. 97 was offered by public auction, tvben it realized the sum of £7,505. Of this sum the statutory price, £5,425 4s., was retained by the Government, and the surplus, about £1,084, after defraying expenses, was handed over to the City Treasurer. At a former period, the mr.T.s just outside the gates of St. Giles’s were excavated for the sake of the chalk or flints which they contained.* These excavations, and the resulting irregularities of ground, whilst adding to the picturesqueness of some of the gardens, have proved a source of danger to the foundations of some of the houses built over or upon them, and some difficulty was at one time feared or experienced in reference to the foundations of the Roman Catholic Church, now in course of erection. These, however, appear to have been quite overcome. The following account of these chalk vaults, extracted from vol. xxiii. of “ Archseologia,” p, 411, is interesting: “ March 4th, 1840. Samuel Woodward, Esq., exhibited to the society the copy of an ancient plan of the chalk vaults near St. Giles’s gate at Norwich, made by John Bond, 1571, accompanied by the following observations, in a letter addressed to Hudson Gurney, Esq., V.P. ‘‘ These vaults or caverns were discovered in 1823, in sinking a well: they were subsequently cleared out for public inspection, and certain names imposed, which you see on the plan. Their general width was about six feet; their extent lengthwise and in cross streets was very considerable. “ The early method of working the chalk around Norwich appears to have been by cutting galleries to the depth of one hundred yards > into the stratum, and forming others at right angles to intersect them. Within the last fifty years a different mode has been adopted, namely, by uncovering the upper surface, and cutting down perpen¬ dicular jambs; in doing this, the workmen frequently fall in with some of these old galleries. “ Similar excavations formerly existed on the east side of Norwich, near Bishop’s Gate.These caverns were, however, * Mr. Walter Rye (“ History of Norfolk ”) says they were “ probably worked by the masons of the Castle and Cathedral for the sake of the chalk.” 98 ST. GILES'S. destroyed by the shaking of the earth during a thunderstorm, June 12th, 1748. “ The forming of these excavations in chalk, as well as those in more solid strata, has been attributed by the late Mr. King and other antiquaries, to the aboriginal inhabitants of this country, and are likewise considered to have been formed as places of retreat in time of danger, or as stores for laying-up grain. “ The vaults near St. Giles’s gate are decidedly not of this de¬ scription ; they are too irregular in their formation to have been used for the first purpose, and too humid for storing grain ; still, they are, undoubtedly, very ancient, and I am induced to think that they were not so formed to extract the chalk, but for the purpose of obtaining the black flints, of which so many have been used in the construction of the mansions of the Norwich merchants prior to the time of Queen Elizabeth. These caverns are situate just without the walls, and their original entrances (now filled up with earth) were in the slope facing the north. It is very probable that they must have been closed up soon after the name and date upon the plan, “ John Bond, 1571,” were written, otherwise I conceive these would not have been preserved to the time of the discovery. This supposition is strength¬ ened by our local historian, Blomefield, who, in p. 317, part I. of his ‘ Norwich,’ informs us that, ‘ in 1578, the city was acquainted that Her Majesty designed a progress through Norfolk and Suffolk, and to visit this city.’ When, among other orders issued by the Mayor for improving the appearance of the city, ‘ the narrow way at St. Giles’s gate (was directed to be) enlarged by casting down the hills; ’ this passage decidedly alludes to the spot in question, but there cannot be a doubt that these curious excavations remained closed up from the time of this order, in 1578, to their discovery in 1823.” [It is here worth a passing observation to notice what it may he hoped is a sign of the steady progress of our city and of general morality. The site of the older city gaol, which formerly was located by the side of the Guildhall hill, is now occupied by the Public Library building. This more modern gaol is now being replaced by a church. Whilst Norwich Castle, now the single prison of the district, and used for both county and city prisoners, was in 1884 (during my mayor¬ alty) purchased by the city of the Government for the sum of £4,000, which included all its valuable buildings and fittings. And it is confidently hoped that when the new DISTRICT OUTSIDE THE GATES. 99 prison on Mousehold Heath is completed, and the Castle handed over to the city, this grand building and site, with all its capabilities, will be utilized for the real benefit of the citizens, by the promotion of the many purposes of instruction and art cultivation, as well as possibly of recreation, for which it is so admirably adapted.] CHAPTER VIII. THE CHURCH OF ST. GILES’S, WITH LIST OF ITS MINISTERS. The Church of St. Giles, dedicated to tlie Saint of that name, stands on the north side of Upper St. Giles’s Street. It was founded by Elwyn, the priest,* and was given by him to the monks of .Norwich, after lie had procured an indul¬ gence of twenty days’ pardon to all persons who would come and offer here, on St. Giles’s Day, or seven days after; and Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, appropriated it to the monks, it being then a rectory that paid 6d. synodals to the Bishop, whose jurisdiction this parish is subject to, as also to that of the Archdeacon of Norwich. It was afterwards settled by the monks on their Infirmary, and no vicarage being endowed, it was always served by a parish chaplain, and is a donative in the Dean and Chapter, who appoint the Chaplain, and the Bishop licenses him. In ancient evidences it is called St. Giles’s on the Mill, it being on a considerable eminence, which commands an extensive view of the lower parts of the city, and being itself a conspicuous object for a long distance round Norwich. The rectory at the appropria¬ tion was valued at forty shillings. The church is a fine perpendicular flint-work structure. It was wholly rebuilt in the time of Richard II., and is now one of the finest in the city. The tower is large and well- proportioned. It is battlemented and crowned with a small bell-cot. It is 113.25 feet high, i.e. from the surface of the * Blomefield. SX. GILES'S CHUBCH, 1886. V THE CHURCH. 103 ground to the top of the parapet (according to Ordnance Survey); and the hill itself is 85.8 feet above the level of the sea. The bolt mark (Ordnance Survey) is 4.3 feet above the surface of the ground. The tower contains a clock and eight bells. The nave, the chancel, the two aisles, and the south porch are all leaded. On account of its height and conspicuous position, the tower was selected in 1549 for placing a cresset,* or large lantern, for a fire-beacon upon its top. It is now protected by a lightning conductor, carried from its top along its southern face to the ground at its foot. There was formerly a Cross and Image of the Trinity in a niche on the west side of the steeple. For several years past the top of the tower has been occasionally used by the soldiers stationed at the Barracks, for the purpose of practising flag-drill. The large clock on the eastern side of the tower was restored and recoloured at the restoration of the church in 18G5-6, when the figure of Old Time, holding a scythe in his hand (which had surmounted the old face), was removed. The clock was also then lowered somewhat in position. The following measurements were taken by the late clerk, Mr. H. J. Chambers:—Diameter of face, 10 feet; circumference ; 30 feet; size of Roman characters, 1| feet; stem, breadth, 2^ inches; small lines, f inch; size of large hand, 6 feet 51 inches ; of small hand, 3 feet 4 inches; Aveight of large hand, 21i lbs.; of small hand, 8 lbs. The chancel was quite demolished in 1581, Avlien the Dean and Chapter gave to the trustees of this parish, “ all the lead, timber, iron, and stone, which did come and remain of * Cresset, from the French croisette, because beacons usually had crosses on their tops. So the beacon, which was a pail containing fuel which could be set on fire so as to alarm the country on the approach of an enemy. The word beacon is from the Saxon word becnan , to make a signal, and hence the English word beckon. Its use is illustrated in Gay’s well-known lines, “No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar, The dreadful signal of invasive war.” 104 ST. GILES'S. the decayed chancel of this church, for a stock to he put out for the encouragement of poor traders in this parish,” by which means they eased themselves of all repairs at once, for the Chancel belonged to and was to be maintained by them. This has long been lost. In vol. ii, page 223, of the “ East Anglian ” is the following—an extract from a parchment roll or return from the Archdeacon, preserved in the Bishop’s Record Room, Norwich. It is endorsed, “ The certificates of all the ruines and decayes of all the ruinated churches and chauncells of the dioc. Norwich.” Anno D’ni, 1G02. S’ti Egidii. Civifcas Norvici. The Chauncell there whollie ruynated, and taken downe, by Doctor Gardyner, late Deane* of the Cathedrall Church of Norwich, being a pretended patron of the said Church.” The nave is of five bays, and has a good open timber roof, supported by angels bearing shields emblazoned with the arms of England, France, and Castile.f The nave and aisles are 81 feet long, divided by slender pillars and lighted by large and elegant windows. The nave is eight yards wide, and the aisles are four yards wide each. The clerestory windows have been modernised. The south porch has a fine groined vault with fan tracery, and is surmounted by a parvise and a rich parapet and cornice. In the west end of the south aisle there was a chapel, altar, and image of St. Catharine, with a light burning before it; and against one of the pillars there was a famous rood called the Brown-rood. There was a gild of St. Mary kept before the altar of the Virgin of Pity. The west window in the north aisle was adorned with the history of our Lord s * Between 1573—1579. t The arms of Norwich Priory are (or were) to be seen in the roof of St. Giles’s Church.—Taylor’s “ Index Monasticus,” p. 129. INTERIOR OF ST. GILES’S CHURCH, BEFORE RESTORATION. THE CHURCH. 109 passion; and there were lights (either wax tapers or lamps) burning before the images of St. Mary, St. John Baptist, St. Christopher, St. Giles, St. Unkumber, and St. Wilegesartis; besides those that continually burned before the holy-rood or cross, the holy sepulchre, and the Sacrament.* The remains of a colossal fresco painting of St. Christopher and two consecration crosses were discovered on the Avail of the north aisle, when “the church was whited” in 1723.f The rebuilding of the chancel and the restoration of the church were carried out in 18G6. At the time these were undertaken, the church had fallen into a sad state of dis¬ repair. The windows were imperfect, and rain and snow, during a shower, would penetrate portions of the roof and fall upon the heads of the congregation ; requiring, as I have seen, the use of an umbrella or parasol during the service. Not only was the chancel then rebuilt,£ but the old high- backed pews were cleared away and replaced by oak benches ; the gallery at the west end was removed ; the Avest-end arch and Avindow were opened out; the nave and chancel were paved with Minton tiles; a new oak pulpit and reading desk Avere provided; the church was lighted with gas by means of eio-lit five-branched g-as standards and other smaller Avail branches; a new organ§ was bought and placed on the north side of the chancel; a hot-air heating apparatus was pro- * In 1749, Edmund Bulcenham , Esq., gave a tenement in this parish to find a lamp before the high altar here, and before the Sepulchre, yearly, at Easter, in St. Mary's College in the Fields, but it was seized at the Reformation. t This saint is often depicted on the wall over the north door in churches where there is one, and generally of as large a size as the wall will permit. (Such a painting is well seen in St. Gregory’s, in this city; and of enormous size in the Cathedral Church of Frankfort.) St. Christopher appears to have been placed over the north door because children to be baptized were usually brought in at it, and the connexion between the two facts is that as he is said to have carried Christ over the water when a child, so the water of baptism would bring salva¬ tion and safety to these infants. His name of Christopher implies his legend in its derivation from the two Greek words, Xpisros and 'hepco. + See plate of the interior of the church before its restoration. The chancel arch is filled with a plain wall, and the communion table stands in front of this. $ By Hill, of London. G 110 ST. GILES'S. vided;* a new vestry was built; and the monuments upon the "walls were re-arranged. The new chancel was added to the church mainly at the cost of the Rev. "W. N. Ripley, the then vicar. The general restoration of the church was effected (during the church- wardenship of the late Mr. TV. K. Bridgman and 1113 'self) by means of a parish and general subscription, the total expen¬ diture upon the work being between £4,000 and £5,000. Of this restoration the late Mr. R. N. Phipson was the architect. It is commemorated by the brass plate affixed to the clock works in the belfry, upon which is the inscription elsewhere described {vide Belfry). The dimensions of the chancel are about 39 feet by 18 feet 9 inches. Its eastern wall has been ornamentally painted by Mr. King, after a design sanctioned by Mr. Phipson, the architect. Around the top of the east window is painted this text, “ This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.” On each side of the window are painted the r Ten Commandments, and below the window and above the com¬ munion table, is painted the text, “ As often as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till lie come.” The side walls of the chancel, as high as the dado, and as far as the altar steps, are also painted in an appropriate design.f The eastern window, like the rest of the church windows, is filled with plain greenish-j T ellow dull glass. The new vestry is placed at the north side of the chancel, and has an entrance door from the churchyard. It is about twelve feet by nine feet in size and is lighted with a good window. A large tripartite wooden board, hanging on one of its walls (removed from its former position on the wall of the church), gives the list of the parish charities for the poor (elsewhere described). * This has, during the present year, been superseded by a complete hot-water apparatus. ■f The above work executed for, and presented to the church by, Lady Eade and myself in 1867-8. INTERIOR OF ST. GILES’S CHURCH, 1886. THE CHURCH. 113 As completed, the new church provides seats for about six hundred persons (see plate). The font (see plate) stands at the western end of the church. It is of stone; about four feet ten inches in height. The upper part, or basin, is evidently of much older date than the base (consisting of the pedestal and two steps) FONT. which was renewed after an injury at the restoration of the church in 186(1 The outer part of the basin has eight facets, carved with shields and flowers; and below these are eight cherubs’ heads, with flowers between. The pedestal is carved out on its sides into niches, having cusped tracery heads. The basin itself is lined with lead. There was formerly a 114 ST. GILES'S. cover, which has been lost. Standing- within the large basin is a small leaden vessel and cover, in which water is kept. It is elegantly formed, and is in its design a rough copy of the font itself. This was made more than forty years ago by Mr. Culyer, then parish clerk. The. communion plate consists of six pieces, viz. : 2 richly gilt flagons, with Latin inscriptions, 2 gilt cups, with covers, also with inscriptions, 1 paten, with inscription, 1 offering bason, with inscription. They wei-e all presented by Robert Snell, in 1738, and are fully described on the monument erected to his memory (see Church Monuments—Snell). The Belfry Chamber is approached by stone steps leading up from an outer door in the south side of the steeple. It contains the hell ropes (8), and the icorks of the great toiver clock enclosed in a wooden case. It is lighted by four narrow windows. On its walls are five large “ steeple hoards ,” containing inscriptions commemorating certain campanological feats performed upon these bells, with the dates and the names of the ringers. These are printed in the “ East Anglian,” vol. i., page 357, and are given as follows:— I. 6272 Changes of Treble Bob were on Thursday, the 15th of April, 1813, Rung in this Steeple, by eight persons belonging to the Com. pany of Ringers of the parish of St. Peter’s of Mancroft, in this City, in four hours and seven minutes, without a Bell being out of course, or the repetition of a single change. The peal was conducted by Mr. Robert Chesnut, in a very ingenious manner, and for hold and regular striking was allowed by all impartial judges to be a masterly and unrivalled Performance. The Bobs were called in the Sixth Place, and not in the usual method of practising this Peal. This Board was erected by the Churchwardens and Parishioners to com¬ memorate the Display of Science and Ability in the Art of Ringing j which was performed by the following Persons. COMMUNION PLATE OF 8T. OILES’8. STEEPLE BOARDS. 117 Robt. Cliesnut William Mann Charles Keif Jeffry Ivelf II. —St. Giles’, Norwich. On Saturday May 19th 1827, was Rung in this Steeple by A Select company of Ringers, 5370 Changes of that very ingenious and intricate Composition Norwich double court Bob. This great task on eight Bells was perfectly completed in the space of 3 hours and 16 minutes, without the repetition of Changes, and is only the second peal in this difficult method that ever was accomplished in this City. This peal was composed and ably conducted by Samuel Thurston, and for bold and regular striking reflect great credit on the Company, and was rung by the following Persons. William Mann ... 1 George Hames ... 5 Elijah Mason 2, Jno Hornegold ... 6 Jno Greenwood ... 3 Charles Payne ... 7 Jno Coleman ... 4 Sami. Thurston ... 8 James Bennett Esq: Sheriff William Capon, Gent. Churchwardens. Treble Peckover Hill ... ... 5th 2nd Samuel Havers ... 6th 3rd Nathaniel Beales ... 7th 4th Josh: Lubbock ... Tenor Willm Hubbard ) Willm Homer i Churchwardens. III. —St. Giles’, Norwich. On March 9tli 1832, was rung a complete and true peal in this steeple comprising 6720 changes, of Oxford Treble Bob, in 3 liour s and 53 minutes, the production has the peculiarity of the one hundred and twenty course-ends; it was composed and conducted respectively by Mr. Henry Hubbard, and rung by the following persons. Thomas Hurry .. Treble Samuel Thurston ... 5tli Frederic Watering .. 2nd James Truman ... 6th Joshua Hurry ... 3rd Charles Payne ... 7th Robert Burrell .. 4th Henry Hubbard ... Tenor also on July 26th, 1832, was rung an excellent peal consisting of 118 ST. GILES’S. GOOO cliauges of that intricate double method of Oxford Bob, in the space of 3 hours and 27 minutes, conducted by Mr. Samuel Thurston, and rung by us in the following order. Peckover Hill ... .. Treble Robert Burrell ... 5th Henry Hubbard .. 2nd James Truman ... 6th Elijah Mason ... .. 3rd Charles Payne ... 7th Frederic Watering . .. 4th Samuel Thurston ... Tenor J. H. Nixon 1 7 j . [■ Churchwardens. George Seppings ) IV.— St. Giles’, Norwich. On February Gtli, 1835, was rung in this steeple 5370 changes of that intricate method, Superlative Surprise this great achievement was perfectly completed (at the first attempt) in 3 hours and 16 minutes, and was rung by the following persons. Joshua Hurry... ... Treble Robert Burrell ... 5th Elijah Mason ... ... 2nd James Truman ... 6th Fredk Watering ... 3rd Chas. Payne ... ... 7th Henry Hubbard ... 4tli Sami. Thurston ... Tenor Also at St. Andrew’s in this City, on Novr. 17tli, 1835, was rung 5280 changes of London Surprise, the most difficult system in the Art of Campanalogia. This insurmountable task was accomplished in 3 hours and 24 minutes. The bold and regular striking of both peals must ever reflect great credit on the company—they were conducted by S. Thurston, and are the first peals ever rung in the above variations. George Watering ... Treble .James Truman ... 5th Elijah Mason ... .. 2nd Robert Burrell 6th Fredk Watering ... 4rd Charles Payne ... 7th Henry Hurry ... ... 4th Samuel Thurston ... Tenor Thos. King, Wm. Storey, Churchwardens. V.— St. Giles’, Norwich. On Tuesday, April 16th, 1839, Was rung in this Steeple, a true and complete Peal comprising 5040 Changes of Stedman’s Triples, in BELFRY. 119 2 hours and 55 minutes. It contains 180 Bobs, 218 common Singles, and 22 Bob-singles. It was ably conducted by Band. Thurston, and rung by the following persons. F. Watering ... Treble C. Middleton ... ... 5th G. Watering ... 2 nd J. Truman . Gth S. Loveless ... 3rd S. Thurston ... 7th It. Cole ... 4 th F. Cullyer Tenor The above Peal is composed as follows; where B stands against the change it denotes a Bob, S a Single, and B.S. a Bob-single. 1st Course. 2nd Course. S. 3 2 4 1 5 6 7 3 1 5 4 6 2 7 S. 4 3 5 2 7 1 G The second course three times 5 3 G 1 7 4 2 B. 4 3 7 5 2 1 G repeated with the addition of 5 3 7 G 1 4 2 B. S. 7 4 2 3 5 G 1 another course called as the 7 5 1 3 6 2 4 S. 7 4 5 2 1 3 G first produce the first six 7 5 6 1 4 3 2 B.S. 5 7 4 1 2 3 G courses, which being 4 times G 7 4 5 1 2 3 S. B. 5 7 2 4 1 3 G repeated would come round 6 7 1 4 5 2 3 B. 2 5 1 7 G 4 3 at the 30th course-end, but by 1 G 5 7 3 4 2 2 5 6 1 3 7 4 the substitution of a Bob-Single 1 6 3 5 2 7 4 S. 6 2 3 5 14 7 for the common one at the 4tli 3 1 2 G 5 4 7 s. 6 2 1 3 7 5 4 six of the 29th course the 3 1 5 2 7 G 4 B. 1 6 7 2 3 5 4 part-end 1 3 2 5 4 6 7 will be 5 3 7 1 2 6 4 B. 1 6 3 7 4 2 5 obtained, when the whole being 5 3 2 7 4 1 6 3 1 4 G 5 7 2 repeated completes the Peal. 2 5 4 3 G 7 1 A slab containing the following curious inscription is also placed on the walls of the belfry :— Near to this place John Webster fell, Beloved by all who know him well; The most ingenious noted ringer St. Giles’s sixth bell round did bring her, He closed the peal, struck well his bell, Ceasing the same, down dead he fell! November 17th, 1760, In the 63rd year of his age. On the south wall a small stone is let into the masonry, with the following inscription :— 1-20 ST. GILES'S. S. J. Amies, xxxvi years Sexton of St. Giles’, jEt: lxv., MDCCCLVIII. On tlie front of a small round brass plate index, in the front of the clock works, and within their case is the following- inscription : This Clock was Altered and Repaired, as well as tlie Church restored, a.d. I 860 . W. Kencely Bridgman and Peter Eade, M.D., Churchwardens. The church hells are eight in number. The peal was com¬ pleted about sixteen years ago by the liberality of the late Mr. Henry Browne, Mr. W. K. Bridgman, Mr. Firth, and other parishioners. Tlie set of bells is a very good one, or at least would be considered so, were its excellence not com¬ pletely overshadowed by tlie beauty and grandeur of the neighbouring peal of St. Peter Mancroft. Blomefield says: “ The two least hells were added in 1738, and the third and fourth were made in 1019 ; there were three bells originally here, and an old Gabriel bell, which was added as a treble to them.” Mr. L’Estrange* gives the following account of them : “ Norwich, St. Giles—8 and a clock bell. Tenor F sharp, diameter 43^ inches, weight 14^ cwt. “ 1, 2. Thos. Newman made me, 1738. “ 3. No inscription. Sharp canons. * “ Church Bolls of Norfolk,” p. 171. CHURCH BELLS. 1-21 “ 4. Anno Domini 1593, W. B. (William Brend). “5. + Hac in conclave Gabriel nuc pauge suave. On crown three small shields.—Brasyer, p. 31. “6. -f- Missus vero pie Gabriel fert beta Marie. “ 7. -f- Celi Regina languentibus Q sit medicina. “ 8. -f- Triplex persona Triuitas Q nuc gaudia dona. (This bell was split through being clogged for a death, and has been re-cast with this inscription:—‘Cast by John Warner & Sons, London, 1809. On waist, royal arms and patent.) “ Clock bell. No inscription. “ The 6th, 7tli, and 8th bells were the original peal put up shortly after the tower was built, early in the 15th century, and were probably cast by Richard Baxter. The 5th boll is by Brasyer, and the 4th by William Brend. It was bought, Kirkpatrick tells ns, with part of the money arising from the sale of the materials of the chancel, pulled down about 1592. The third bell was probably cast by Gilpin, no doubt not many years before 1709; as in the Visita¬ tion Inventory of that year its exact weight is given—four hundred and forty-four pounds. The two trebles, says the Inventory of 1740, ‘ were purchased in the year 1738 by a voluntary subscription of the parishioners and of other gentlemen in the city of Norwich.’ The clock bell first mentioned in the Inventory of 1735 is said, in 1740, to have weighed 2 cw't. When Kirkpatrick wrote, in 1712, there was a sacring, or saints’ bell, dated 1610.” In a private letter to me (date 1870), Mr. L’Estrange speaks of the peal of bells thus: “ The three larged were all by oue founder, Richard Baxter, who lived in Norwich about 1410—20, and were the original peal put up when the tower was finished. Whether lie was related to the Robert Baxter buried in the nave of the church in 1432 I do not know. The fourth * hell of the present peal was cast by Richard Brasyer, of Norwich. There were two of that name. One died in 1482, and the other 1513. The fifth hell* was purchased with part of the proceeds of the materials of the chancel, and was cast by William Brend, whose foundry was on All Saints Green, where Mr. Day, the surgeon, now lives. This bell is dated 1593. The sixth hell has no inscription or * These are clearly errors, and the fourth hell should be fifth bell, and vice versa . ST. GILES'S. 1 - 2-2 date, but was added befox-e 170C—I believe about 1690. The seventh and eighth belts were added by subscription in 1738, and were cast by Thomas Newman, of Norwich. The clock bell has no inscription.” (He adds) “ I am aware that Blomefield gives a somewhat different account of the growth of the peal, but the above is con-ect.” Rough translations of the four inscriptions on the bells may be made thus : On the fifth bell —In this chamber now sweetly stx-ike Gabriel. On the sixth —The piously sent Gabriel brings good tidings to Mary; or, Gabi’iel sent brings good tidings to Holy Mary. On the seventh (the passing bell)—The Gueen of Heaven may be a medicine for the dying. On the eighth (removed and recast)—To the Trinity, three in person, now give thanks. One of the bells is a Gabriel bell (which is really the equivalent of the Angelas bell), and it is called Gabriel because it is the bringer of good tidings of the Gospel, as Gabriel the angel was the Angelus or angel messenger of the birth of Christ to Mary.* The curfew bell of St. Giles’s was formerly (says Blome¬ field) rung morning and evening, in the winter half of the year at six in the morning and eight at night, and in the summer half at five in the morning- and nine at night. He adds:— “ 1457. John Colton was buried in the church by his father, and mother, and wives, and gave an acre of land in Heigliam, to ring the curfew hell every night; he was lord of a third part of South Bir- lingham Manor. It is now let by the churchwardens at it2 12s. Gd., and applied to this purpose; it pays a free rent of 4 d. a year to Ileigham Manor.” * Sir Henry Spelman, in his “ Glossary,” quotes an ohl Monkish couplet which expresses six of the uses of bells,—“ Laudo Deum verum, Plebum voco, Congrego clerum, Defunctos ploro, Pestem fugo, Festa decoro” (Translation—I praise the true God, I call the people, I assemble the clergy, I bewail the dead, I put to flight the pestilence, I grace festivals). CURFEW BELL. 123 L’Estrange says, John, of Colton, citizen of Norwich, hy his will dated 9th January, 1457, directed as follows: “My body to be buried iu the cburcli of St. Giles’s, of Over- Newport, next the graves of my mother and my wife, to whose high altar I bequeath for my tithes forgotten, 12 d. Item, I bequeath to the repairs, 40*’. Item, I give and devise a piece of land containing one acre, with its appurtenances, in Heygham next Norwich, to the parishioners of the said church, on condition that they for ever cause the ringing called ‘curfew bell,’ faithfully to be observed in the said church every night.” Kirkpatrick notes from a deed of 1474 (see early parish Terrier), that the land was called Colton’s acre, and that the ringing was to he during one quarter of the ninth hour at night. He adds: “ Tradition tells that this Coulton coming towards the city one night, lost his way, heard the great bell of this church and escaped drowning, &c.” This piece of land (Colton’s Acre) lies on the Earlham road, adjoining the Mitre tavern. Its area is nearly one acre and three quarters. The present lease of it will expire in 1896. The hell has been thus rung every night,* at eight in the winter and nine in the summer, during one quarter of an hour, for more than 400 years. The necessity or usefulness of the practice has long since disappeared. The curfew hell of St. Peter Mancroft is kept ringing by the sum of £4 4-s'. derived from houses in this parish, which was left for the purpose in 1566, by Sir Peter lleade. [Chambers in his “Book of Days,” gives an interesting account of the origin of the curfew bell. In “ the good old days,” very few persons possessed anything like our present clocks or watches. Any implement for measuring time was * Chambers, page 1148, says, “The great bell used to be rung daily, the winter half year at six in the morning and eight at night; and at five in the morning and nine at night the summer half year; but the morning ringing has been discontinued since 1819; it used to be rung by contribution only.” 124 ST. GILES'S. rare, and belonged only to a public body, or institution, or to some very remarkable individual, and the only means of imparting to tbe public the knowledge gained from it was by ringing a bell, or blowing a horn, at certain hours of the day- This practice was first introduced in the monastic establish¬ ments, where the inmates required to know the hours for celebrating the various services, but was probably also adopted in the great houses of the aristocracy, and in towns. In these good old times, too, there was a very much larger proportion of society which lived by cheating, plundering, and ill-treating the rest, than in modern times; and owing to the want of any effective police, there was no safety out of doors at night. It was attempted, in towns especially, to meet this evil, by making it criminal to be found out of doors after a certain hour; and as otherwise offenders might plead ignorance, it was ordered that the hour should be publicly sounded, generally by the town-bell, and when that was heard, all people were compelled to shut the doors of their houses, put out their fires, and retire to bed, all who were out of bed after the sounding of the bell being liable to severe punishment. It was an efficacious way of clearing the streets. The bell sounded for this purpose was, in France, called popularly the “ couvre-feu or cover-fire, corrupted into CUB FEW BELL. 125 curfew. But it will be seen that this practice of ringing the curfew bell, though doubtless introduced by the Normans was not invented by William the Conqueror as an instrument of tyranny, as is commonly said. It was a municipal, and not a state institution, and the utility of a general covering of fires at a reasonable hour is obvious, especially when, as in those days, most houses were constructed almost entirely of wood. To cover up the fire was an important regulation for safety, and a utensil was employed (see plate). The curfew bell has, at different times and places, been rung variably at eight, nine, or ten o’clock, and occasionally it was also rung in the morning, usually about four o’clock, to inform people of the hour at which it was customary to rise.*] IIow beautifully and how pithily, as is his wont, Long¬ fellow describes this curfew custom “ Solemnly, mournfully Dealing its dole, The curfew bell Is beginning to toll. “ Cover the embers, And put out the light, Toil comes with the morning And rest with the night. Dark grow the windows, And quenched is the fire ; Sound fades into silence,— All footsteps retire. “No voice in the chambers, No sound in the hall; Sleep and oblivion Reign over all.” In the room over the church porch are four brass gilt and coloured metal .standards, which formerly were attached to the ends of pews in the church. They are of the same * The steam horn which is now blown at one of our factories at half-past five every morning to awaken the factory workers is a revival or very close copy of this latter custom. 126 ST. GILES'S. character as those to he seen in other churches; hut as they are passing- away, I will describe them. They consist of a metal crown above; beneath this a plate with the Royal arms and motto; then just below this an ornamental cup¬ shaped circlet of metal, for fixing the corporation mace upon ; then the plates containing the names; and below these, a plate of the city arms, with another metal circlet, like the one above. Each standard contains the name or names of former Mayors of this city, belonging to St. Giles’s. No. 1 contains one name only— John Langley Watts, Esq., Mayor 1774. No. 2 contains the following :— Sir Thomas Churchman, Kt., Mayor 1761. Jermy Harcourt, Esq., Mayor 1762. John Hammond Cole, Esq., Mayor 1811. Nathaniel Bolingrroke, Esq., Mayor 1819. On No. 3 Starling Day, Jun., Esq., Mayor 1808. Sir John Harrison Yallop, Ivnt., Mayor 1815 and 1831. On No. 4 :— John Thurlow, Esq., Mayor 1779. Edward Rigby, Esq., Mayor 1805. MAYORS STANDARDS. PARISH UMBRELLA. 129 William Burt, Esq., Mayor 1820. John Godwin Johnson, Esq., Mayor 1855. (see plate). OLD PARISH UMBRELLA IN PRESENT STATE. This porch chamber also contains the parish chests and other church articles; but especially a curiosity in the shape of the old “parish clergyman's umbrella.” This umbrella is very large and like a huge carriage umbrella; is very cum¬ brous and heavy, and when expanded measures about five 130 ST. GILES'S. feet across. The handle is broken. It was formerly used to hold over the head of the officiating clergyman at funerals. It is mentioned in some of the parish terriers (see plate). Such an umbrella is described in Hone’s Table Book, part 2, page 465 (Ed. 1878), as existing in Bromley Church in 1827. This one is there stated to be seven feet high, opening to a diameter of five feet, of a material such as common umbrellas were made of forty years ago; and form¬ ing a decent and capacious covering for the minister while engaged in the burial service at the grave. [The Rev. C. R. Manning says such an umbrella may be of any date from about 1780.] watchman’s rattle or crake. In this room also is another example of the past, a sketch of which is here given. It is the rattle or crake which the parish Watchman would formerly carry with him on his rouuds; and the use of which was to summon assistance when required. Like the umbrella, this rattle is falling into decay, but it serves to recall to the memory the usages of a departed time (see plate). The two other sketches are taken from plates found in one of the parish chests. They appear to be coffin plates from the COFFIN PLATE. 131 S- ALDM (THO CHURCHMAN 174-2 COFFEE COFFIN PLATE, 6 IN. X C IN. H 132 ST. GILES'S. coffins of Adrian Payne and Alderman Churchman. Their history is not known. BRASS COFFIN PLATE, 6 IN. X 5 IN. After the restoration of the church, the old pathway through the Churchyard was closed; an angle of the church¬ yard was thrown into the street,* so as to cut off a dangerous corner; and the churchyard itself was enclosed with a low wall and neat iron railing. At a later period (during the churchwarden ship of Mr. Simms Reeve and Mr. C. E. Muriel), the churchj^ard itself was levelled and put in order, and its tombstones laid flat or placed against the wall; whilst more recently still, trees and shrubs have been planted in it, and * Under authority of the 61st clause of the City of Norwich Act, 1867, which runs thus:—“The alteration and improvement of St. Giles’s Street, in Norwich, made by the Board, and affecting the churchyard of the parish church of St. Giles’s, Norwich, shall be as lawful and effectual to all intents as if the same had been made under a proper and sufficient Faculty duly obtained for the purpose, and may and shall be maintained by the Board accordingly, and the strip of that churchyard which is thrown into the street shall continue and be part of the street, and shall be subject accordingly to public rights of way over the same ; provided that the soil of the strip shall remain and be vested in the rector of the rectory of the parish church, but subject to those rights of way.” MINISTERS OF ST. GILES’S. 133 sundry ornamental borders and clumps of geraniums and other flowers have been annually placed along the paths and under the walls of the church. These decorations have been carried out year by year by means of a small parish sub¬ scription. The following is a list of the Ministers of St. Giles’s Church, from 1403 downwards. The parish chaplains* were: — 1403. Sir Walter 1442. Sir Henry Pool (buried here). 1466. Thomas Thirlby (buried in the nave). 1466. Peter Williams. 1490. Richard Lister. 1493. Thomas Smith (buried before the window of Christ’s passion, at the west end of the south aisle). 1499. John Smith (buried in the south aisle). 1506. William Christian. 1528. Edward Grewe the benefactor to the parish. 1539. Sir Peter Hobbs. In 1586 the Dean and Chapter leased the whole rectoiy, tithes, and offerings, &c., to Will. Crompton, clerk, for his life, he serving, or procuring the living to be duly served at his expense. In 1587 Crompton assigned his lease to the parishioners^ avIio chose John Lowe their parish chaplain. He died in 1626, and was succeeded by Mr. Ric. Gamon. In 1650, Deans and Chapters being laid aside, Henry Drewry was instituted rector, and appointed Will. Stinnet his curate ; he continued rector till his death, about 1678, and then the Dean and Chapter leased it to Tho. Blome. 1680. John Shaw. 1690. Isaac Girling. Bishop Trimnell and Dean Prideaux were parish chap¬ lains here some time. Blomefield, vol. iv., p. 246. 134 ST. GILES'S. 1709. John Havet. *1714. John Paul. Mr. William Bentham. The present (1744) minister is the Rev. Dr. John Gardiner, rector of Great Massingham and Brunsted, and minister of St. Gregory’s, in Norwich (licensed in 1731). Blomefield adds, the religious concerned here, were, the Abbot of Sibton, taxed for temporals at 2s. 6c/.; the Prior of Hickling, 6s.; the Prioress of Carrow, 6s. 3 d .; the Dean of the Chapel in the Fields, 8s. 6c/.; and the Prior of Norwich, 10s.; which were small rents appropriated to the infirmary and cellerer. Escawin, with the consent of Muriel his wife, gave his lands and houses by this church, to the convent for their souls ; and the monks received them into their fraternity, granting them to he honourably among them. In 1293, Henry, son of Henry le Counte of Norwich, formerly one of the butlers to Henry I., gave them a house in Potterg-ate. In Dr. Prideaux’s account, the whole is said to be arbitrary contribution, then about £24 per annum , but it is now about £50 per annum, and has been lately augmented by lot with £200 of Queen Anne’s bounty. Here is a service and a sermon once every Sunday, and prayers every Friday. In the “List of Norfolk Benefices,” published in 1847 for Mr. Dawson Turner, by Muskett, the names of the following incumbents (Perpetual Curates) are added to the above:— Thomas Beckwith, licensed in 1771. John Smyth, D.D., licensed in 1781. Michael Browne, licensed December 6th, 1786. Charles Freeman Millard, licensed October 12th, 1811. After this date we have the following Incumbents* * :— Seth William Stevenson, licensed April 9th, 1849. * Note —Of the above ministers the only three who are noted in the burial register as having been buried here, are Sir Peter Hobbs, April 12th, 1539 ; the Rev. John Lowe, on January 8th, 1626; and the Rev. Thomas Bloome, October 12th, 1680. * Kindly supplied to me by Dr. Bensly. MINISTERS OF ST. GILES'S. 135 *James Murray, licensed October 11th, 1850. Richard Sedgwick, licensed August 25th, 1854. fWilliam Nottidge Ripley, licensed September 21st, 1859. fSidney Adolphus Boyd, licensed January 7th, 1886. The following curates have also been licensed to the parish:— Thomas Money, 1764. Charles Chapman, January 10th, 1845. Seth William Stevenson, May 18th, 1846. Edmund Hall, May 29th, 1860. Joshua Brownjohn, April 24th, 1868. Churchill Julius, June 5th, 1871. William Stephen Rainsford, December 22nd, 1873. Edward Alexander Stuart, May 28th, 1877. Thomas William Thomas, May 31st, 1880. The rectory}: of St. Giles’s was valued at the appropriation at forty shillings. The perpetual curacy, or vicarage, as it is now termed, lately valued at £80, was augmented from 1744 to 1791 with £1,000 of Queen Anne’s bounty. The church estate consists of portions of land given by Thos. Barker in 1534, and by others, and now let for about £17 a year. Some of the former lauded property was con¬ verted into money and invested. The total value of these endowments does not now exceed £70 a year (see parish terrier of 1879). The Rev. IF. JV. Ripley was appointed to the incumbency of this parish in 1859, and resigned it on his being presented to the conjoined livings of Colney and Earlham (October, * After the appointment of Mr. Murray, the Rev. Edward W. Whately did duty here for seven months, until Mr. Murray, then at St. Stephen's, could take up the incumbency. Mr. Whately was never inducted to the living. f Vicars. The Incumbency since and by 31 and 32 Victoria, chap. 117, to bo styled and designated a vicarage. + As is elsewhere mentioned, in the parish register book, one incumbent, the Rev. Henry Drury, signs the foot of several pages of entries as rector; the others as clericus, clarke, or minister. 136 ST. GILES'S. 1885). He was, in October, 1885, made au Honorary Canon of Norwich Cathedral. In 1884, being the 25th year of his ministry at St. Giles’s (his silver wedding to the parish), he was presented with a testimonial in the form of a massive chased silver tray, which was subscribed to by nearly every individual in the parish? and by some others of the congregation. In 1885, on his leaving the parish, he was presented with an album containing a valedictory address, and inscribed as Presented to the Rev. Canon Ripley, M.A., October, 1885. This address was signed by all the parish workers, including The Curate, The Churchwai’dens, The School Committee, The District Visitors, The Secretaries of Societies, The Sunday School Teachers, The Teachers in the Bible Class, The Workers in St. Giles’s Branch of the Church of England Temperance Society, The Organist, The Church Officers. The presentation to the vicarage is still in the hands of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, but if this body fails to appoint a minister within six months of vacancy, the nomina¬ tion falls to the Bishop. The present Churchwardens are Dr. Eustace Firth and Mr. W. Wilkin. The Organist is Dr. Horace Hill. The Clerk and Sexton is Mr. A. J. Chambers, who succeeded his father, Mr. II. J. Chambers. CHAPTER IX. THE MONUMENTS OF THE CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD OF ST. GILES’S. Under this head I first give a transcript of Blomefield’s account of the monuments in the church ; and afterwards the record of the monuments and stones in both the church and churchyard, as they exist at the present time. For this latter I am indebted to the courtesy of the “National Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead,” and of its excel¬ lent secretary, Mr. Vincent. Photographic sketches of the principal church monuments are also given (see plates), and some rubbings of the brasses. The number of inscriptions now copied from the church is G3 ; and from the churchyard, 267 ; making in all, 330. The position of several of the church mural monuments was altered at the recent church restoration. Lastly, I give a verbatim copy of some manuscript notes of St. Giles’s Church and its monuments, made by Kirkpatrick, in 1712, which have most kindly been placed in my hands by Mr. Fitch, of the Woodlands; and which he has given me full permission to publish. Although somewhat fragmentary, they are, I think, of sufficient interest to justify their repro¬ duction in their entirety. They are more elaborate, and, moreover, will be found to differ somewhat from the descrip¬ tions given some years later by Blomefield. I. CHURCH MONUMENTS, ACCORDING TO BLOMEFIELD. Persons buried in this church as appears by their wills are : 1424, Rob., son of Will, de Dunston and Cecily his wife, by Christian his ST. GILES'S. 138 first wife, and ordered Margaret his second wife, to give £5 towards repairing the tower. 1448, Henry Pykyng, by the south nave door, by St. Catherine’s altar. 1459, Christian, relict of John Brosyard, buried in the south porch, by her husband. 1496, Ric. Gosslin, in the yard at the steeple’s end, before the image of the Blessed Trinity, and gave a legacy to the brown-rood on the pillar. 1506, John Carter, in the nave ; in which there are modern stones for Susan, wife of Will. Copman, 1737, 87. Will. Copman, 1719, 72. Near the font, Eliz., relict of Colonel Cobbe, late of Sandringham Hall, 1698. A wife of Roope, daughter of Ansell, Esq., 1687. James Finch, 1699, 45. John Ansell, Esq., 1693. Anne, his widow, 1695. Francis Bristow, 1697. On brass plates in the nave, beginning at the west end:— Under these stonys lyght Thomas Colchester*, and His Wyf Jone, on hose Sowlys God have mercy. Amen. Near this was another plate, now loose in the vestry, on which is this, Orate pro anima Aljcie Tyllys filie Joliannis Tyllys et Dionisie Uxoris ejus, Generosorum. Of yower Charyte pray for the Sowlys that her lyth. Of Thomas Pechy and Clare his wife. Amen. Orate pro anima Will: Ivnappe. Hie Jacet Agnes Heryng que obiit nono die Decembris anno Dni. Millimo ccccxix cujus anime propicietur Deus. Amen. In the middle of the nave is a stone with the effigies of a Mayor in his robes, and his wife by him. There are three shields lost, and one with his merchant mark remaining. Hie jacet Robertas Baxter quondam Maior Civitatis Norwici qui obiit tercio die Maii Anno Dni Millimo cccc°xxxij., et Cristiana Uxor ejus, quorum animabus propicietur Deus. Amen. Robert Baxter , Merchant, was buried before the great Rood in 1429, and gave £20 for a suit of vestments; 12 marks for a missal, and 7 marks for a gilt silver cup; and in 1470, Ric. Baxter, Gent., was buried by his mother in the church, and gave a jewel and pair of silver cruets. * Buried before the image of our Lady of Pity, A 0 1458. CIIURCH MONUMENTS. 139 Orate pro anima Margarete Landysdale quondam uxoris Roberti Landysdale Armigeri que obiit xvj die rnensis Marcii anno Dni milio ccccliiij, cuius anime propicietur Deus. Amen. A stone without any inscription, bath these arms on a brass plate:— Crest, a blackamoor’s head with a turban, on his neck a crescent. 1. A maunch erm., surmounted by a bend, quarters a chevron, between three cushions lozeng6 tasselled, impaling a chevron, be¬ tween three pheons inverted. On another stone, now partly covered by the altar step, are the effigies of a Mayor, with a dog at his feet, and his wife by him, and this, though now covered :— Orate pro animabus Ricardi Purdaunce quondam maioris istius civitatis, qui obiit in Festo Sancti Marci Evangeliste anno Dni Millimo cccc°xxx 3 sexto ; et Domina Margareta Uxor eius quorum animabus propicietur Deus. Amen. In 1481, Margaret wife of Ric. Purdaunce, buried at the west end, by her husband. On a brass plate :— Elizabetlia Bedingfield Sorori Francisce sue. S. R. Q. P. My name speaks what I was, and am, and have, A Bedding Field, a piece of earth, a grave, Where I expect, untill my soul shall bring, Unto the Field, an everlasting Spring, For Rayse, and Rayse, out of the earth & slime, God did the first, and will the second time. Obijt die 10 Maij 1037. The body of Elizabeth Forby Under this stone doe ly, Whom God has pleased out of this world to take Betimes, that she a blessed Saint might make. Aged 7 yeares, died Aug. 20, 1075. In the north aisle near the east end, lie two black marbles; that most north hath a hand holding a crown, and over it on a scroll Coronam spero Coelestem, and under it three cherubs. JUDITH.E CROSS-GROVE amicissimse necnou dilectissinne 140 ST. GILES'S. cousortis HENEICI CROSS-GROVE, Typograplii Norvicensis (subter meruorati), Quod Reliquum, in hoc Sepulchro repositum est. Comruissa erat Mortalitati vicesimo primo Januarij 1682, super CEthera autem erepta (Candidissimam auimam Deo reddere) septimo Februarij 1742. Laudabiliter multae fecerunt, ipsa vero superavit oruues. Supremum munus Maritus moerens posuit. Spe non exigua laetse Resurrectionis Exuviae Henrici Cross-Grove, Typographi Norviceusis, subter sunt bumatae, In orbe minime tranquillo, Dolenter migravit Aug. 14, 1688. Ad superos necnon alacriter evasit, Sept. 12th, 1744. That most south is laid in memory of Joseph Brooke, Dec. 22, 1709. William, his son, Dec. 8, 1717. Joseph, son of William, 1741, 28. Ecc. xij. i. Remember thy Creator, &c. On brasses here:— Hie Jacet Henricus Pool Capellanus, qui obiit decimo die Junii anno Dni: mccccxlij. Cujus anime propicietur Deus. Amen. Rachel, Dr. of Hugh Spendlove, of Wroxham, gent., late wife of Henry Moulton, ob. 3 Nov. 1615. Orate pro anima Roberti Cowper. Cujus anime propicietur Deus. A° Dni M 3 v c xxih Rob. Lee, 1683. Daniel, son of Augustine and Sarah Curtis, 1675. Margaret, wife of John Baker, 1679. On brass plates in the south aisle, beginning at the west end:— A cup and wafer, and this, Orate pro anima Johauuis Smyth Capellani, qui obiit vii° die November. Anni Dni nFcccclxxxxix. Cujus anime propicietur Deus. Amen. Orate pro anima Agnetis Sheltun, et pro omnibus Benefactoribus suis pro quibus tenebatur que obiit xxvij 0 die December, anno Dni Millimo cccc°lxxxviii. Cujus anime propicietur Deus. Amen. Eliz. Robinson, Widow, 1712, 76. John Raining, 1722, 63. Frances, his wife, 1730, 59. Mrs. Cath. Blome, 1676. Carter, arg. a chevron, sab. between three cart wheels, vert. impaling. Manning, gul. a cross patonce between four trefoils or. CHURCH MONUMENTS. 141 Tko. Carter, gent., who married Anne, Dr. of Sam. Manning, of Diss, gent., Oct. 2, 1730, set. 54. Brakam, sab. a cross or, with a crescent for difference. Robert, eldest son of John Braham, of Wickham-Skeith, in Suff., gent., 1691. There is a most neat mural monument against the south wall, of the modern Italick composure, in imitation of a picture framed, properly enriched; on the top of it are the arms of Churchman, ary. two fesses; on a chief sab, two pallets of the field, impaling sab. on a chevron between three crosslets fioree or, three roses gul., with this motto, Mens sibi Conscia Recti. Sacred to the Memory of Alderman THOMAS CHURCHMAN, who died universally lamented, the sixth of April, 1742, aged 72. More west, against the same wall, is another monument of divers kinds of marble, in which an urn is placed upon a sarcophagus. The crest is a demi-talbot gul. collared and chained or, on a wreath az and or. Snell, quarterly gul. and az. a cross fioree or, impaling. Browne, sab., three lions passant in bend, between two double cotises arg. M. S. ROBERTI SNELL GENEROSI, Viri, popularibus Suis ob mores iutegros, Fidemq: spectatum Charissimi: Egenis per vitse spacium usque Liberalis, nec minus in Funere evasit, Ecclesise qualis, quantusq ; Benefactor, huic Parockise DONA satis indicant. Patrem habuit Rob. Snell Gen. 1 qui ob. 4° Oct., 1720 ~j set. sme 59". Matrem, Elizabetham - quse ob. 9° Maii, 1720 - set. suae 49°. Fratrem, Edwardum, M.D. J qui ob. 27 Sept., 1733 J set. suae 40°* Uxorem duxit Elizabetham, Gulielmi Browne de Elsing in Com. Norf. Arm. et Annse Uxoris ejus, Filiam, quae obiit 31° Oct., Anno Dom. mdccxxvij" set. 32° et apud Elsing cum suis Sepulta jacet, alteram habuit Uxorem Margaretam Antonij et Margaretse Rausome, de civitate Norwicensi, Natam, quse obijt 15° Oct., An° Dni mdccxxxv 0 Oct. 38°. Tandem Faruilue solus superstes Robertus, Ipse Morti succubuit, 17° Nov., m°dccxxxviii° setat 47°, et suorum potius quam suae Memorise, hoc Monumeutum poni pie mandavit. He gave a noblo set of plate for the service of the altar, upon which, the branch hanging in the church was bought with the old plate; there are two flagons double gilt, as the whole set is; one 14 2 ST. GILES'S. weighs above 51 ounces, and the other above 43. On each are these words:— Poculum Beuedictionis cui Benedicimus, nonne Communicatio Sanguinis Christi est. Two cups with covers, one weighs 22 ounces, and the other above 21, on each of which is this :— Calix Laicis, non est denegandus. On a neat paten weighing above 22 ounces :— Pauis quern frangimus, nonne communicatio Corporis Christi est ? On an offering basin, weighing above 31 ounces :— Beatum est dare, potius quam accipere. ROBERTUS SNELL GENEROSUS, Haec vasa deaurata ex abundanti sua Generositate, Ecclesise Sti. Oigidii, D D C 1738, Ut omnia fierent decenter. They are buried before the altar, where there lies a black marble with the arms of Snell, and their several names inscribed thereon. In the north aisle, near the door, is another mural monument, on which are the arms of Paine, or, a chevron verry arg. and az., between three lions ram¬ pant az. impaling. Osborne. Crest, an ostrich’s head erased or, holding in its beak a horse-shoe arg. Prov : xiv., xxi., He that hath mercy, &c. Adrian Payne, Gent., and some time Sherife and Alderman, was interred in this vault the 4th day of May, 1G8G, who gave &c. (See Charities of St. Giles’s, and Church Monuments.) II. The following is a complete list of the Monuments and Inscriptions as they exist at the present time, (1) in St. Giles’s Church and, (2) in St. Giles’s Churchyard, taken and verified by the National Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead. CHURCH MONUMENTS. 143 THE CHURCH INTERIOR—SOUTH WALL. (Tho sign * indicates that there is a coat-of-arms.) No. 1. Mural Tablet.* (See plate.)f Sacred to the Memory of Alderman f^omas gil^urcBmcm who dyed Universally lamented the sixth of April 1742: Aged 72. TABLET TO ALDERMAN CHURCHMAN. t Iii consequence of imperfect light it lias been found impossible distinctly to reproduce the lettering of some of the photographed monuments; but the monuments themselves are sufficiently delineated: and the inscriptions are faithfully reudered in the text. 144 ST. GILES’S. No. 1 ( Continued). And Also of J)ef>ora0 His Beloved Wife, Who Dyed the 26th of November 1747 Aged 89. No. 2. Mural Tablet. In Memory of (R. C.)f giBctrTes fofin Who died the 28tli of June 1850 aged 9 years. And of his Sister fane ^Toore '§gon>6en Who died the 2nd of July 1850 aged 7 years. Mark xtli chap. 14tli verse. 3. Mural Tablet.* (See plate.) Jinn Daughter of Philip Stannard and Ann his second Wife Died January 29tli 1783 Jilt: 18. Oh! when hy Death’s pale hand Thy soft Form fell Just to Thy worth this faithful stone may tell— Then perish’d from our fond but transient view A flower of Virtue’s field of golden hue! Too pure too tender for our ruder clime, Transplanted it reblooms beyond the realms of Time. opoc>n Late of Tasburgli, in this County, Who died July 15th 1838 ST. GILES’S. 146 5. Mural Tablet. Sacred to the Memory of Harriett daughter of the late Edmund Saffeey, Esqre. of Downham Market who died on the 2 1st of April 1851. Also of §5mmt5 jSDoobwctrb "§4Tu66, And Jlnne ^usantta 'gfclubfr, Her nephew and niece, who are buried in the same vault. (See brass, page 172.) (R. C.) TABLET TO ROBEETX SKELL. 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Iu Memory of <5ctnuteC gfla^fort, Gent (Late of this Parish,) Whose Mortal Remains are deposited In the Vault of Sir Thos. Churchman He departed this life June 22nd 1831 Aged 02 years. 150 ST. GILES’S. EAST WALL OF SOUTH AISLE. 1). Brass. (R. C.) • To • the • honour • and • glory • of • God • • and • in • affectionate ■ remembrance • of • * § * g>c>6ttmt • fofntson * who • died * • ►£) • Jany • 13th • 1874 • © * This • window * is • erected • by • his • old • pupils : T • H • Barton : A • Master : T • R • Lombe : T • W • Crosse : C • E • Muriel : H • J • Buck : D • W • Hughes : Id • S • Robinson : C • W ■ Helsden : C • P ■ S • Way mam : 10. Brass.* EAST WALL. Quod mortale Fuit fctCoBt g>Oo6ttUtt, Armigeri, Sub hoc sere Sepultum est. Si Cliristi discipulum, Servumque vigilem ac paratum, Si Spiritus Sancti signa vera Si maritum amantem atq: amatissimum Si parentem optimum Si virum honestissimum requiris : Exuvias vides. Eiusdem quod immortale est Ad gaudium et Felicitatem oeternam perveniat Per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum Obijt Die Annunciationis Anno Salutis, mdcccliv; JEtatis suce lxxx. CHURCH MONUMENTS. 151 NORTH WALL. 11 . Mural Tablet. (See plate.) Juxta hoc Marmor requiescit Filius Natu maximus Gulielmi Offley, Rectoris de Middleton Stoney in Com: Oxon: TABLET TO WILLIAM OFFLEY. M.D. 152 ST. GILES'S. No. 11 ( Continued .) et Uxoris ejus Susanna ; Collegii regalis apud Cautabrigiam olim Socius Literis liumanioribus usq ab Adolescentia instructus ; In Morbis perferutandis vir apprime folers in tractandis peritus Quam accurate, feliciter et lioneste, Artes suas exercuit, novit universa Civitas et grata recordabitur; Artes vero illius quantascunq ornaverunt Ingenii Candor, Morum Simplicitas, et Modestia; In fnblevandis Inopum Miseriis quis inquam benignior ? In coleudo Deo, quae major, aut religiosior Observantia ? Quo Studio, quaq in suos Cbaritate Domi gessit se Maritum, et Patrem, In Animo est Uxoris, et Liberorum superstitum; Tabs deniq ex bac Vita decessit, Ut Nemo non desiderarit Hominem, Quern nuper Nemo non dilexerit. Diem obiit supremum 2G Februrii. A:D: 1767 iEtat: suae 75. In eodem tumulo Deposit® sunt exuviae ^TavttXC I Gul: Offley M:D: Eelictae. Benj: Nuthall Arm: Filia fuit. Obiit die 11° Octobris, Anno Dom: 1776, iEtat: suae 76. 12. Mural Tablet. To the Memory of gifctrfincj jrntr. gtsqr. Who died May 20th 1815 Aged 54 And ^iTctrcjctref his Wife Who died Dec. 8th 1831 Aged 68 This tablet is erected by their affectionate Children. CHURCH MONUMENTS. 153 13. Mural Tablet.* (See plate.) In a faculty Vault In the Centre Aisle are deposited the Mortal Remains of foBrt 'gSeevor Who died April 2Gtli 1815 Aged 89. Of ^iTctVcJCXVef his first Wife Who died July 17th 1752 Aged 25. TABLET TO JOHN BEEVOE, M.D. 154 ST. GILES'S. No. 13 ( Continued ). Of 13$Tct YD liis second Wife Who died April 4th 1814 Aged 79. Of foipl't eldest son of John and Mary Who died Octr. 10th 1808 Aged 50. Of ^BoUtClS ^3eeDOV their Son Who died April 20tli 1782 Aged 21. And five Infant Children. 14. Mural Tablet. Sacred to the Memory of cSkenri? 'gfteevov who died the 12th September 1824 Aged 52. He was the 4th Sou of John Beevor M:D many Years an Inhabitant of this Parish. This Tablet is erected by Hannah his second Wife in grateful Remembrance of his uniform Kindness and Affection. 15. Mural Tablet.* (See plate.) Provs. xiiitli. 21st. He yt hath Mercy on ye Poore Happy is he Gent: & some time Sherife & Alderman of this Citie, was Interr’d in this Vault the 4th day of May 1686 who gave A Hundred & Twenty pounds to this Parish of St. Giles for ever, for ye Clothing of poore men & women, in Gownes, once every yeare, in the moneth of November, as farre as ye annuall profits of the Said surne would Extend. For ye Performance whereof A peece of land, or Inclosure, knowne by ye name of the lower Church Close, in Hanworth, of ye North Side of that Church, contayning about Fourteene CHURCH MONUMENTS. 155 No. 15 ( Continued). Acres, &c: is settled & secured, by Kobert Doughty of ye said Towne in ye County of Norff: Gent, (being Son in Law to ye Said Adrian) for ye paymt: of Six Pounds pannrn. for Ever vpon ye Last day of October in each yeare, to those in trust to See this Cliaritie disposed, who are to be tenn in Number Inhabitants of this Parish, & are to be renewed by ye remainder at ye request of ye Parishioners hereof, when Six, or Seven at most, of ye said tenn be dead. TABLET TO ADRIAN PAYNE. 15G ST. GILES’S. 1G. Mural Tablet. In Memory of foBn ^ammon5 g-oCe, gfsqr. ■who served the office of Chief Magistrate of this City A.D. 1811, and was His Majesty’s Distributor of Stamps, for this District during 36 Years He died Novr. 29th 1828, Aged 72 Years. Also of Jilt It, his Wife, She died Febry 11th 1818, Aged 81 Years. SOUTH PORCH. 17. Slab. To the Memory of ^Tart;) ^ItseBorottcjB Who Died Oct. 17th, 1837 Aged 81 years. 18. Slab. Sacred To the Memory of fexemiab o v s f ex Who died May 5th 1835 Aged 73 Years. O. happy Change And ever blest When grief and pain Is changed to Rest. Also ■gloBerf Son of the above Who Died July 5th 1835 Aged 21 Years. Cut down like a flower in early Youth. Let virtue guide the in Religious truth. What i am now you soon may be, Prepare for Death . and for Eternity. Also wife of the above Who died Feby. 16th Aged 8s Years. CHURCH MONUMENTS. 157 No. 18 ( Continued ). Also jJSTavp the Wife of Mu. Francis Forster Who died June 1st 1847 Aged 56 Years. SOUTH AISLE. 19. Slab. Inscription Obliterated. 20. Slab. Interred in a Faculty Vault ^largaref the Wife of John b D octor of Physic in this Pari Died 17th July 1752 Aged f§0tttas 'gbeeVOV Son John and Mary Beev Lieutenant in the Royal Art Died 20th April 1782 Aged Caroline, gBavTes, far gBarfes, ^UtsscCC £3c All died Infants. Also The Reverend I'oBn 12.\c Rector of North and South Bu and Rector of Seaming Died 10th October 1808, A 21. Slab. Here lyetli the Body of fames <3rmtcB who departed this life Aug: ye 9th An: Dom: 1099 Aged 45 years. 22. Slab* In a brick Grave beneath this Stone are deposited the mortal remains of foBit gBrisr. <&p gsqv. Merchant for 35 Years an Inhabitant of this Parish born at Marbach in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg, 24th Septr. 175 died 3d. March 1825. 158 ST. GILES'S. 23. Slab. Iu Memory of Francis "gsUutfB And fBomas ^voitfB late of Loud Of whom Frans, the elder Bror. \ . j 19tli Augt. 1763 aged Thos. the younger Bror. [ \ 7tli Novr. 1758 aged Likewise of Daughter And Wife {SCigctBefB ^SaseCet? 1 | the above mentioned Fras. Routii j | Mr. John Baseley of this City Who died February 17. 1772 Aged 25 Also near this Place the Body of ^Trs. Jlvtn "jlvOnf B Daughter of the above Francis Routh Who died November 28th 1800 Aged 57 Years. 24. Slab. (R. C.) Under this stone is interred the Body of 'jHoBerf 'g$rettxnQ§knvi) A?;k'CDOr die Sepr. 12th 1824 Aged 52. 40. Slab. To the Memory of ^ B o m a s o v e Who died July 17th 1753 Aged 55 Years Also gilarD his wife died June 18tli 17... Aged 7' Years Also gftavD the Daughter of Thomas Love Who dep this life Deer. 10th 17G4 Aged 23 Years Also giTctri? 'giUtcBfe Grand Daughter of Tiios. & Mary Love died Febry. 14th 1787. Aged 19 K 108 ST. GILES’S. 41. Slab. Here lietli Body of Jlmt aC6e Who died August 13tli 1710 Also {Hi,} Who died June 10th 1756 Aged • 8 And also "§:ltc6 mcr Who died Feb 2 1759 Aged 73 42. Slab* e Lyeth ye Body of B ye of Robert Snell Gent: who died ye 9th day of May 1720 Aged 49 alsoe two of their Children, re alsoe Lieth ye Body of ye ove Said ^ioBerf ,§?UeCC o Died October ye 4th 1720 Aged 59. re also lyeth the Body of rt>Ctrd JmeCC Dr, of Physick ir Son who died 27th Septr. 1733 Aged 40 43. Slab* Hie jacet 'gloBerfus ^SrctBam Filius Natu Maximus Johannis Beaham de Wickham-Skeith in Comitatu Suffolcise Gent. Obijt 13° Aprilis 1691 TEtatis Suae 19 Here lyeth "§iTicB ^loBerf the Son of Robert Davy Gent of this Parish, Who departed this Life the 21st Day of May 1748 Aged two Years Eight Months. CHURCH MONUMENTS. 169 44. Slab. To the Memory of § civ ci fy it n Daughter of Charles & Sarah Monk Who Died April 11th 1796 Aged 13 Years. 45. Slab. Jhmct ^Tarta Rogers Grand-daughter of the late Robt. Rogers Esqr. of this City died June 21st 1819 Aged 41 Years 4G. Slab. Here lies the Body of feme J?oJ36ht (Widow of John Dobbin late Captain in the 9th Regiment of Foot) Who departed this Life the ‘28th day of May, 1791, Aged 40. Also Jllttt Daughter of John & Jane Dobbin Who died July 4th 1794 Aged 14 Years & 7 Months. 47. Slab. THE TOWER. D. 0. M. Sub hoc marmore Jacent $uCieCmits u ff e i C 6 Puer Septennis ob. 22 Jun. 1751 feresa Soror nata 11 Aug. 1742 ob. Jun:2.1743 170 ST. GILES'S. 48. Slab. Here lies Interr’d the Body of cSi?6ta the Wife of John Moy who Departed this life the 5th day of March 174£ Aged 58 Years. And also of fbfnt j^Tod Who departed this Life the Oth Day of Decemr. 1775 Aged 79. 49. Slab. Sacred to the Memory of ^Tr. fames who died the 29th day of December 1807 Aged 58 Years Also of g-ctfBarine the Widow of the above named James Landy who died the 10th day of April 1833 Aged 80 Years. 50. Slab. In Memory of 'g^UTicrat ^eminq Esqe. died 11th July 1795 Aged 65 Years And his Wife died 8th March 1797 Aged 79 Years. CHURCH MONUMENTS. 171 51. Brass. Inserted in the floor of the Tower, 33 in. by 12 ; } in. To perpetuate the (R. C.) Memory of §&mun6 'g$oo6«Htr6 who departed this life the '22nd November 1835 Resurgam. gktrctft, relict of Edmund Woodward Mudd died April 28tli 1848 Jlmte gusantta, daughter of Woodward and Anne Mudd, died June 10th 1850. Her end is peace (O. E.) In Memory of <&arricff ^afiferi?, daughter of the late Edmund Saffery Esqre. of Downliam, Norfolk, who died April 21st 1851 52. Slab. Here lieth Interr’d ■^fcnefope Relict of John Wiseman Esqr. Died May 1st 1754 Aged G3. 53 . Slab. ©Ct^ctBefB 'glcttmtmt died 23rd of April 1770 Aged 55 54. Part of Slab. In Mem gLBavCes 55. Part of Slab. homas Filius Ro 172 ST. GILES'S. 56. Slab. ^CtVtTeCC ye sonne Avgvstvs is & Sarah wife died of Decemb 1675 57. Slab. To tbe Memory of ffwmas died 10th Augst. 1829 Aged 15 Years. 58. Slab. Here lieth the Body of Jim9 'Jvtmcms Relict of Francis Revans late of Wretton in the County of Norfolk who died Novr. 16th 1746 Aged 64. Also the Body of ‘jSBos. gennovtfyy late of Wretton in the said County Surgeon who died April 18, 1749 Aged 48. And also of JlmD his Wife (Daughter of the Said Amy Revans) who died Sept 21, 1750 Aged 48. 59. Slab. fate Typograplii Norvicensis, subter sunt humatoe In Orbe minime tranquillo dolenter immigravit Aug. 14. 1G83 Ad Superos necnon alacriter evasit Sep. 12. 1744. 60. Slab. '99 pol>y 11081 ‘P n 5S ••*09(1 P9IP oqw uoa3.ing «a8y SGM Aiup poip oqw noaSiug aaoanoxij NHop jo ojiav aqi C*fpCJX>£x;)§ JO ^x>°a d 1 3 JI 0JO II The brass of Margaret Landysdale is fixed upon the centre of Mr. Pitcliford and wife's slab. It is 19 in. by 2| in. Gl. Slab. gtoopex* Widow and Daughter of the above who died Novr. 17th 1817 Aged 88 Years. 174 ST. GILES'S. 62. The Entrance to Miss £aflvrt ? ’s Vault. 63. The Entrance of ^)r. ^eeDor’s Vault. G4. Brass .—15 ins. by 2^. THE CHURCHYARD. No. 1. Sacred to the Memory of SOPHIA the beloved Wife of John Fulcher who departed this life May 20th, 1843 Aged 51 years. Also JOHN, her Son, who died Octr. 28th, 1843 Aged 24 Years. Prepare to meet thy God. 2. In Memory of PHILIP POSTLE who died 3rd Jan. 1834 Aged 51 Years. Also SUSANNAH his Wife who died June 20th 1848 Aged 67 Years. 3. In (0. E.) Memory of CHARLOTTE SMITH who died Deer. 30tli 1842 Aged 46 Years. CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 175 No. 3 ( Continued ). Affliction sore long time I bore Physicians were in vain Till God did please me to release And free me from my pain. 4. Sacred To the Memory of JOSEPH ALLEN who died Deer. ‘23rd 1833 Aged 48 Years. Oh God my Guardian and my Friend With thee my soul would rest, On thee alone my hopes depend To be for ever Blest. 5. To the Memory of ROBERT LAWTER who died Novbr. 12th 1848 Aged 80 Years. Also SARAH his Wife who died April ‘29tli 1843 Aged 84 Years. G. SAMUEL BLYTH who died Dec. 13th 1837 Aged 68 Years. 7. JAMES RUDD died Feb. 7th 1855 Aged 72. 8 . In Memory of WILLM. SPANTON Formerly a Coach-master of this City : who died May 10th 1842 Aged 84 Years. 9. In Memory of EDWARD JOHN Son of John & Ann Jane Shenfield Who died 8th Septr. 1831 Aged 6 Years. Also (under ground) 10. (Ins. Illegible). 1 1. Sacred To the Memory of HANNAH MARIA the wife of John Cushing Bookbinder who departed this life March 13tli 1829 Aged 48 Years. Also JOHN CUSHING Husband to the above who died Janry. 9th 1834 Aged G1 Years. 12. Sacred To the Memory of SAMUEL CUSHING Jun Carver & Gilder of this Parish who died Deer. 24th 1820 Aged 49 Years. 13. In Memory of SAMUEL HARMAN who died July 8tli 1825 Aged 42 Years. 14. In Memory of ELIZABETH wife of George Stebbings who died March 17th 1845 Aged 80 Years. 170 ST. GILES’S. 15. In Memory of MARY wife of Robert Wright who died Novr. 5tli 1822 Aged 28 Years. 1G. Sacred To the Memory of Captain JAMES HICKS of the second Eastern Norfolk Local Militia who departed this life Feby. 15tli 1820 Aged 56 Years. 17. Sacred To the Memory of ANNE, the wife of Thos. Davy who departed this life Jany. 18tli 1841, Aged 83. Go thy way and forget not thyself For— Beyond the grave two states re¬ main, Of endless pleasure and eternal pain. 18. Sacred to the Memory of ELIZA the beloved Wife of James Hicks, Capt. & Adjt. of the 2d Eastern Regt. of Norfolk Local Militia Sister of Anne & Abigail Davy She departed this Life on the 5th of Febry. 1818 Aged 27 Years. 19. Sacred (0. E.) to the Memory of HANNAH the wife of Edward 20 . 21 . I. H. S. It is a wholesome and pious cogitation to pray for the Dead that they may be loosed from their Sins. II M X C. XII Y. 10 Pray then for the Soul of DOROTHY GOBBET second Daughter of Knipe Gobbet Esqr. Alderman of this City : who suddenly departed this life stricken by Apoplexy, Novr. 21st 1813 In the fifty third Year of her Age, and is interred near this Stone. She was a Charitable and pious Member of the Holy Catholic Church. May she rest in peace. 22. Inscription under ground. 23. In Memory of } WILLIAM WALDEN who died January 22nd 1845 Aged 63 Years. RIP Also ELIZABETH Wife of the above who died December Gth 1851 Aged G1 Years. 24. H + S 1840 CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 177 25. WIL L M . GRIFFIN who died April 7th 1855 Aged 40 Years. He lived respected and died lamented R. I. P. 2 G. Slab. In Memory of (O. E.) FRANCIS PARKER Late Collector of Excise who died April 12th 1836 Aged 39 Years. (O. E.) 27. In Memory of LYDIA METCALF who died March Gtli 1833 Aged 8 Years Also ANN MARIA METCALF who died Deer. 1st 1835 Aged 4 Years And LYDIA M 28. To the Memory of SOPHIA PLAYFORD Wife of George Playford who died 9 th July 1838 Aged 63 Years 29. In hope of a joyful Ressurrection here restetli in xieace the remains of ANN MARIA BOND Daughter of William and Sarah Press who departed this life Feby. 10th 1850 30. In memory of ANN the Wife of Gordon Howes who died June 13tli 1799 31. In Memory of GORDON HOWES Son of Lucy and Gordon Howes late of Pottergate St. 32. In Memory of WILLIAM the Son of John and Eleanor Dring who died Jany. 20tli 1815 Aged Years Also of ELEANOR his Wife 33. In Memory of MARY Wife of John Spurgeon of this Parish who died March 30tli, 1830 Aged 52 Years 34. To the Sacred Memory of ADAM HYSLOP who died Deer. 27tli 1848 Aged 42 Years Also AGNES MARIA his Infant Daughter. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. Job i. 21. 35. This Stone, erected by his Widow, as a tribute of affection, is Sacred to the memory of GEORGE ARNOLD (late of St. Augustiues) who died Deer. 10th 184G in the 52nd Year of his age. An honest mans the noblest work of God. Also MARY RAWLING ARNOLD his Wife who died Deer. 22nd 1855 Aged 67 Years. 17S ST. GILES’S. 36 . Iu Memory of DAVID COWAN Native of Twynliolm Circud- brightshire Scotland who died Novr. 15th 1844 Aged 45 Years. With patience to the last he did submit, Nor murmur’d not at what the Lord thought fit, But with a Christian courage he did resign, His soul to God at the appointed time. 37. To the Memory of THOMAS CHALMERS A Native of Dairy Ayrshire, N.B. and late of this City who departed this Life May 19th 1839, Aged 38 Years. Also of ANDREW CHALMERS 38. In Memory of JAMES MACKAY Native of Stranraer Scotland who died Novr. 10th 1845 Aged 46 Years. 39. In Memory of (0. E.) JAMES ATKIN who died July 10th 1847, A ged 33 Years Sleep on in silence never more to wake Till Christ doth call and thee to glory take. 40. In Memory of SARAH PEROWNE Wife of Thomas Perowne Formerly of this Parish who died 29th September 1840 Aged 69 Years 41. 42. In Memory of WILLIAM Son of John and Eliza Perowne died Feby.13. 1828 Aged 22 Days 43. Sacred to the Memory of JANE the beloved Wife of William Wild who died 22d June 1825 Aged 58 Years. A loving Wife lies buried here, A Mother kind and tender But all our help and anxious care, From Death could not defend her. Also the above WILLIAM WILD who died 8th May 18 44. Sacred to the Memory of GEORGE DEARING who died March 18th 1843 Aged 54 Years. 45. Sacred (O. E.) to the Memory of WILLIAM M ACKLEY who died June 14th 1800 Aged 47 Years. Also of ORPAH his Wife who died April 19th 1820 Aged 59 Years. CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 179 No. 45 ( Continued ). And 4 of their Children and 9 of their Grand-children, who died in their Infancy. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrec¬ tion of the dead for as in Adam all 1 Cor 15 Ch. 21. 22. Yer. 4G. To the Memory of BENJn. FITT 47. To the Memory of ELIZABETH the Wife of Edward Baret who died March 31st 1773 Aged 58 Years. 48. Ins. illegible. 49. (Ins. in O. E ) Sacred to the Memory of BENJAMIN WOODROW born January 7tli 1771 died February 5th 1848 Also near this spot lie interred MARY Wife of the above who died April 5th 1820 Aged 39 Years. And four of their Children who died in their Infancy Also of 50. In Memory of MARY the Wife of Benjn. Woodrow and Daughter of Josh. & Mary Lorkin who died April 5th 1820 Aged 39 Years. 51. LYDIA the beloved Wife of John Cullyer who died Novr. lltli 1824 Aged 47 Years. Also of Jno. Son of the above Who died April Gth 1812 Aged 3 Years. And of the above JOHN CULLYER Who died Novr. 30th 1837 Aged G1 Years. (O.E.) CHARLOTTE the beloved Wife of G. H. BURROWS Daughter of the said John & Lydia Cullyer Who died Novr. 5th 1827 Aged 22 Years. Also J. C. BURROWS their Infant Son Aged 7 Weeks. This World is vain and ful of pain With cares and troubles sore They are blest that With Christ for In Memory of 52. 53. In Memory of JOSEPH LORKIN who died Sep 10. 1832 Aged 82 Years. 54. In Memory of ANN the Wife of John Lamb who departed this life April 21st 1834 Aged 55 Years. 180 ST. GILES’S. No. 54 ( Continued ). Inclos’d in dust here lies tlio last remains Of her who firmly bore Deaths lingering pains Who prov’d through all the series of her life A Friend a tender Mother & a Virtuous Wife Also the above JOHN LAMB who departed this Life Octr. 22nd 1837 Aged GO Years. 55. Memory of HARRIET BASEY LAMB Eldest daughter of John & Ann Lamb who died Octr. 19th 1824 Aged 18 Years. Shall not the Then mark the falling tear And waft her to her native sky To dwell with Angels there. Also MARY ANN their second Daughter, who died Feby. 22d 182G Aged 17 Years. 56. To the Memory of ANN the Wife of Robekt Basey who died May 9th 1819 Aged 76 Years. 57. In Memory of MARY BASEY who died Novbr. lOtli 1842 Aged 92 Years. Also MARY ANN BASEY who died Deer. 12th 1852 Aged 75 Years. 58. In (O. E.) Memory of THOs. STONE who died Deer. 30tli 1807 Aged 84 Years. 59. 60. Sacred (R. C.) to the Memory of ELIZh. sowter who departed this life on the 30th of May 1840 Aged 70 Years. 61. In Memory of THOMAS Me KEY who died January 12th 1856 Aged 33 Years. Dear friends prepare yourselves to die. For Life is short and Death is nigh; In youth and strength put not your trust The strongest living is bu t du st Erected by his friend SOMMERVILLE Norwich. 62. Sacred to the Memory of JAMES ATKIN who died December 17 1852 Aged 33 Years. 63. Sacred to the Memory of SARAH the affectionate wife of James Bennett obt. 10th October 1840 setat 70. Beloved Respected and Lamented CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 181 No. 63 ( Continued ). also of the above JAMES BENNETT esqr. an inhabitant of this city for upwards of 60 years he served the office of sheriff in 1826 obt. 18th January 1845 setat 85. 64. (Ins. in O. E.) In Memory of WILLIAM the beloved Husband of Harriet King who died Fehy 18th 1848 Aged 4 j Years. 65. 66 . 67. 68 . Sacred to the Memory of REBECCA the Wife of Philip Boardman who died June 12th 1803 Aged 35 Years. 69. Sacred (O. E.) to the Memory of THOs. STIGLES (many years of this city) died the 10. of March 1841 Aged 72 Years In life respected And to death resign’d also EMMA the infant child of William & Mary Allen 70. S. In ELIZ the ILLIA died Aged 71. (S.) 72. (S.) 86. Tomb. (Ins. in O. E.) Here resteth the body of WILLIAM RACKHAM, Esqr. who on the 18th day of October 1854 and in the 73rd Year of his Age departed this life Praying Lord have mercy upon me 73. (H. S.) 87. Ins. illegible 74 to 85. 88. 182 ST. GILES'S. 89. Sacred (O. E.) to the Memory- of ELIZth. Wife of William Palmer •who died Febry. 12th 1828 Aged 23 Years. A loving Wife When this you see remember me And bear me in your mind. 90. Sacred to the Memory of CHAs. PARRISH who died August 21st 1814 Aged 73 Years. Also of SARAH his Wife who died Deer. 31st 1824 Aged 79 Years. HANNAH SKIPPER Daughter of the above who died Deer. 30th 1834 Aged 64 Years. 91. 92, & 93. 94. In Memory of JOHN RIX who died Novr. 26th 1822 Aged 48 Years Also ANN his Wife who died Septr. 10th 1841 Aged 68 Years 95. & 96. Ins. illegible. 97. Sacred to the Memory of SUSANNAH the Wife of Mr. John Woodbine who departed this Life September 20th 1824 in the 69th Year of her Age. 98. Sacred to the Memory of SOPHIA the Wife of Ambrose Fisher who died 5tli Novbr. 1821 Aged 55 Years. Also the above AMBROSE FISHER who died 4th March 182 . In the 54 Y^ear of his Age. 99. 100. In Memory of JOHN ENGLISH Born March 16tli 1770, Died April 24th 1851. The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; but if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Psa. xc. 10. 101. In Memory of MARIA Wife of John English who died Septr. 14tli 1848 Aged 74 Years. Reader, say with me O my God make me to be numbered with thy Saints in Glory ever¬ lasting. Amen 102. Sacred (O. E.) to the Memory of MARY ANN COX who died 24th October 1847, Aged 58 Years. CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 183 103. To the Memory of ALICE TRULL who died 4th May 1800 Aged 87 Years. 104. In Memory of CHARLOTTE SOPHIA the Infant Daughter of Jno. Winn Thomlinson, Esq. and Frances Mary his Wife of Clay in this County She was born on the 3rd and died on the 15th September 1810 105. In Memory of HANNAH COPPIN who died July 30th 1833 Aged 31 Years, also of GOSS GRIMMER Aged 77 Years. 106. 107. 108. In Memory of ANN WRIGHT Daughter of Elizth. Allman who died in London June 21st 1835 Aged 70 Years. 109. 110. S. SARAH RIGBY died April 9 1803 Aged 69 Years 111. H. S. In Memory of ELIZABETH the Wife of John Hales who departed this Life October 29tli 1838 Aged 43 Years. Also MARY ANN HALES who died July 7th 1841 Aged 19 Years In Memory of ANN BOND who died Feby. 11th 1819 Aged 66 Years. 112. S. Sacred to the Memory of FRANCES SMITH Obt. April 24th 1839 113. In (O. E.) Memory of MARY HEWETT who died Feby. 9th 1846 Aged 78 Years. All you that come to read this Stone O think how soon that I was gone 114. In Memory of THOMAS LANE who died June 2nd 1812 Aged 57 Years. Also of MARIA the Beloved Daughter of the above and ANN his Wife 115. In Memory of JOHN JOHNSON late of this Parish, and formerly of Hey don, who died October 7th 1836 Aged 78 Years Also of SARAH MARIA JOHNSON who died Sej>r. 3rd. L 184 ST. GILES’S. 11G. 117. Sacred to the Memory of SARAH wife of Edmund Barham who departed this life 118. In Memory of HARRIET the beloved Daughter of Archer and Maria Asker who died Novr. Gtli 1831 Aged 14 Years Weep not dear 119. Sacred (O. E.) to the Memory of ELIZABETH (R. C.) the beloved Wife of Thomas Britcher who died 9tli March 1852, Aged 55 Years. enclos’d in dust here lies the last remains, of her who firmly bore deaths lingering pains: who prov’d through the series of her life, a friend, a tender mother, and a virtuous wife, also EDWARD their son who died 15th May 1852 Aged 15 Years 120. A. T. In Memory of FRANCES HARRIET BROWNE Died Octr. 8th 1850 Aged 15 Years. I know that my Redeemer liveth. Job. 19. C. 25. V. 121. (II. S.) Erected As a Tribute of Respect To the Memory of JAMES COCKS who Departed this Life October 1828 Aged 78 Years. SARAH his Wife 122. In hope of a Joyful Resurrection lieth the body of 123. (Ins. in O. E.) In Memory of JAMES CULLYER who died xiv day of March mdcccxxviii Aged xxxviii Years. Also CHARLOTTE his Wife who died the vii day of May mdcccxliv Aged lvii Years. 124. In Memory of JEREMIAH MEARS who died May 2Gth 1824 Aged 32 Years. Sober tlio’ lib’ral, and tho’ prudent just Trusty tho’ cautious whom he ought to trust He passed 125. In Memory of ELIZ the Wife of John Denney CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 185 126. In Memory of RACHEL DENNY who died Feby. 25th 1831 Aged 22 Years. Also RACHEL DENNY Cousin to the above 127. (Ins. in O. E.) Sacred To the Memory of MARTHA Relict of Edward Alden Daughter of Joseph Page and Niece of Martha Warren who died the twenty six day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-four Aged Seventy Nine Years. 128. In Memory of JOHN GOODINGS who died Janry. 17th 1813 Aged 77 Years. Lo here he lies whose deed deserved love His hodys here his soul is far above 129. In (0. E.) Memory of EMILY LAMB w r ho departed this Life June 24th 1845 in Her 35tli Year Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of Her faith. Heb. 12. 2- 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. In Memory of JAMES SLACK who departed this life October 135. In Memory of ANN SLACK the Beloved Wife of James Slack 136. 137. In Memory of Mrs. ANN WADE who died June 1st 1801 Aged 72 Years. Also two of her Grand Children JANE WADE died Augst. 2nd 1794 And ANN WADE died Dec 138. To the Memory of JAMES WADE who died May 8. 1785 Aged 62 Years. 139. Sacred (0. E.) to the Memory of EDWARD GILMAN HOWLETT who departed this Life the 30th of March 1848 Aged 50 Years. 140. In Memory of WILLIAM LAMB who died Feby. 6tli 1826 Aged 44 Years. 141. In Memory of MARTHA the Wife of James Lamb who died Octr. 4th 18 Aged 07 Years. 186 ST. GILES’S. 142. Sacred to tlie Memory of JOHN CHESNUTT who departed this Life Octr. 12 th 1839 Aged 74 Years. Also MARY his Wife who died Jany. 4th 1814 Aged 61 Years. Both late of the Theatre Royal Norwich. RESURGAMUS. Sacred to the Memory of THOMAS CHESNUTT who departed this Life Novr. 22nd 1810 Aged 36 Years. Also ROBERT CHESNUTT who died May 17tli 1821 Aged 50 Years. 143. To the Memory of HANNAH DAY who died July 10th 1816 Aged 71 Years. 144. To the Memory of Me. ROBERT COOK who died Suddenly the 5th Day of Feby. 1822 Aged 64 Years. Watch for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come Also THOMAS COOK 145. Altar Tomb. Sacred to the Memory of JOHN REEYE Who died July 28th 1816 Aged 75. When the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth and then all his thoughts perish Psalm 146. Ver 3. 146. H. S. 147. In Memory of JOHN LOCK who died Jany. 148. Here resteth in humble Hope of a joyful Resurrection ANN the Wife of Samuel True 149. In Memory of ANN the beloved Wife of Simon Payne who departed this life Jany. 10th 1831 Aged 54 Years. Also REBECCA His Wife who died June 29tli 1836 Aged 62 Years. 150. In Memory of MARY the Wife of Robt. Darkin Died March 13tli 1831 Aged 75 Years. 151. Sacred (O. E.) To the Memory of ESTHER LOCK who died Deer. 9tli 1820 CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 187 152. To the Memory of MARY FAYERMAN Relict of the late Revd. John Fayerman Rector of Cliedgrave Who died Novr. 30th 153. To The Memory of SARAH the Wife of William Bland Tunwell who Departed this Life Novr. 10th 1830 Aged 50 Years. In the midst of life we are iu Death. 154. (Ins. in O. E.) Sacred To the Memory of CHARLES FREDERICK FAIRHEAD Who departed this Life October xxiv. mdcccl Aged xxix Years. Forgive blest shade the tributary tear That mourns thy exit from a World like this Forgive the wisli that would have kept thee here To stay the progress of thy future bliss. 155. Iu Memory of CHAs. WILKIN who died 29th Novr. 1827 Aged G9 Years. Also SARAH his Wife who died 2Gth Novr. 1833 Aged GO Years. And also of ANN WASP her mother who died Gth July 1829 15G. In Memory of MARY MAYHEW Who died 5th July 1827 Aged 57 Years. 157. Sacred to the Memory of ELIZABETH Wife of Willm. Tompson who died Septr. 13tli 1S00 Aged 23 Years. Also SUSANNA his Second Wife who died Novr. 1st 1830 Aged 62 Years. And the above WILLm. TOMPSON who died June 21st 1839 Aged G7 Years. 158. Sacred to the Memory of MARY the Wife of Benjamin Lea of London who died Octbr. 8tli 1828 In the 33rd Year of her Age. 159. This stone (R. C.) is erected in affectionate rememberence of the Revd. ISAAC ALLEN who was a most faithful, laborious, & useful Minister of the independent denomination he departed this Life Sept. 7tli 1849 “ Precious iu the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints.” 188 ST. GILES'S. 160. In Memory of HENRY Son of John & Martha Jennings Born at Newmarket Suffolk 15th March 1813 Died in this Parish 24th May 1835. 161. Altar Tomb. In Memory of ELIZABETH RICHARDSON Relict of David Wollen Irwin who died June 24th 1848 Aged 75 Years. In Memory of DAVID WOLLEN IRWIN who departed this life November 19th 1844 Aged 69 Years. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. In Memory of ANN the Daughter of Fracis & Elizh. Lofty who died Novr. 19th 1814 168. In Memory of WILLm. TUBBY who died March 5th 1823 Aged 30 Years. 169. JOHN EMMS died March 25 1855 Aged 71 Years. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord 170. To the Memory of THOs. RAWTON Who died July ye 1st 1762 Aged 63 Years. Also MARY his Wife Who died May 26th 178 In the 84th Year of her Age 171. In Memory of CHAs. RICHARDSON who died Deer. 16th 1823 Aged 75 Years Also SARAH his Wife who died Feby. 17th 1833 Aged 85 Years. 172. To the Memory of Mr. WILLIAM GODDARD Who having for some Time also two of his Children Viz MANSFIELD GODDARD a nd SARAH Died in her Infancy Also of HANNAH GODDARD who died Feb. 12 1803 Aged 81 Years. 173. In Memory of JOHN PEROWNE Who died December 19th 1819 Aged 60 Years Also ANNA his Wife who died January 15th 1823 CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 189 174. In Memory of Me. JOHN MONEY ■who departed this Life 18th Deer. 1832, Aged 81 Years. Also in the same grave rest the Body of ELIZABETH Wife of the above who departed this Life 3rd Janry. 1835, Aged 70 Years. 175. Sacred To the Memory of IBBOTT HENRY Son of Ibbott & Frances Ann Mason, of Som in the County of Huntingdon. Died January 20th. 1847 In the th Year of his Age. Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. 176. In Memory of THOMA8 MONEY who died June 10th 1838 Aged 61 Years. Also of JAMES HENRY MONEY his youngest Son who died June 3rd 1838 Aged 23 Years. 177. In Memory of JOHN the Son of Jamas and Elizth. Stringer who died March 15. 1814 Aged 29 Years (O. E.) 178. In Memo ELIZh. the 179. In Memory of ELIZABETH, Wife of Thomas Money : who died May 20th. 1838 Aged 57 Years. 180. In Memory of ELIZABETH the Wife of Robert Cole of Great Yarmouth and Daughter of 181. 182. In Memory of ELIZABETH Wife of Thos. Sudbury died 16th July 1798 Aged 31. 183. In Memory of MARY the Wife of Samuel Storey who died Janry. 5tli 1837 Aged 35 Years. Also two of their Children who died in their infancy For me to die is gain. Also AMELIA STOREY Daughter of the above 184. 185. 186. In Memory of MARYANN Wife of Thos. Richardson who died Septr. 9th 1829 Aged 35 Years. Also WILLIAM his Son who died August 10th 1829 Aged 3 Years. 190 ST. GILES'S. 187. In Memory of ELIZth. MAXEY ■who died November viii mdcccxxxix aged liii. Tlie Friend The Wife The Mother 188. In (0. E.) Memory of JOHN PENSON MAXEY who died 21st Deer. 1849, aged 59 years. He died—for Adam sinn’d ; He live—for Jesus died. 189. (A. T.) In a Yault under this Tomb lie Interred the Bodies of HENRY CROSSKILL Late of this Parish and MARY his Wife He departed this life the 10th of September 1740 In the 75 Year of his Age And She died the Second of September 1738 In the 71 Year of her Age 190. In (O.E.) Memory of MARY ROSE KIDDILL Who died July 21st 1840 Aged 60 Years. The modest Virtues grac’d her humble Meek unassuming tender and sincere alike to meaness and to respected and lamented Also ELIZth. ROSE KIDDILL Who died Septr. 25th 1853 Aged 75 Years. 191. Sacred (O. E.) To the Memory of ANN the beloved Wife of Robt. Brettingham who died Janry. 25th 1839 Aged 70 Years. 192. 193. 194. In Memory of JOHN SAUL who died Sept. 12th 1829 Aged 70 Years. Also ELIZABETH his Wife who died Novbr. 1st 1831 Aged 81 Years. 195. Sacred to the Memory of CHARLES BEAUMONT Gent. who departed this Life August 29th 1835 Aged 63 Years. 196. S. In Memory of WILLIAM OWNSWORTH who died Jan 13. 1786, Aged 73 Years. Also ELIZth. the Wife of the above William Ownswortii who died Dec 17. 1797 Aged 75 Years. Also WILLIAM Son of the said William & Elizth. Ownsworth who died Dec 1. 1756, Aged 8 Years. CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 191 No. 196 ( Continued ). Also JOHN OWNSWORTH Son of the said William & Elizth. Ownswortii who died July 18. 1818, Aged 66 Years. Also ELIZth. Daughter of the said John Ownsworth and FRANCIS his Wife who died March 27th. 1787, Aged 5 Years. Also two other Children of the said John and Francis his Wife and four of their Grand Children who died in their Infancy Also FRANCIS Widow of John Ownsworth, who died March 12. 1824 Aged 61 Years, and FRANCIS Wife of John Browne, and Daughter of John & Francis Ownsworth who died Dec 30. 1821. Aged 35 Years. 197. Sacred (O. E.) to the memory of JOHN CARLTON who died 20th Octr. 1851 aged 63 years 198. J X C 1851 199. Sacred (O. E.) To the Memory of ELIZABETH MYHILL the beloved daughter of William & Emma Spratt who died February 18tli 1832 Aged 17 Years. Also of JOHN & ALFRED who died in their infancy 200 . WILLm. SPRATT who died 8th Dec. 1824 Aged 83 Years. 201 . Sacred (O. E.) To the Memory of WILLIAM SPRATT For many Years a Resident of the Parish of St. Peters Mancroft who died July 3rd 1845 Aged 73 Years. In Life Respected and in Death Lamented. 202 . (O. E.) ELIZtii. his Wife who died 6th June 1800 Aged 54 Years. 204. Stone broken. S M SANNA THETFORD d December 20th 1816 Aged xxiv Having lived Eight Years a faithful Servant in the Rigby’s Family 205. In Memory of JOHN BRYANT who died Deer. 10th 179 Aged 69 Years. In Memory of 203. 192 ST. GILES'S. 206. 207. In Memory of ELIZA Wife of Robert Boyden (0. E.) ■who departed this life March 15th 1847, in the G5tli Year of her Age. Our home is Heaven and our portion God. Also of the above ROBERT BOYDEN who departed this life March 11th 1854, Aged 74 Years. Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling. 208. In Memory of FRANCES CHADLEY 209. In Memory of CHARLOTTE Wife of James Hitchcock who departed this life after a long and painful illness on the 28th Deer. Aged 210. In Memory of MARY Wife of James Hitchcock Who departed this Life After a long and painful illness on the 18th Augst. 1833 In the 72nd Year of her Age. 211. To (0. E.) the Memory of ELIZABETH the Wife of James Websdale who died 18tli March 1852 Aged 21 Years 212. In Memory of ELIZABETH Youngest Daughter of Mr. Christmas Watts late of Buxton in this County who died July 19tli 1849 Aged 26 Years. Grieve not for me my Mother dear 213. In Memory of EMILY the Beloved Wife of George Ashley Stewart, who died 21st June 1853 Aged 33 Years. 214. In Memory of GEORGE ASHLEY STEWART who died 14th April 1854 Aged 44 Years. 215. 216. 217. 218. Sacred (O. E.) To the Memory of MICHAEL SHARP Who departed this Life October 13. 1800 Aged 49 Years. CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 193 219. In Memory of I. P. FINAGHTY Who died March 24th 1813 Aged 47 Years. Also infant Daughter 220. Altar Tomb. In Memory of CHARLES CODD Esquire Who departed this life November the 3rd 1791 Aged G4 Years. 221. Altar Tomb. Sacred to the memory of (R. C.) JOHN DE VEAR who died the 2nd day of april 1827, aged GO years, and of SUSANNA his wife who died the 14th day of june 1837, in the 83rd year of her age. also of FRANCIS THO. DE VEAR who died july 4th 1829 aged 36 years 222. (H. S.) M . S EDWARD RICHARDSON died April 20th 1834 Aged 71 223. 224. 225. In Memory of ANN the Wife of James Nicklos who died March 26th 1823 Aged 65 Years. Also the above JAMES NICKLOS who died Sep 27th 1841 Aged 82 Years. 226. In Memory of ANN IvNIBBS who died Deer. 25th 1822 Aged 79 Years. Also SUSANNA KNIBBS her sister who died Janry. 5tli 1823 Aged 78 Years. 227. In Memory of GEORGE the beloved Son of SANDIE & ELEANOR JACKSON who died Septr. 19th 1834 228. In Memory of SUSANNA CRICKMER who died June 12th 1850 in the 57tli Year of her Age. Near this spot lies the Remains 229. In Memory of (R. C.) EDWARD SHARPE who died July 21st 1838 aged 72 years, also ELIZth. JUDD SHARPE his wife who died June 194 ST. GILES’S. 230. Sacred to the Memory of RICHd. DAWSON who died 31st of Octr. 1820 Aged 55 Years Also SARAH his Wife 231. In Memory of MARY CHRISTIANA the Wife of Robert Sheppard who died May 17tli 1832 Aged 31 Years. 232. In Memory of JOHN HOWES Who died Gtli August 1829 Aged 52 Tears. 233. In Memory of (0. E.) THOs. SPRINGALL many years Master of the Wheat Sheaf Inn Bethell Street S. Peter’s Mancroft 234. In Memory of PETER RACKHAM who departed this life 235. 236. Sacred To the Memory of LOUISA NINHAM who died 30th August 1840 Aged 24 Years. To those who for her loss are griev’d This consolation’s given : She’s from a world of woe reliev’d And blooms a rose in heaven. Also MARIA NINHAM who died Deer. 15th 1848 Aged 67 Years. 237. Sacred to the memory of RQBt. NINHAM the beloved son of Jno. & Eliz, Ninham who died Feby. 238. (Ins. in O. E.) Sacred to the Memory of FRANCES the beloved Wife of Henry Ninham who departed this Life June 30th 1845 in the 44th Year of her Age Also FRANCES ELIZABETH daughter of the above who died August 30th 1855 Aged 24 Years. 239. Altar Tomb. Beneath this tomb are Deposited the Remains of EMILY CANNELL who departed this Life April 20th 1834 Aged 16 Years. 240. In Memory of MARY the Wife of John Motjnser who died Octr. 17th 18 Aged 39 Years. CHURCHYARD MONUMENTS. 195 241. Iu Memory of JOHN CATLING Who died April 1st 1812 Aged 50 Years. 242. In Memory of RICHARD JAMES infant Son of Richard Downing and Mary Ann Rallison died August 22nd 1828 243. In Memory THOMAS RISING who died October 23rd 1847 Aged 66 Years. Also of MARY ANN RISING Daughter of the above who died November 6th 1838 Aged 24 Years. 244. (S.) Sacred To the Memory of JAMES HODGSON who departed this Life 19th July 1834, Iu the 69th Year of his Age. Also of SUSANNA, and JANE ELIZABETH his Infant Children Also of JERAH ABRAHAM his Son Who died Novr. 5th 1835 Aged Fourteene. 245. Ins: Obliterated. 246. Sacred (0. E.) To the Memory of ANN HARRISON who died Jany. 26th 1841 Aged 51 Years. 247. In Memory of 248. Sacred To the Memory of CHARLES the Beloved Son of Rachel Read widow of Great Yarmouth who departed this Life August 12 th 1833 Aged 38 Years. This stone is Erected by his Affectionate Mother Also WILLIAM READ Brother of the above who died Octr. lltli 1834 Aged 39 Years. 249. In memory of MARY GAYFORD who died Oct 14th 1838 Aged 83 years. In the midst of life we are in death. 250. In Memory of RACHAEL Wife of the late William Read of Yarmouth who died 4th Octr. 1840 in the 79tli Year of her Age. 251. In Memory of JOHN SWIFT Who died Novr. 29th 1832 Aged 77 Years. 1% ST. GILES’S. No. 251 ( Continued .) Also MARY SWIFT who died March 18 Aged 78 Years. 252. (Ins. in 0. E.) CHARLOTTE the Wife of James Trackson who died May 15th 1853, Aged 32 Years. R. I. P. 253. 259. 254. In Memory of SAMUEL Formerly of the Parish of St. Helen in this City who died March 31st 18 Aged 34 Years. 255. JA BACON died Feby. 27 1853 Aged 5 Years. 25G. In Memory of BETTY PALMER Who died April 21st 1837 Aged S4 Years 257. 258. In Memory of JOHN KERRIDGE who died April 10th 1846 Aged 65 years Formerly of Pakenham Suffolk many years an inhabitant of this Parish Also SUSANNAH KERRIDGE Wife of the above who departed this life March 3d 1853 in the 57 year of her Age. ISAAC FRIDAY The Son of John & Susannah Kerridge who died July 19th 1824 Aged 5 years Also of BELINDA his Sister who died Sep 23rd 1835 Aged 15 years Like leaves of trees the race of Man is found Now green in youth now withering on the ground Another race the following spring sup¬ plies They fall successive and successive lise So generations in their course decay So flourish these when those are past away Like hubbies on the Sea of matter bourne They rise they break and to that Sea return. CHURCH YA RD MONUMENTS. 197 200. Iu Memory of LYDIA DUNCAN Who departed this Life July 24th 1829 Aped 22 Years Suspend awhile the fond parental tear For a loved daughter that lies buried here. 261. To the Memory of MARY Wife of Ben Burdock 262. In (O. E.) Memory of TABITHA the Wife of John Mordy who died Dec 28 1808 Aged Years. 263. Sacred (0. E.) To the Memory of JOHN MORDY who died Novr. 16th 1822 Aged 45 Years. His virtuous deeds crown this un- thinging clay And erect a Monument without decay No unjust act throughout his life we find Beloved he liv'd and Just to all Man¬ kind. 264. Iu Memory of EDWARD ROWE who died Novr. 28 181 265. Iu (O. E) Memory of JAMES ROWE who died Deer. 16 1816 Aged 67 Years. ALICE his Wife who died May 182 Aged 76 Years. 266. In Memory of ANN FRANCES GREEN who died Novr. 21st 1843 Aged 35 Years. 267. CHRISTOPHER BERRY Printer 268. In Memory of AGATHA the Wife of William Coe who died March 12th 1793 Aged 61 years. (The remainder of the inscription is illegible.) CHAPTER X. KIRKPATRICK’S NOTES OF ST. GILES’S CHURCH, ETC., IN 1712. St. GILES. 1 August 1712. St. Giles Church stands on ye north side of ye street leading to yt Gate of ye City well bears ye same name & not far from it: for ye Church in the North West corner of ye Churchyard is distant but . . . . paces from ye same. From this place ye Churchyard is hounded by a lane of a steep desct wch falls direct North being ye way to St. Swithin’s Church from which ye tis divided leaving onely a gate at begin by a stone wall reaching .... paces where is a stile and by ... . steps you descend into ye aforesaid lane ye lowest of wch steps is a gravestone of ancient form narrower at feet than head end. From thence turning Eastward it is bounded by a wall (and some houses adjoyning to it) wch runs. paces turning inward where it meets ye wall of ye South side making an angle at E. wch wall from ye first men corner interrupted onely by a gate against ye Porch passed along ye Street paces winding hither where is a gate right against St. Giles Broadstreet wch leads into ye Market by or past ye Guild Hall. Within wch bounds the Church is situated nearest to ye street & is a strong & regular building of flint stones especially ye steeple wch is fortified by double Buttresses at each of ye 4 angles up to ye top of ye 3 story ye whole height is 38 yards. Ye situation of ye Church being upon as high ground as any in ye City is therefore the first of ye Parish Churches which appears to those who are travelling to ye City and may be seen .... miles off. There is a neat Porch of free stone on ye South side of ye Church for entrance wth a Chamber above it, on each side of ye window wch is in ye front is a KIRKPATRICK'S NOTES. 199 nich spired top. On each of ye arch of door cut in stone is a Cherub wtli an Escochen before him that on ye East side has 2 Pastoral Staffs on the a Pall & at ye top of ye porch a border of carved work wherein you see ye Letter G of ye antient form wtli a crown upon it and an escochen with vine branch of various small ones denoting St. Giles, to whom dedicated, by ye foot of ye buttress of the E angle lies a stone. The Length of ye Church from ye front of ye foot of ye Steeple Buttress to yt of E. angle is abt 112 foot very near ye height of ye Steeple and ye breadth about 70 foot from yc front of ye foot of ye Buttress on North side to those of ye Porch, ye height of ye nave walls to ye Eaves is abt 23 foot . . & of ye 2 ranges of upper windows abt 10 foot above ye Roofs of each He. There is 4 windows on this side between ye Porch and ye ease end about 7:} foot wide and to ye top of their arches about 15 foot in lit. there being between each abt 8 or 9 foot of walls strengthened in ye midst wth a Buttress to ye height of ye window and one at yt South East angle, all ye angles of these & Steeple Buttresses. The wall of ye upper roof well rest upon arch of Pillars within ye Church hath five windows placed at equal distances (corresponding to ye situation to those in ye side wall below, and one answering ye Door of ye Porch all wch you see in ye Prospect of this side of ye Church inserted as also ye form & proportion of ye windows of ye lies & of ye Steeple The North side of ye Church form to ye South, except that there is no Porch but onely a Door opposite to yt of ye South. Beyond all this a Chancel hath formerly advanced . . , . . foot to ye East . in breadth equal to ye Nave of ye Church as appears by some part of ye walls still to be seen above ground. But but (being fallen to decay it seems) was pulled down as far as end of each lie of ye Church about G score years since & ye materials sold, with part of wch money a Bell was purchased which is dated 1593 & is ye 2nd in ye Peal. So that ye great Arch out of ye Body of ye Church into ye Chancel was filled up with a stone wall in which was made a Large window. The inside of ye Church consist of 3 parts ye South lie, ye North He, & ye Middle or Nave which is about 18 foot wide (by wch it is distinguishd from ye lies) 2 Rows of Columns each supporting a a wall wherein is ye upper Rank of 5 windows & upon which ye high Roof rests. The lies are aht 10 foot broad each between ye columns & wall & of ye same length as ye Nave, viz : within ye walls 75 foot, whole breadth of ye Church within (including ye thickness of ye columns) is 44 foot & The Pillars on either side ye Nave are 4 with a Pillaster at each end ye Church in a line having ye equi-distant inter columniation ST. GILES'S. ‘200 of near 13 foot. They are of free stone and neat work of ye ancient form and rise to ye height of 17 foot to ye top of their capitals or imposts of ye arches well rest upon them whose bows are of agree¬ able workmanship and about 6 foot high upon the top of which runs the whole length a plain cornice or fillet of stone thence ye walls advance about 9 feet to ye Great Cornice of wood. A Great Arch there is at ye West end rendring ye Steeple patent to ye Church the Pillasters of wch consist of divers hollows & seimas & a large half round member the point from ye side of 2 Pillasters before mentioned so yt abt five foot west ward (the thick¬ ness of Steeple walls) they contract to 12 foot distance and advance so high that ye under part of ye arch is about ye same height with ye top of ye wall of ye upper Rank of windows. The Pillaster reaching abt 2 foot above ye top of ye Rows of arches. Another Great Arch at ye East end was into ye Quondam Chancel whose Pillasters reach to within 2 foot of ye top of ye said Arches and ye under part of its Arch to two thirds of ye height of ye windows of ye upper Ranges but is now filled with a wall and window as afore¬ said. Now between the Pilasters of ye Row of arches & those of this last mentioned there is a space of about 18 inches in each of wch are 3 Niches of stone work one above ye other about 5 foot & 4 high wtli a Pedestal in all the lowest beging about 4J foot above ye pavemt of ye Altar the space undr being put into 2 narrow arched pannels. The window sill in ye west end of each He is abt 64 foot from ye Pavemt & foot wide ye height to ye top of ye arch abt 134 feet. Those in ye sides of ye Church same beginning & breadth but a re about 15 foot high reaching within about 14 foot of ye top of ye wall ye window in ye E end of either lie is of ye same dimensions onely begins (or ye soil is) abt 14 higher than those in ye sides. Entering into this Church through ye Porch your eye will first be fixed upon ye opposite Monument of Alderman Payne, a Benefactor to ye Parish, it being placed in ye wall toward ye west end of ye North lie near wch his Body is deposited in a vault undr that pt of lie. Above it you see his Funeral Escoclieon fixed. This Monumt is composed of an oblong Table of black Marble beautified and inclosed by 2 Corinthian Pilasters of wch Pedestal & Cornish & Semic: Pedimt upon or against ye Cornish of ye Pedt. is fixed. An Escochen of his Arms being a cliev verry being 3 Lyons Rampt And is further adorned below wth volutas & foliage work extending ye breadth with Palm Branches on ye outside of each Pilaster and with an Urn burning placed upon ye top of ye Pedimt: all of white marble curiosly polished except ye Table & Tympan which are of black, under part of ye Foliage work KIRKPATRICK'S NOTES. 201 of about 18 foot distance from ye pavt: and ye height from thence to ye flame of ye Urn is abt 8 foot more ye breadth at Base is 3 foot and 4 but ye form of it you may better see by the draught thereof here inserted. The Inscriptions upon ye Monument are as follow, viz: upon ye Tympan Pro: xiii. 21 Ho yt hath mercy on ye Poore Happy is he. Upon ye Table of ye Monumt Adrian Payne Gent: & some time Slierifo & Alderman of tliis Citie, was Interrd in this Vault the 4th day of May 1G86 who gave A hundred & Twenty pounds to this Parish of St Giles for ever for ye clothing of poore men & women in Gownes, once every yeare in the month of November, as far as ye aunuall profits of the said sume would extend. For ye Performance whereof a peece of Land, or Inclosure Knowne by ye name of the lower Church Close, in Han worth, of ye North Side of that Church, contayning about Fourteene Acres, &c. is settled & secured, by Bobert Doughty of ye said Towne in ye County off Norff: Gent: (being Son-in-law to ye said Adrian) for ye paymt of Six Pounds p. aun: for ever upon the last day of October in each yeare, to those in trust to see this Charitie disposed, who are to be tenn in Number Inhabitants of this Parish, & are to be renewed by ye remainder at ye request of ye Parishioners hereof, when Six or Seven at most of ye said tenn be dead. The funeral Escochen is (as such are usually made) a square piece of Canvas Linnen of abt 24 or 3 foot each side whereon is painted in proper colours ye Atcliievemt of ye deceased with ye Base of ye Escocli: to one of ye Angles upon well it stands when fastned into a black frame of wood 3 or 4 inches hroad whereon at ye upper and lower angles is painted a skull an hour glass winged . upon ye midst of ye sides Bones &c. The Arms in this Funeral Escocli: or Atcliievemt are first Payne. Or a Chev: varry betw 3 Lyons rampt az. impaling Osborn in Arg. on a bend sab. 3 Dolphins embowed Or. betw 2 Lyons rampt. of ye 2d, upon a Helmet 202 ST. GILES'S. Cowper. Baker. Spendlove. degree mantled Or. The Crest between a pair of wings expanded sable an Ostridge’s bead erased Or biting a horse shoe Arg: From lienee as you pass to ye East end of this N. lie ye following Inscriptions are to be seen upon ye several grave¬ stones viz: first on a brass plate for Robert Cowper anno domini 1521 Orate p aia Rob’ti Cowper Cuij aie ppiciet de s A 0 dni m°v t xxj Near 2 small stones lying by ye side of each other for John Baker & his wife HERE lyetli the Body | of John Baker who | departed this life [ the 30 th day of March ] and was buried the | First day of April Anno | domini 1G73 The other is Here lyeth the body | of Margaret Baker the | wife of John Baker | who departed this | life the 11th day of | June & was buried the 12th | Anno Domini 1679 The next is upon a brass plate— (Spendlove, for inscription, vide Church Monuments). The next 3 stones having lost their Brass plates are without in¬ script: one has had a Chalice next inlaid above ye Inscript: next a small effigies of a man. Ye other has no more of ye plate remaining but ye word Capellanus. Then come at another thus inscribed Here lyeth ye [ body of Robert | Lee who dyed j Febr. the 13—Ano dom 1683. The next a brass plate for Hen: Pool priest anno 1442 Hie jacet Henricus Pool Capellanus qui obijt | decimo die Julij anno dni m°cccc° | xlii cujus anime ppicietur deus Amen. Near a stone pt Eliz. Robinson widow 1712 set 76 At ye end of the Walk or passage of this N. lie is a stone with this Daniell ye sonne | of Augustus | Curtis & Sarah | his wife died [ ye 30th of Decemb | 1675. Turning southward is this in ye E. Alley upon a plate of Brass by Beding- some Pious but ignorant Etymologist field. (Bedingfield vide Church Monuments). The stone next this is now without an Inscription but ye plate wch came off it lyes in ye Vestry and is thus inscribed Orate p aia Alicie Tyllys filie Johis Tyllys* & dionisie uxr eius genosorum Further south against ye middle He or Nave . is a large whitish free stone near 4 foot broad but ye length (running partly under ye Lee. Pool. Curtis. Tyllys. (* Pbably J: Tyllys Sheriff 1485) KIRKPATRICK'S NOTES. 203 steps of ye altar) is not to be seen. Tliereon is no inscription nor appearance of having been any, but a plate of brass is inlaid in which this Atcliievmt is insculped. Per. pale The first 2 Coats quarterly first a maunch erm: sup¬ pressed by a bendlct. Secondly a Chev. betw 3 Cushions a cresct Impaling a Chev. betw jays 3 Pheons reversed 3 arrow heads upon a Saracen’s head a Helmet wtli mantling &c. Ye Crest is a man’s head with wreath about it couped at ye shoulders. The next is a small stone Forby ^ body of | Elizabeth Forby | under this stone | doe ly whom GOD | was qfieased out | of this world to | take be times yt she | a blessed St might | make aged 7 years | dy’ Aug. ye 20 1675. Landys- Plence returning westward down ye Body of ye Church is dale ' this Inscription upon a Brass plate for ye wife of Robert Landysdale Esqr. who was one of ye Sheriffs of this Citie Anno 1433 and an Alderman. (Vide Church Monuments). Upon ye same stone is lately cut this Inscription. Frances Bristow dyed | January the 27th 1G97 | aged 17 years. . The next a large Stone under well is buried Jno: Ansell Ansell. .... Esqre & las wife with these short inscriptions ye one near ye head ye other ye foot end of ye stone John Ansell Esqr. buried | November the 17th | 1693 | aged 73. Anne Ansell wid buried July the 4th 1695. i Next a black marble wherein cut this Here lyeth the body of JAMES FYNCH who departed this life Aug ye 9 th An. Dom 1699 Aged 45 years Near this you meet wtli 2 stones for a daughter & grand ltooi e. gon 0 f y e a p 0 ve mentiond Esqre. Ansell Anue the wife | of John Roope | and daughter of | John Ansell Esq | huried the 17tli of September 1687. Charles the sonn of John | Roope buried | Aprill the lltli I 1694. Then come to a large stone of grey marble, 9 foot long & 4 foot broad: undr which ly buried Robt. Baxter, who was a Maior of this Citie Ann: Dni 1424 & 1429 & died 1432 & Christian his wife as appears by ye Inscript upon a plate of Brass inlaid at yo feet of their Portraictures ingraven in ye same metal 39 inches long. Thereof also near each of ye 4 Corners of ye stone have been inlaid 204 ST. GILES'S. au escocheon but ouely that now remains at ye foot corner to your right hand wherein is iugraved his mark as a Tradesman well wth a true draught of their Effigies you see annexed and ye Inscription is this, viz: (Vide rubbing) licrvu" The nex ^ s t° ne is yet more antient being dated 1419, viz. upon a Brass plate Ilic iacet Agnes Heryng que obijt ix die Decembr | Anno dni millo ccccxix Cuij aie ppiciet de s anen. Cobbe Then near ye end of this great alley upon a small stone this cut for ye widow of Colonell Cobb Here lyetli the | Body of Mist: Eliz: Cobbe | Relict of Colonell Cobbe late of | Sandringham Hall | who died ye 30 | of Aug 1698. Copeman ^ s ^ one i° r Will: Copeman, Jan 21. 17i£ setat 72 & 1 Hannah his wife 1713 set 87 Being come near ye Font you see 2 small plates of brass upon 2 stones lying towards ye right hand wch we passed by in going to Mr. Payne’s monurnt: each with an old English Inscription but without date the one is Colchester Undyr these stonys lyght Thomas Colcliest’r and | his wyf Jone on hose sowlys God have mercy ame. The other hath a couple of bad verses without a transposition sence, viz. Off yower charyte pray for ye sowlys yt her lyth | of Thomas Hervy and Clare hys wyffe. Amen. Now turning hence to ye left hand towards ye Sontli lie in ye way to it see a small stone with this short inscrip- Orate p aia Willm Knappe. Here lyeth the Body of John Raining who departed this life the 18th day of March 172§ aged 63. Smyth Being enterd ye west end of this lie you first meet with a brass inscription of one Smyth a priest 1499 & above it a small plate inlaid also wherein is ingravend a Chalice wth ye ye consecrated wafer above ye mouth of it on which are these 3 letters IIIS signifying ye name Jesus wch being of an ancient form I have inserted a draught thereof the Inscription is Orate p aia Joliis Smyth capelli qui obijt vij° die | Novebr A° dni nTcccclxxxxix cuis aie ppicitt des ame. Muitun The nex ^ is also an ancient brass plate upon a Stone ye Inscription whereof desires to pray for Agnes Muitun & all her Benefactors for whom she was bound to pray and is thus Orate p aia Agnes | Multu & p omibs bnfactoribs | suis p q’bs tene- batur qe obijt xx°vij° die Decembr | a 0 d° m°cccclxxxviij cuis aie ppiciet des ame. Hervy. Knappe. tion. KIRKPATRICK'S NOTES. 205 Then you have a stone wth this Inscription Here lyeth the Body | of Mrs. Catharine Bloome •who died | July the 9th 1676 Proceeding you come to a black marble stone wherein is Braliam. . J insculpd this Coat of Arms & crest wth Helmet Mantlings &c., viz: Arms (B) a Cross fleury M . . . . Moline (0) Crest: a Bears-foot and Oaken leaf The inscription follows Hie jacet ROBERTUS BRAHAM Everus. (N,B. I find one Riclid Deverose Stensfour G. N A. H. 6) so far as Filius Natu Maximus JOHANNIS BRAHAM de Wickham-Skeith In comitatu Suffoliice* * Gent obijit 13° Aprilis 1691 iEtatis suae 29 Next being come again into ye passage almost ye E. end of ye Church have you a very ancient stone wch is broken into 2 pieces it hath had an inscription cut round about near ye edge of it in ye ancient Capitals most of wch are worn out wth age * head end not to bo seen being coverd by ye Pews wch are at ye East end* of ye Church however I can make out it is thus A : PRO : AIA : MATILD : DA AYARYS | QVOND : VX : IIANI | RICI : DAI VORVS : AT : quere if not Richd Deverus meint Priest 1425. „ , Now on ye left hand you see a large stone of grev marble wherein is inlaid ye effigies of a man and woman graved in Brass ye head end of ye stone is covered by ye Pews on ye South side ye great alley, ye feet end also by ye Altar one of ye steps of wch lye upon ye inscription & feet of ye Effigieses wch represent to us Richd Purdance who was one of ye last 4 Bailiffs of Norwich 1403 Maior of ye same Annis Dni 1420 & 1433 & died 1436 & of Margt. his wife as appears by ye Inscription wch having taken up ye step I wth some trouble made clean so far as perfectly to understand ye Person & time viz : Orate pro aiabj Ricardi Purdaunce quondam maioris istis Civitatis * Anno dni millo ccccxxx 0 Sexto et dna Margareta uxor ejus* * 1 so it is upon ye stone. * 2 being tis like removed out of ye Chancel & placed here thus preposterously by some ignorant person. here follows ye Name of his wife, day and month of his death. * 4 here follows ye time of of her death wch is all that is wanting. ST. GILES'S. ‘206 There is in probability an escoclieon at each corner of this stone but not to be seen now both ends being coverd as aforesaid, their effigies which about 3 foot 3 quarters long I have truely contracted as here inserted || you see him a very old man by his long forked beard. His outward garments are first upon his head wch is with¬ out any hair appearing a flat cap or bonnet his gown wch stands up very liigh and wide about his neck reaches to near his ancles and hath a short fringe around ye bottom ye sleeves thereof are exceed¬ ing wide and hang down like a bag but not reach to near wrist from under wch ye sleeves of a wascoat appear to ye hand this gown being girded about his middle he hath a Cloak cast over but not full so or long is fastned wtli 2 buttons upon his right shoulder one side wholly covering his left arm almost to ye hand wch are both held up conjoynd in praying posture & so spreads over ye side of his gown ye other side of ye cloak hanging back as far as ye outside of his right arm leaves yt side open the Cloak seems to be lined wtli fur & ye Gown also by ye turning back of ye bottom of each side ye forepart & circleular band abt ye wrist of ye sleeves. A shaggy hound is grav’d at his feet but ye ingraver because would represent those plain wch were raisd has done it in such a dis manner that he seems to stand upon ye dog. His wife’s garment or gown covers her whole body close about ye breast & head but very wide or full downward to ye ground ye sleeves reach to her wrist & something from under ym close to ye hands wch are elevated in a praying posture. A kind of cloak or veil descends from her shoulders wch seem to have ye fastening below her chin under a kind of Neckcloth platted right down like a fan descending comes over ye elbow half way to ye hands & so making divers folds reaches ye ground on each side. She seems to have two hoods about her head, one above ye other, ye first reaching a little below ye shoulders round about covers a part of ye face on each side & is fastned under ye chin from whence yt before men- tiond neckclo : comes equally down ye second above it reaches ye shoulders & not fastned : but having covered part of ye forehead ye sides hangs down loose in folds on each side ye head. A pretty lap dog wth a Collar of Bells lay at her right foot And indeed ye Garments of both are agreeable to those of Mr. Baxter and his wife being all contemporary only Baxter without a girdle & his gown not fringed at ye bottom as you see plainly by ye inserted Pourtraicts. The Altar is raised by 2 Degrees or steps is & paved within with squares of black & white marble curiously polished. The Altar piece is a neat piece of workmanship Pillasters, pannels, painting, & gilding. KIRKPATRICK'S NOTES. 207 cooper On T e J ^^ ar h av i n S to take up ye mat you see a Black Marble Grave Stone whereon is insculped an Atchievemt. viz. A Fess imbattcld between 3 Plieons Coop impaling.—on a Fess a Bull passant Aldrich Crest within a wreath upon a Helmet an arrow in pale between 2 Saltire ways a wall imbatteled iucompassing in round ye midst below ye Escocheon you read this Inscription Here lyeth the Body of Hannah the wife of | Daniel Cooper & Daughter of William Aldrich of ye County of Suffolke Gent | she departed this life the 14th of October | 1708 [ . William Cooper her son dyed decern ye 4tli | 1709 | . and then follows an Inscription for his second wife. Lowe Mary ye wife of Danl: Cooper & daughter | of Jeremiah Lowe of North Shields in the | County of Northumberland Gent who died | the 23 of December 1710. Pekyng There is a broken plate of Brass in ye Vestry wch hath been fixed on a grave stone but fits not to any of ye vacancies to be seen upon ye stones now in ye Church (phaps have come out of ye Church). The inscription thereof is in memory of Henry Pekyng Alderman of this Citie w T ho was Sherif anno 1419 & died 1447 & of Alice his Consort and is thus Orate p aia Plenrici Pekyng quo da mercator & Alderannus Civitatis Norwici qui obijt ix Kalendus | Julij A° dni m’ cccc” xlvij & p aia Alicie uxoris eig quo obijt x Kalendus Octobris anno | dni mo 3 cccclviij quor corpora jacent sub istis petris maroreis quor aiabj ppicief de s ame. These are all ye Funeral monuments now visible. And first in ye East Window of ye North lie are 2 Escocheons depicted in ye Glass, viz. one Gules 2 bends (Sin) Or quarterd wth clieckie arg. & Gules. The other Arg : a chev : between 3 Roses Gules In ye upper part of ye most Eastern window of ye North rank of windows above Nave 3 Coats viz. Azure 3 Crescents arg: Gules G Escallops 3. 2. 1 arg: (Ld. Scales Disclialers) Or a Lyon rampt Gules (Pomeroy & Charleson) In ye 3d window westward of this rank Arg : 4 bendlets glass gules In ye 4th window Checkie Or & Az. a fess. Erm. (Caltliorpe) Or 5 flowers de Lis 2. 1. 2 gules. Now elevating your eye a little more you see the high roof 20S ST. GILES'S. well is over ye Nave of ye Church adornd wth 18 Cherubs placed at equal distance in 2 rows about ye middle of each side thereof. And finely painted wth a long scrol proceeding from each wherein (a scripture sentence or verse of praise is put & under ye conjoyning or ye top another row of 11 of them with scrolls. At ye bottom of ye Roof (in appearance within) or top of ye wall of upper rank runs a Cornice from end to end on east side saving ye interruption by braces 12 graved effigiess of beautiful young men (I should call ym cherubs but yt have no wings now) as large as life wth garments to ye foot placed here horizontally on ye 2 sides one over each pillar & Pillaster of ye 2 ranks through each of them ascend from about one third of ye ht of ye upper windows a hauune or Brace to ye middle of ye sides of ye roof completed to ye wall & roof support ye cornish. To their breast each holds wth both hands a shield of ye Arms of Illustrious Princes of the time when they were erected, but ye paintings of these Cherubs, Images Cornice & Escocheons is greatly impaired by length of time so yt ye arms of several of ym are hardly distinguishable, but beginning at ye west end of ye north range I think you will find ym thus 1st Per pale the first Quarterly Cattile-Gules or Cattle Or & Leon az (Gwil arg) a Lyon rampant Sable. The 2d. France & Engld. quarterly 2d. Lozengy az : & arg impaling Engld & France quarterly. 3d. France & England quarterly 4th The same wth a Label of 5 points arg : 5th. France & Engld. quarterly The 6tli Escocheon is lost, returning on ye South side. 1st. St. George’s Cross 2d. France impald wth france & Engld. quarterly 3d. france & Engld. quarterly a file of 5 Ermine 4th. France & Engld.: quarterly within a Border arg : 5th. Gules 3 paleways impaling Engld. & France quarterly 6th.impaling France & Engld. quarterly Now besides ye Braces of ye Roof you see haunces or Braces for ye Cornice of plank wch from or at every angle formd between ye Great Braces & ye unde part of ye Cornish extend about § down ye lower part of those & almost to ye middle upon ye Cornish between each of ye great Braces somewhat sloping so that take yt.: begin¬ nings in ye lower part of ye Roof Braces on each side about ye middle space betw ye foot of their Rests & ye Cornish & fetching a slope reach into ye Cornice at near ye half ye space between ye great Braces & are completed to these & that in ye under part of these 2 haunces between each great brace from a portion of a KIRK PA TRICKS NO TES. 209 circle in ye twelve been adorned wtli paintings of various colours but now scarce visible no more than ye escoclieons web bave been painted one upon each baunce well are therefore 20 in number upon ye 2 Ranks ye very forms of which are almost effaced by their antiquity. But as that of Erpinghams below ye penult mention great Escoch to ye right hand thereof is plainest I shall begin at the same end just set down what I can see of ym. Upon ye first haunce then at ye west end of North rank is Arg a Lyon rampt. Gules 2d. Erpingham Vert an Tnoscocheon within an Orle of martletts A r 3d. 4th. Quarterly gul & ar in ye first & 4th a - 5th. Gules a Saltire between 4- arg 6 th. - 7th.- 8 - 9 Ermine 10 --- returning from hence upon ye North Rank you see. 3 -- 8- 4 - 9- 5 - 10 Or a Lyon rampant azure. Now if you ascend ye steeple it is done up about 140 steps of stone to ye leads of ye steeple viz : 19 to ye Belfrey or Ringer’s Chamber. 40 to ye next (Clock 2) Chamber & 38 to ye Bell Chamber where you find a Ring or Peal of Six Good Bells well hung wtli wheels &c. in a Strong frame of Timber. The Treble or least Boll is about two foot & half diameter at ye mouth & 22 or 23 inches high The 2nd Bell (which was purchased when ye Materials of ye Chancel sold as before mentioned) is thus inscribed round ANNO DOMINI 1593 WB The other 4 Bells are ancient and have each a kind of riming Latin verse circumscribed in ye old Character in well you have some of ye devotion of those times 3d Bell hath 3 Escoclieons near ye head with this Coat Ermini a Crown between 3 Bells ye verse tbis Hac in Conclave Gabriel nuc Pange Suave. 4tli Bell + Missus Vero Pie Gabriel Fert Leta Marie 5th. + Celi Regina Languentibus Sit Mediciua •210 ST. GILES'S. Great Bell or Tenor • Gth Triples Persona Trinitas Nuc Gaudia Dona This Bell is about 3 foot 7 inches diameter at ye moutli, 2 foot 10 inches in height & weighs about 15 lb weight. The Sacriug or Saints’ Bell has this date 1G10. The Steeple is here square within about 19 foot & half on eac^ side whereof ye great windows or sound holes on each side have 10 foot for breadth and about 24 foot in height. Having ascended hitherto by a Winding Stair Case in ye South East angle of ye Steeple you have another of 43 steps in ye North west angle of ye same leading from the Bells to ye top of ye Steeple, having a flat roof covered with Lead, wth wch all ye other Roofs of ye Church are coverd also, with a fall to ye west for carrying off ye Water. The wall is Battelmented on each side and an octangular Pedestal whose abacus has 1G inches upon every angle above arc & it about 7 foot higher than ye upper step, each side of ye squar 0 of ye steeple is below the battlemt. 23 foot & £ It appears that there has formerly been statues erected upon these Pedestals from ye holes of ye fastnin’g Iron & other vestigia remaining but now nothing but a Vane upon yt at ye S:E: angle set up 2 years since. In the Steeple is also a Clock and quarters. Benefactors to this Parish were. who gave an House on ye North Side of ye Street between this Church and gate . I And.who gave several Houses lying in a trian¬ gular piece of ground against ye South East end of ye Church yard encompassed on all sides by ye Street & is known by ye name of ye Pitt houses from a Pit wch was ye E side thereof lately filled And John Coulton who gave a piece of arable Land in Heigham called Cowlton’s Aker about or before ye Reign of Ed: 4: — a Deed of one Alden Walt Jefferys made to ye Parish 14 Ed: 4 anno dni 1474 referring to a Deed of ye said Colton’s wch was given to ye Parishioners upon Condition that they or Churchwardens or Sa¬ cristan for ye time being should ring.during on quarter of ye ninth hour at night an attate every year. Tradition tell that this Coulton coming towards ye City one night lost his way heard the great Bell of this Church & so escaped drowning &c. Adrian Payne some time an Alderman of this Citie gave one hundred and twenty pounds for an annual distribution of gowns to ye Poor of this Parish as you read in ye Inscription of his monument. * Architrave. KIRKPATRICK'S NOTES. 211 It is for ye Coathing of 8 or 10 Poor People & pd by — Doughty of Hanworth Esqr who married Mr. Payne’s Daughter Mr. Havet Minist: of this Prsh 2. concern : ye Wells depth & repairers. There is a gift of Mr. Balliston to feast j r e Poor of ye Parish wch is done yearly about ye midst of Febry. several Stone of Beef. Pottage. Bread & Beer and some money, the Parson hath 4 il. & a Plum Pudding. They are treated at an Inn. Ye gift of 30s. p ann payad out of ye Black Swan Inn opposite to South side of ye Churchyard for Bread to be given to ye Poor on New Year’s day. Near ye foot of ye Buttress wch is at ye South West corner of ye Porch lies a large Stone of uncommon sort as if compounded of a multitude of small Pebbles of various colours & some dark coloured Cement but is a Natural Stone. Gilbt. Knyvet offered a Guinea to ye Church wardens for it for its rarity intending to get it cut and polished. CHAPTER XI. NOTES FROM ST. GILES’S VESTRY AND CHURCH RATE ACCOUNT BOOK, WITH LIST OF CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS. YESTRY BOOK OF ST. GILES’S—1837 to 1885. NOTANDA AND EXTRACTS. The first entry in the present Vestry book is of the date of May 5th 1837. And on May 11th is this entry:— At a vestry meeting held this day “ Mr. Johnson reported that Mr. S- (one of the Churchwardens) obtained possession of the Vestry hook for the purpose of settling the account relating to the distribution of the coats and gowns to the Poor Men and Women of the Parish, and has since by a note refused to give this up.” It was thereupon resolved, “ That the Churchwardens, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Henry Raven, be empowered to obtain possession of this Vestry book;” and that “this parish is of opinion that Mr. S—— (the borrower above mentioned) must be considered responsible for tho production of theso books.”* The parish officers formerly appointed by the Vestry con¬ sisted of Churchwardens, Overseers, Guardians of the Poor, * This lost Vestry book (or rather the parish Books) is not now in the posses¬ sion of the Parish. Vide report of Vestry Committee. In consequence, I have been unable to give any notes of an earlier period than 1837. Should these lost books ever be discovered by any one, it is to be hoped they will be restored to the parish authorities. NOTES FROM VESTRY BOOK. 213 Paving Commissioners, Road Surveyors, Auditors, Clerk, and Sexton. As will be found recorded, Poor rates, Church rates, and Road rates were formerly made and levied by the parishioners in Yestry assembled. The poor rate was for many years collected quarterly, and often amounted to six or seven shillings in the pound. 1839. April 1.—Mr. I. 0. Taylor was directed to attend at the Sessions on the 9th instant to answer the indictment of the road from St. Giles’s gates, and to watch the interests of the parishioners therein. May 28. 1840.—William Frederick Culyer was elected parish Clerk. April 25. 1844.—Ordered, “ That the expenses of the Organ and Singers be omitted from all future Church rates.” A voluntary subscription proposed instead. Strong Competition for the office of Churchwarden. A poll taken and large number of parishioners voted. April 5. 1847. Contested Election of Churchwardens. 70 voted. For Mr. Bridgman, 21. For Mr. Lamb, 55. 1849. August 30.—The Yestry beg to call the immediate and serious attention of the Sanitary Committee to the filthy and dangerous state of Wellington Lane. Deer. 4.—A committee appointed to make a report on the Lease granted to Mr. Foster in 1726 of certain property in St. Giles’s parish. Names of Committee. The Churchwardens (Messrs. Cook and A. Dalrymple), Mr. J. G. Johnson, Mr. J. Pilgrim, Mr. I. 0. Taylor, Mr. W. B. Parr, Mr. T. Brightwell, Mr. Daveney, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Hart. 1851. Sept. 18.—A special Yestry meeting held to grant the churchwardens authority to dispose of the Barrel Organ at present erected in the Church, and to make arrangements for replacing it by a finger organ. ‘214 ST. GILES’S. 1851. Deer. 4.—Resolved at a Yestry meeting held this day, “ That an Information or Bill at the Suit of her Majesty’s Attorney-General, or such other legal proceedings as counsel may advise, he filed or taken by proper parties on behalf of this parish to inquire into the validity of and for setting aside the lease for 500 years granted in the year 1726 to William Foster of certain Tenements in this parish called the Pit Houses and for recovering possession thereof.” And it was also further resolved “ that instructions he accordingly given to Messrs. Goodwin and Son, Solicitors, to commence such suit or proceedings, accordingly.” 1852. Sept. 10 th.—A report of the state of the proceed¬ ings taken in reference to the Pit Houses Estate, and counsel’s opinion having been taken thereon, it was resolved that an Information at the suit of her Majesty’s Attorney-General on the relation of one or both of the Churchwardens he filed for recovering possession of the Property. 1852. Sept. 23.—Rental of parish on which the Poor rate was levied noted as £4,480 15$. 0 d. 1853. March 4.—At a Yestry meeting held this day to take into consideration a proposal made on behalf of one of the lessees of the Pit House Estate.—Resolved, that the terms proposed by the Solicitor of one of the defendants (Mr. Judson) be not accepted. Also, that no treaty be entered into with the lessees until they should surrender the lease. 1854. June 5.—A contested election for the office of Churchwardens. A poll was demanded, which was opened at eleven o’clock and closed at five; at the close of which the numbers were For Mr. Johnson—70, For Mr. Francis—53. For Mr. Freeman—18. Whereupon Mr. Johnson and Mr. Francis were declared duly elected. Report of the Committee (referred to at the meeting held 10 April, 1856) appointed by the Parishioners of the NOTES FROM VESTRY BOOK. 215 Parish of Saint Giles in the City of Norwich assembled in Vestry on Easter Monday, 24th March, 1856, “ to enquire into the Parish Charities.” The Committee report That they have held several meetings for the purpose of making the enquiries into the nature and amount of the Charitable funds and benefactions belonging to the Parish, which they were appointed by the Vestry meeting to institute. That they have inspected the Account Books, Deeds, and Docu¬ ments of Title in the possession of the Trustees, also a Copy of Decree and scheme of the property comprised in Balliston’s Trust, and the Report of the Charity Commissioners of England and Wales. Your Committee present the following as the result of their labours. That the Charitable Funds, Estates, and Benefactions belonging to the Parish appear to be Balliston’s. Goodwin’s. Elmy’s. Moy’s. Martin’s. Parr and Hanapp’s. Payne’s. Deave’s. The Church Estate. No. 1.—BALLISTON’S. It appears that the property belonging to this Charity consists of three houses in the occupation of the following persons at the undermentioned R. Girdlestone R. Monsir J. Sayer ... £ s. d. £11 0 0 .£11 0 0 £11 0 0 433 0 0 A Suit in Chancery having been instituted to set aside an im¬ provident Lease formerly improperly granted, a Decree was made in 1842 by which that object was effected and a scheme for future management settled by which certain gentlemen were appointed Trustees, of whom the following survive. Horatio Boliugbroke. Geo. E. Boliugbroke. C. B. Davcney. J. G. Johnson. A. Master. W. B. Parr. H. R. Priest. I. O. Taylor. H. Woodcock. J. Goodwin. N 210 ST. GILES’S. The rents have hitherto been received by Mr. I. O. Taylor and appropriated by him in discharge of the costs of the suit. The Committee were surprised to learn that the Trustees had not met for many years, if ever, although it is required by the scheme that they should meet in November and December in every year, but this omission may be accounted for by the fact, that until now there have been no assets for distribution. At Michaelmas last there appears to the credit of the Trust T16 19a’. bd., to this will be added at Michaelmas next the current year’s rent and for the first time the Trustees will be enabled to carry out the beneficent intentions of the Testator. The Income of the Charity is directed by the decree to be dis¬ tributed as follows:— £th in blankets. ^th in bread. £th in coals. £tli in flannel clothing. To be given to the most deserving and industrious poor persons of the Parish who have never received Parochial Relief, and who have been longest without the receipt of Parochial Relief. At the request of Mr. Bolingbroke (who is one of the Trustees) he has been furnished with a copy of this minute, and undertook to call a meeting of the Trustees forthwith. No. 2.—MARY GOODWIN’S GIFT. This is a ground rent of XT 10.?., issuing out of certain property in Saint Giles, formerly the Black Swan, since the property of the Hales family and now occupied by Mr. Rackham. This ground rent was granted in 1630, and by Deed of Trust dated 25th July, 1839, was conveyed to certain Trustees of whom the following gentlemen survive :— H. R. Priest. C. B. Wiles. J. G. Johnson. Rev. W. R. Clayton. J. Goodwin. S. Dalton. C. B. Daveney. The Trusts on which it is held are that the Trustees shall yearly with the advice and consent of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor cause the same to be paid to the Poor people of the Parish. NOTES FROM VESTRY BOOK. 217 No. 3.—ELMY’S CHARITY. James Elmy, by will dated 8th May, 1701, bequeathed £‘200 to Trustees upon Trust, to apply the interest in purchase of coals, and to distribute the same amongst such of the Poor Inhabitants of the said Parish as they should think most in want and deserving. And directed that as soon as three of the Trustees should be dead, the survivors, at the request of the Minister and Churchwardens, should transfer the said sum of £200 to such survivors and three such other Inhabitants of the said Parish and owners of Estate therein as such survivors should nominate. This legacy was invested in 1785 in the purchase of £350 three per cent. Consols, and stands in the name of certain Trustees, of whom the Rev. W. R. Clayton only survives. It is understood that Mr. Clayton will execute a transfer to four now Trustees. The Annual dividends are £10 10s. No. 4.—MOY’S. John Moy, by will dated 12th May, 1770, bequeathed £200 Bank Stock to the Aldermen of the Ward of Saint Giles’; the dividends to be applied by the Aldermen, with the Churchwardens, in the purchase of coals, to be distributed in December and January amongst the honest and industrious poor, aged widows, or house¬ keepers, at the discretion of the Churchwardens. The sum of £312, Bank Stock, now stands in respect of this Charity in the names of Trustees, of whom one has left Norwich for many years, and Messrs. J. G. Johnson and C. B. Daveney survive. The above account has been takcu from the report of the Charity Commissioners and the present Churchwardens’ accounts; but no document of any sort, except a declaration of Trust by two former Trustees, appears to bo in j)ossession of the parish, nor does Mr. Daveney know anything about the matter. The dividends, however, amounting to about £25 per annum, are received and distributed by the Churchwardens according to the directions of the will. The Committee suggest that new Trustees should bo appointed in conjunction with the surviving Trustees. No. 5.—MARTIN’S. Stephen Martin, by will dated 28th October, 1798, bequeathed £1,000 three per cent. Reduced Annuities to the Minister and Churchwardens, and their successors to apply the dividends partly 218 ST. GILES'S. for the benefit of the Poor of Saint Giles’ in such shares and manner as they should think proper. The stock stands in the name of three gentlemen, one of whom was tho Minister, and the two others probably Churchwardens at the time of their appointment, but who are all dead. The Committee recommend that it should be transferred into the names of the Minister and Churchwardens and three other gentle, men. The dividends, amounting to £30, are duly received; but there are no documents relating to this bequest. No. 6.—PARR AND HAMP’S LEGACIES. In 1826, £90, being the amount of Legacy left by Mrs. Parr (one of the Parishioners of Saint Giles’) after the payment of the duty, with .£4 10*’.—a year’s interest thereon, and a sum of £19 19s.—a Legacy given by J. C. Hamp, were brought to the account of these Charities. Part of these sums were disposed of with the other Charities, and in 1831 a balance of £45 Is. 8 d. remained in the hands of J. H. Nison, one of the parish officers. Some difficulty has occurred in obtaining this money from Mr. Nixon, but in April, 1833, he paid £30, part thereof. The above is copied from the report of the Charity Commissioners ; but there is no trace of them in the Churchwardens’ accounts. It may be stated that, to the surprise of the Committee, there are no account books of a previous date to 1837. It is stated that they were taken away by a previous Church¬ warden. No. 7.—PAYNE’S. Adrian Payne, by will dated 18th January, 1686, bequeathed £120 to be laid out in the purchase of lands in Saint Giles’ to be settled upon Trust, to dispose of the rents yearly in November in the purchase of gowns for poor men and women of the Parish, and upon further Trust, that whenever six or seven of the Trustees should be dead, the survivors should convey to 10 such other Parishioners as the Parishioners should appoint. The property now consists of a rent charge of £6 issuing out of the house belonging to the late Sir George Stracey, formerly occupied by the late William Herring (and now by William Webber) and is now distributed by the surviving Trustees :— J. G. Johnson The Rev. W. R. Clayton C. B. Daveney S. Dalton C. B. Wiles J. Goodwin NOTES FROM VESTRY BOOK. 219 As the specified number of the Trustees have died, and one of the survivors has ceased for many years to reside in the City, the Committee suggest that the direction of the Will should he carried out by the appointment of ten new Trustees to act in conjunction with those surviving. No. 8.—DEAVE’S. Reuben Deaves, by will dated 25th February, 1786, directed his executors to pay £200 to the Churchwardens upon Trust to invest, and expend the interest annually in the purchase of coats and gowns in November to such of the Poor inhabitants as the Trustees should think proper, with directions to transfer the Stock whenever the number of Trustees should be reduced to one. In respect of this Legacy, .£210 new three per cent. Consols now stand in the name of four Trustees, all of whom are dead. The dividends, amounting to £6 6s., are annually received by the Churchwardens. The Committee recommend that this sum should be transferred into the names of the Churchwardens and four Trustees. No. 9.—THE CHURCH ESTATE. Consists of the following Property :— 1. —Grew’s Gift, being a house, shop, and yard in Upper Saint Giles’ Street, now occupied by Edward Burrage, baker. By Feoffment, dated 16th of June, 1534, Thomas Parker and others granted to John Quask and others a messuage and garden formerly of Edward Greeve. By Indenture, dated 15th November, 1573, Andrew Hembley and others (then Feoffees) agreed with the Churchwardens and their successors that they should receive the rents of the said premises to the use of the Parishioners of Saint Giles, and if the Churchwardens should not account yearly to tho said Parishioners, or should not bestow the rents towards the repairing of the Church or relieving of the Poor, then tho said agreement should be void. By Lease, dated 28th June, 1727, Thomas Trull and Robert Cuthbert, then the Churchwardens, in pursuance of au order made at a meeting of the Parishioners, reciting that Thomas Andrews was about to expend a considerable sum of money in repairs, demised the same to Thomas Andrews for 500 years, at a rent of £3. This sum has been regularly paid till the last year, which is still due, but the Churchwardens will, of course, at once apply for it. 220 ST. GILES'S. The Lease of 500 years appears to be improvident, and may, no doubt, be set aside. 2.—Wadnow and Mason’s Gift (Pit Lane Estate). Being six Dwelling Houses and Shop opposite Willow Lane and in Rigby’s Court, now occupied by Wm. Corrick and others. Another House partly in Rigby’s Court and partly in Bethel Street, occupied by R. Drane. And the House iu Bethel Street occupied by R. Atkins. By Feoffment, dated 3rd April, 1706, William Page and Thomas Southgate granted to J. Freeman and others, the property on which the above-mentioned Houses now stand upon Trust, that the Churchwardens should let the same, and with the rents repair the Parish Church, and lay out what should be more than sufficient for the purpose and for the repairs of the premises in the support of the common charges of the Parishioners as to them should seem expe¬ dient, with a proviso that when eight of the Trustees should be dead, they should convey to ten other Parishioners. By Lease, dated 14tli September, 1726, Thomas Churchman and others demised the same property for 500 years, at the yearly rent of £6. The Lease is of the same character as the preceding, and a Suit has beeu instituted at the instance of Mr. J. G. Johnson, the relator, against William Davey aud others, for the purpose of setting aside the same. The cause was heard before the present Master of the Rolls in April, 1854, who decided that the Lease should be set aside—the Defendants to account for the rents since the filing of the informa¬ tion, and to be allowed for any beneficial permanent improvements since that time. The costs of the relators to be paid out of the Estate. The Decree was afterwards varied by Order of Court that the account of rents and permanent improvements should be taken from 1822, the Defendants accounting for the rents from that time. Mr. Goodwin, who was employed by the Parish to institute this suit, is now in receipt of the rents of the whole property in liquida¬ tion of the costs incurred, and has been so since June, 1854. The Houses in the occupation of Drane and Atkins have been given up without further dispute, and the question relative to com¬ pensation for improvements which still remains open relates only to the six houses occupied by Corrick and others. According to the information afforded by Mr. Goodwin, it would seem that the aggregate rents received by the Defendants from 1822 to 1854 must considerably exceed any sum that may prove to be actually due to the Defendants under the Order of Court in respect of improvements. NOTES FROM VESTRY BOOK. 221 The following is the list of rents furnished to your Committee by Mr. Goodwin. £ s. d. Atkins ... 27 0 0 Drane ... 15 0 0 One unoccupied ... 10 0 0 Holmes ... 10 0 0 Corrick ... 20 0 0 Rudd ... 14 0 0 Late Cook ... ... 10 0 0 Cook—late Bacon ... 14 0 0 .£120 0 0 Whilst upon this subject your Committee may mention that they have received a letter from Mrs. Flower, to whom a lease was granted by one of the Defendants, Mr. Judson, of the House and Shop occupied by William Corrick for ten years at the rent of £‘20 per annum, asking for compensation on the ground that on the faith of the said lease she expended a sum (according to her account) of £'60, and by reason of such expenditure re-let the premises for £25, but was deprived of the property on the Decree being given in favour of the Parish as above mentioned. This appears to be a hard case for Mrs. Flower, but your Com¬ mittee do not see how it can be remedied except by putting her in the same position as she was before the decree was made (/.«?.) by granting her a Lease for the same term and at the same rent. This, however, cannot be done until the suit is formally at an end. 3. Colton’s or Parish Acre.— Being two houses on Saint Giles’s Road, one of which w T as lately in the occupation of John Barton Webb. A large garden adjoining, late in the occupation of Thomag Edwards; and two houses and gardens at the east end thereof, one of which was formerly in the occupation of Matthew Breeze Copeman, and the other is now occupied by-- By Feoffment dated 24th January, 1474, Walter Jeffrey granted to I. Carter and others a piece of arable land called Colton’s Acre, in the fields of Heigham, upon trust that they and the Church¬ wardens should every night in the year ling a bell in the belfry for a quarter of an hour at eight in the winter and nine in the summer. By Lease dated 9tli November, 1816, the land was demised to William Saul for 80 years at the yearly rent of £5, with a covenant to erect certain messuages thereon, which are the houses above mentioned. 222 ST. GILES’S. This seems to have been an improvident Lease, but half the term lias already expired, and it would not seem to be advisable for tbe Parish to attempt to set it aside. The rent is received by the Churchwardens and applied for the general purposes of the Church. The Result of the enquiries made by your Committee is that, with the exception of Parr and Hampp’s gift, Grew’s gift, and Colton’s Acre, all the charitable estates and funds have been pre¬ served or restored to the Parish, that Balliston’s Estate will now for the first time be rendered available for the purposes for which it was originally bequeathed, and that when the suit relating to the Pit Lane Estate is terminated and the costs defrayed, which from the present state of the law proceedings and the amount of the annual rents do not seem to be distant events, there will be a sufficient income to obviate the necessity of a Church rate. With regard to Parr and Hampp’s Gift, no Trusts seem to have been created, and it would be lost labour to attempt to push enquiry further. Grew’s Gift stands on a different footing, and it will be for the parish to consider, or to depute a Committee to consider for them, what course to pursue with regard to it. The Committee have already expressed their opinion that it would be unwise to take any steps with regard to Colton’s Acre. It may, however, be stated that as the Lessees are bound to keep the property in repair, the parish should from time to time take care to ascertain its condition. Your Committee finally recommend that they should be empowered to take steps for the appointment of Trustees in the following cases. No. 3. Elmy's. —Four gentlemen in conjunction with the sur¬ viving Trustee, the Rev. W. R. Clayton. No. 4. Moy’s. —Four gentlemen in conjunction with the surviving Trustees, Messrs. Johnson and Daveney. No. 5. Martin's. —The Minister and Churchwardens, and three other gentlemen, all the Trustees being dead. No. 7. Payne’s. —Ten gentlemen in conjunction with the surviving Trustees. No. 8. Deave’s. —The Churchwardens and four other gentlemen, all the Trustees being dead. Signed. RICHARD SEDGWICK, Incumbent of Saint Giles'. W. K. BRIDGMAN, Churchwarden. ARTHUR DALRYMPLE. JOHN GOODWIN. CHARLES HART. SIMMS REEVE. H. BOLINGBROKE NOTES FROM VESTRY ROOK. 223 1854. June 16.—Vestry meeting held under the provi¬ sions of the New Burials Act, 16 & 17 Viet., chap. 134. 1. The existing burial ground or churchyard of the Parish closed as declared by the Act, on and after the day named in the order of Council, and future burials therein prohibited, 2. A burial Board for the parish elected, in accordance with further provisions of the Act. To consist of Mr. J. Godwin Johnson. Mr. Arthur Dalrymple. Mr. Horatio Bolingbroke. 3. Resolved that this parish doth agree to concur with the several other parishes of this City in providing one or more pieces of land conveniently situated, for a Common Burial Ground. Aud that the Burial Board of this parish do unite with the respective Boards of other Parishes to form one joint Burial Board for the purpose of providing and managing such piece or pieces of land. 1855. April 9.—A petition to the House of Commons against the levy of Church rates proposed, but the considera¬ tion of the subject was postponed, nine voting against and eight for the petition. 1856. April 10.—A report from a Committee appointed for examining the parish Charities, was received and adopted (Report appended). It now was referred back to the Com¬ mittee to consider whether any and what steps should be taken with regard to Greve’s Charity (being the House and premises now occupied by Mr. Burrage), and to report what steps can be taken to form new Trusts iu Colton’s case. It was resolved that the undermentioned gentlemen be appointed Trustees of the Charities mentioned in the report, and that as Mr. Clayton, the surviving Trustee of charity No. 3, had expressed his desire to appoint persons selected by the Vestry, that he be requested to appoint those herein named. 224 ST. GILES'S. No. 3. Messrs. J. G. Johnson. -Hor: Bolingbroke. -J. Goodwin. -S. Reeve. No. 4. Messrs. W. K. Bridgman. --— C. Hart. Dr. Ranking. -— Arthur Dalrymple. No. 5. The Incumbent. The Churchwardens. Messrs. A. Master. -C. Bolingbroke. Dr. Copeman. No. 7. Messrs, H. R. Priest. -S. Dalton. -—— H. Woodcock. -Geo. Bolingbroke. -I. 0. Taylor. -T. W. Crosse. --H. Ling. -R. W. Ilawkes. -Geo. Taylor. No. 8. The Churchwardens. Messrs. T. Brightwell. -- James Freeman. -R. Bullard. - —- J. Goodwin. 1856. June 5.—Proposed and seconded that a Church Rate of fourpence in the pound be levied for Church purposes for the current year. An Amendment was moved, “ that the question of the Church rate is postponed to this day twelvemonth.” For the Amendment—18. Against it—4. 1857. May 25.—A Church rate of fourpence in the pound agreed to. 1858. October 12.—It was agreed that two guineas a NOTES FROM VESTRY BOOK. 225 year should he paid to the Incumbent for the hire of the Churchyard (instead of its being let by him for grazing). 1859. February 1.—At a Vestry meeting held to consider what course should be adopted by the Parish in consideration of a Petition of Appeal having been filed in the High Court of Chancery for reversal of the decree made in the cause of Attorney-General v. Davey. Resolved, “ That the Relator, Mr. J. G. Johnson, be requested to take such steps for defending the Petition of Appeal in this Suit, or otherwise as Counsel may advise, and that the income of that portion of the Estate not included in the petition, after payment of the existing charges which the Churchwardens have incurred, be applied towards the costs and charges consequent on such appeal.” April 25. —A grant of Five Pounds was made to the expenses of the Choir and Organ, and a Committee was appointed to manage and provide for the expenses of these. June 1.—At a Vestry meeting held this day, An application having been made to the parish by Deft. Davey, in the suit Attorney-General v. Davey (that as the judgment of the Master of the Rolls had been over-ruled by the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices on Appeal), to be put into possession of his property again and without appeal, and that the parish would account for the mesne rents and profits. Resolved, “ That as the decree of the Master of the Rolls had been reversed with regard to the Defendant Freeman in the same cause, the Relator and Churchwardens consent to the Defendant Davy’s retaking possession of the property and receiving the rents from the date of his application.” Deer. 8.—Resolved that the Church be lighted with gas, and that subscriptions be opened for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses. 18G2. April 21.—Resolved, ‘‘That all out-parishioners who have sittings in St. Giles’s Church do pay 2s. fid. a year for each sitting, over and above the Minister’s money, towards the expenses of Divine Worship.” ST. GILES'S. 22 G 18(53. April 6.—A Committee appointed for raising such a sum as may he required for carrying on the services of the Church, and for necessary purposes in aid of the rents. 1865. Jan. 4.—Resolved, “ That in the opinion of this Vestry, the Church requires substantial repairs, and that it is desirable that it should be restored.” Resolved further, “ That a Committee of the Parishioners be appointed with the view of considering the question, and the best way of carrying it out.” (At a meeting held in the school-room, March 2nd, a Sub- Committee was appointed to confer with Mr. Phipson, and to act as a working committee.) 1865. May 11.—Resolved:— 1. That the plans prepared by Mr. Phipson for restoring and enlarging the Church meet with the entire approval of the Vestry. 2. That it appearing that about £2,300 having been sub¬ scribed, this meeting is of opinion the works should proceed in full reliance that the residue of the funds will be hereafter raised by voluntary contribution. 3. That a contract be entered into with Messrs. Lacey and Atkins by the Incumbent and Churchwardens, for the restoration and enlargement of the Church under the superintendence of the Architect at a cost not exceeding £2,900. 1866. April 2.—It being thought desirable that the Churchwardens should have the entire control and manage¬ ment of the property belonging to the parish, Resolved, That in future, all monies belonging to the parish be received by the Churchwardens, and the management of all real estate be placed in their hands. Resolved also, That a Sub-Committee be appointed to carry out the completion of the new wall and the widening of the street by the proposed alteration. 1867. June 7.—A vote of thanks given to the Rev. NOTES FROM VESTRY BOOK. 227 Edmund Hall (curate), for his gift of a pair of Candelabra for the Church pulpit. It was resolved that one person be elected annually to perform the double duties of clerk and sexton, and that he be entitled to the fees hitherto received by both the clerk and sexton, except in the case of marriages, when he is to take the clerk’s fee only. His duties to include the usual ones of a clerk and sexton, with the whole of the Bell-ringing and the winding up of the Church Clock. Mr. Arthur James Chambers was then elected to this double office, upon agreeing to sign an agreement to take it subject to the above terms. Salary, £20 a year. 1808. April 13.—Gifts acknowledged. From Miss Jenner, of a seat for the Church desk; and from Mr. Bank, of a porch lamp. £488 still due on the Church Restoration Account. 1870. March 7.—Two parishioners, members of the Church of England, elected as representatives to the ensuing Euri-Decanal Meeting. April 18.—Estimates to be obtained for heating the Church. June 20.—The hot-air system proposed. I)ecr. 14.—Hot-air apparatus erected by "W. S. Boulton and Co., at a cost of £70, and found to answer its purpose satisfactorily. Cost defrayed by those holding sittings in the Church; handsomely assisted by the Rev. W. N. Ripley. 1871. June 27.—The best thanks of the Vestry given to Mr. John Eox, for “ The kindness, constancy, and efficiency with which during the past five years he has voluntarily discharged the duties of Organist at St. Giles’s Church ” ; and their regret that he has found it necessary to resign the appointment. Dr. Horace nill appointed Organist at a salary of £25 a year. This to be raised by voluntary subscriptions. 1874. April 0.—The Churchwardens empowered to em¬ ploy the services of an agent to collect the rents, on the usual terms. 2'2S ST. GILES'S. 1875. March 29.—The painting of the Commandments, &c., upon the East wall of the Chancel, as proposed at the last Easter Meeting to he done by (at the expense of) Dr. and Mrs. Eade, having been completed, “ a vote of thanks was passed to them for their kindness and liberality.” 1880. March 29.—Mr. Phipson was requested to make a report on the present state of the Church Tower. A plan of the Bell Estate, prepared by Mr. Chambers, was inspected and ordered to be placed in the chest. 1881. April 19.—It was decided to re-hang the Church Bells, and that this should be done under the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. Harris, who had kindly offered his services. 1883. March 26.—The Churchwardens reported that new boundary stones had been placed in the Churchyard. The recommendation of the Charity Commissioners to transfer the sum of £210 new three per cents. (Reuben Deave’s bequest) into the name of the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds was agreed to, and the Churchwardens were authorized to carry the same into effect. 1885. April 6.—New Trustees of the Church Estates to be appointed; there being none of the old ones surviving. The Church Rate of St. Giles’s was:— For 1838, -/6 in the pound. „ 1839,2/- „ „ 1840,2/- „ „ 1842,2/- „ „ 1843,2/- „ „ 1844,2/- „ „ 1845,-/6 „ „ 1848, -/4 „ „ For 1850, -/5 in the pound. „ 1851,-/4 „ „ 1852, -/5 „ „ 1854,-/6 „ „ 1855,-/6 „ „ 1856,-/4 „ „ 1857,-/4 „ (There is no notice of any Church rate being levied after this latter date.) LIST OF CHURCHWARDENS. 229 CHURCHWARDENS. The following list is derived from the parish books, and includes the period 1837 to the present time:— 1837. Johnson John Goodwin. 1838. Priest Henry Raven. Priest H. R. Allen William. 1839. Priest II. R. Wiles C. B. 1840. Wiles C. B. 1841. Daveney Charles Burton. Daveney C. B. Parr William Burrell 1842. Parr W. B. Chase William. 1843. Chase W. Master Alfred. 1844. Master A. 1845. Minty Richard G. Perne. Minty R. G. P. Francis Henry. 184G. Francis H. 1847. Pilgrim Jolm Pilgrim J. Lamb Charles Henry 1848. Lamb C. H. Cooke William. 1849. Cooke W. 1850. Bolingbroke Horatio. Bolingbroke II. Johnson John Godwin. 1851. Johnson J. G. 1852. 1853. 1854. Dalrymple Arthur. The same. The same. The same. ST. GILES’S. 2 30 ST. GILES’S. 1855. Johnson J. GT. 1856. 1857. Bridgman William Ivencely. The same. Johnson J. Gr. Reeve Simms. 1858. Reeve Simms. 1859. 1860. Copeman Edward, M.D. The same. Foster Sir William, Bart. 1861. Gilman Charles Suckling. Reeve Simms. 1862. 1863. Copeman Edward. The same. Reeve Simms. 1864. Ranking William Harcourt, M.D. Reeve S. 1865. Bridgman W. K. Bridgman W. K. Eade Peter, M.D. 1866. 1867. The same. Eade P. Master Alfred. 1868. Reeve S. Master A. 1869. Reeve S. Muriel Charles Evans. 1870. 1871. The same. Muriel C. E. 1872. 1873. Taylor Clement. The same. Muriel C. E. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. Cooper Robert. The same. The same. The same. The same. Cooke William. Nash Frederic. LIST OF CHURCHWARDENS. 231 1879. Nash F. Mackley Thomas John. 1880. The same. 1881. Mackley T. J. Corsbie Henry James Abbs. 1882. The same. 1883. The same. 1884. Mackley T. J. Firth Eustace, M.D. 1885. The same. 1886. Firth Dr. E. Wilkin W. Other Churchwardens , of an earlier period, were :— 1552. Bales John. Browne Andrew. 1599. Thompson William, senr. Reade Bartholomew. 1620. Smyth John. Hebber Thomas. 1623. Ansell John. Church Henry. 1631—2. Bigotye Thomas. Tompson William. 1770. Buck Ralph. 1771. Deave Reuben. Buck Ralph. 1813. Hubbard William. Homer William. 1827. Bennett James. Capon William. 1832. Nixon J. H. Seppings George. 1834—5. I£ing Thomas. Storey William. o ST. GILES'S. 12 LIST OF OVERSEEKS.—1837 TO 1885. 1837. Allen William. 1838. Taylor George. Wiles Charles B. Fall John. 1839. Sewell Daniel. 1840. Johnson George. Puncher Robert. Freeman James. 1841. Clements John. Postle William. 1842. Puncher Robert. Atkins Richard. 1843. Atkins R. 1844. Chapman James. Cooke William. 1845. Bridgman William Ken cel y. Evans Henry. Green Jeffery. 1846. Borking Thomas. Gedge Robert. 1847. Webster Thomas Paul. Slack Thomas. 1848. Hart Charles. 1849. Bolingbroke George Errington. Harrison Thomas T. 1850. Boulger Patrick Joseph. Griffin William. Rogers Charles. 1851. Cott Thomas. Corsbie Dennis T. 1852. Freeman James. Hill Frederic. 1853. Bolingbroke Charles Nathaniel. Lucas Thomas. LIST OF OVERSEERS. 233 1854. Buttifant Josiah. May James. 1855. Fair weather Henry. Finnigan Thomas William. 1856. Finnigan T. W. Hoggs William. 1857. Laws James. Beart It. H. 1858. Brown Gieorge. George William Morris. 1859. Kett Henry. Skelton John Smith. 1860. Hawkes. Holmes It. 1861. Sampson William. English Joseph. 1862. Borking Thomas. Lincoln James. *1863. Baker George. Downes Thomas. 1864. Cook John. Parr John. 1865. Houghton David. Rudd Robert G. 1866. Bowen William. Nuthall James. 1867. Stimpson Benjamin. Barnard Alfred. 1868. Mackley T. J. Buttifant — (During tlie four years 1868 to 1872, the names of the overseers are not given.) 1872. Juler Joseph. Sutton "William Rayner. * In this year the Court of Guardians obtained their New Act of Parliament for an improved management of the Poor. 234 ST. GILES'S. 1873. TuckF. Suffolk W. E. 1876. Smith E. T. Gunn T. E. 1877. Sutton W. R. Sampson William. 1878. Sutton W. R. Sampson W. 1879. The same. 1880. The same. 1881. The same. 1882. Sampson W. Boatwright William. 1883. The same. 1884. Sampson W. Cracknell Daniel. 1885. Sampson William. Cooke William. 1881. April 8.—The following list of Deeds and Papers deposited in one of the parish safes, is given by Mr. T. J. Mackley, Churchwarden (and is correct for the present time). Parcel of Deeds of Parish acre situated in Heigham, with original lease granted to William Saul, 1816. Assignment 1839, and Plan of Estate 1880. Deed of Assignment and Transfer, dated 1839, of the Pitt Lane Estate, and Deeds relating to Edward Greeve’s Estate, and also the Deeds relating to John Baleston’s Grift. Deeds relating to Adrian Payne’s Gift; a Ground rent of £6 per annum upon the house and garden belonging to the Trustees of the late Warren Watts Firth. Deeds relating to Mary Goodwin’s Gift, called the Black Swan Estate, £1 10s. per annum, now belonging to Thomas J. Mackley. Conveyance and Abstract of Title for site of parish schools, situate in Chapel Field. PABISH DEEDS. 235 Copy of Will of Nicholas Beckerdike, and Papers relating to Pye’s Almshouses. Document relating to Moy’s Gift, £312 10s., Bank Stock. Document relating to Martin’s Gift, £1,000, reduced Three per Cents. Document relating to Deave’s Gift for Coats and Gowns. Deeds relating to Elmy’s Gift, £200, 1776, and Declara¬ tion of Trust, dated 1793; also Declaration of Trust, dated 1856. Terriers, dated 1784, 1791, 1794, 1806, 1813, 1820, 1827, 1879. Marriage Settlement, Thompson II. Harcourt and Copping, 1762. Release, Elizabeth Copping, to John Sunnard and Wife, 1766. Deed of Release to Thomas Steward, to Elizabeth Copping, for securing payment of £350 and interest, 1767. Assignment of a Leasehold Estate known as the Bell Acre Estate, from Miss F. R. R. Wright, to Mr. R. D. C. Wright, 24th Novr., 1880. 1879. Feb. 13.—Samuel Leney, Esq., to Miss F. R. R. Wright. July 15.—Miss Frances R. R. Wright, to Mr. Geo. A. Jeckells. 1880. Nov. 24.—Miss F. R. R. Wright, to Mr. R. D. C. Wright. 1882. Oct. 24.—Copy Lease of part Parish Acre. Mr. G. A. Jeckells, to Jas. Gunton and Edwin Baldwin. (See Charity Account Book.) 236 ST. GILES'S. EXTRACTS FROM CHURCH RATE ACCOUNT, ETC., BOOK. (This Boole, like the others, begins with the year 1 S 37 , and no other or earlier book is to be found.) 1837. May 5tli.—A Ckurcli Rate at Is. 6r7 in the pound was struck, and the following list of persons rated, with the amounts claimed from them, is thus given :— £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 Allen Wm. 0 1 6 U Culyer George ... 0 2 3 2 Allen Wm. 0 3 0 15 Curtis Miss 1 2 6 1 Angel Robt. 0 1 6 25 Clayton Rev. Wm. 1 17 6 7 Annison Miss 0 10 6 7 Corbould Miss ... 0 10 6 6 Atkins Rickd. 0 9 0 14 Childs Stephen ... 0 2 3 3 Bennett Wm. 0 4 6 24 Chalmers Tbos. 0 3 9 22 Basely Mrs. 1 13 0 2 Cooke Robt. 0 3 0 144 Burt Wm. 1 1 9 1 Carlton Henry ... 0 0 9 13 Bolingbroke N. 4 Crome Miss 0 2 3 'Do. N. 6 Chase Wm. 0 9 0 8 Do. Henry 0 12 0 1 Do. (stable) 0 1 6 i.Do. Horatio 4 Chapman 0 6 0 14 Bohngbroke Hrtio. 1 1 0 1 Cbesnutt... 0 1 6 H Brown Corns. ... 0 3 9 4 Cooper J. W. 0 6 0 2 Borrow Wo. 0 3 0 3 Cooke Wm. 0 4 6 94 Bennett Jas. 0 14 3 1 Darley Wm. 0 0 9 1 2 Bush Henry 0 0 9 11 Durrant Wm. 0 16 6 2* Bates Tbos. 0 3 9 44 Do. 0 6 9 4 Barnard Mrs. 0 6 0 5 Do. 0 7 6 14 Barnes John 0 2 3 12 Deeker Mrs. 0 18 0 2 Bacon Miss 0 3 0 2 Dawson Ricbd. .. 0 3 0 1 Back Miss 0 1 6 4 De Year Mrs. 0 6 0 1 Bridges John 0 1 6 41 Drake John 0 6 9 15 Bayfield Mrs. 1 2 6 5 Dalton Sami. 0 7 6 8 Bond Mrs. 0 12 0 6 Dring Miss 0 9 0 1 Blomefield Jolm 0 1 6 1 Durrant Mrs. 0 1 6 1 Borking Tbos. .. 0 1 6 2 Daines Robt. 0 3 0 5 Coleman Mrs. 0 7 6 5 Daveney C. B. .. 0 7 6 1 Clarke Wm. 0 1 6 1 2 Drury Elisha . 0 0 9 10 Corbould Mrs. .. 0 15 0 Ellis Richard . 0 0 9 16 Cole Mrs. A. 1 4 0 6 Fall Jno. . 0 9 0 Q (Culyer Ckristr. .. :}» A n 2J Feek Wm. . 0 3 9 O iDo. George 4 0 3 Foulger Henry .. . 0 4 6 CHURCH RATES. 237 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3^ Fairliead C. F. ... 0 5 3 9 Larke Miss 0 13 6 8| Freeman Jas. 0 12 9 2 Lawter Robt. 0 3 0 3 Fox Isaac 0 4 6 2* Lawes Jas. 0 3 9 1 Farrow Benjn. ... 0 1 6 i Livock Robt. 0 0 9 5£ Gilbert T. (S. Day) 0 3 3 1 Lancaster Jno. ... 0 1 6 8 Green J. H. 0 12 0 2 Lacey Wm. 0 3 0 6 Goodwin Rev. W. 0 9 0 1 Martin Edwd. 0 1 6 1| Girdlestoue R. 0 2 3 4 Maycake H. Watts 0 0 9 11 Goodwin Jas. 0 16 6 2 May hew Jno. 0 3 0 1 Gorebam Win. ... 0 1 6 4 Manning John ... 0 2 3 1 George Robt. 0 1 6 24 Mann Rev. T. 1 16 0 11 Hubbard Wm. ... 0 16 6 19 Mack Mrs. 1 8 6 1 2 Do. (garden) 0 0 9 5 Middleton Jacob 0 7 6 6 Hull Rev. Wm. ... 0 9 0 7 Middleliurst Rev. J. 0 10 6 17 Hales Mrs. 1 5 6 m Minty Miss 1 0 3 5 Johnson G. 0 8 3 5 Marcott Miss 0 7 6 35 Herring Wm. 2 12 6 1 Mounsear 0 1 6 5 Harmer Wm. 0 7 6 i Miles Thos. 0 0 9 3JL °2 Harboard John ... 0 5 3 1 Mason Benjn. 0 1 6 1 Do. 0 1 6 7 Morgan & Co. 0 10 6 9 Hart John 0 13 6 2 Norman Benjn. ... 0 3 0 2 Hawes Jas. 0 3 0 3 Ninharn Henry .. 0 4 6 5 Hart Clias. 0 7 6 1 Newton Jas. 0 1 6 4^ Harrison & Slien- 1 Osborne . 0 1 6 field 0 6 9 3 Preston Miss 0 4 6 15 Herring John 1 2 6 5 Page S. D. 0 7 6 5 Harmer Thos. ... 0 7 6 154 Postle Wm. 1 3 3 a* Hill Jno. 0 3 9 11 Pilgrim Jno. 0 16 6 2 Harrison Thos. ... 0 3 0 1 Playford Geoe. ... 0 1 6 1 Horstead Thos. ... 0 1 6 6 Parr W. B. 0 9 0 1 Hillman Henry ... 0 0 9 5 Priest H. R. 0 7 6 1 Higgins Jno. 0 1 6 6 Pettett A. C. 0 9 0 5£ Hill Sami. Reuben 0 8 3 n Rose Miss 0 2 3 11 Johnson J. G. 0 16 6 n Riches Chas. 0 3 9 2 Jordan Edwd. ... 0 3 0 4 Riches Thos. 0 6 0 2 Johnson Mrs. 0 3 0 8 Ray Mrs. 0 12 0 1 Killington Mrs. ... 0 1 6 21 Ray Lydia 0 3 9 4 King Thos. 0 6 0 15 Rogers Wm. 1 2 3 4 Kiddle Miss 0 2 3 4 Ranger G. R. 0 6 0 9 * Keith Mrs. 0 14 3 i Rudd Wm. 0 0 9 3£ Kemp Robt. 0 5 3 4 Starling E. A. ... 0 2 3 14 Kerridge John ... 0 2 3 3 Soman David 0 4 6 4 Lamb C. H. 0 6 0 i Say Thos. 0 0 9 238 ST. GILES'S. £ s. d. £ S. d. 6 Say Thos. 0 9 0 3 Tunwell Miss 0 4 6 23 Scott P. Nicol ... 1 14 6 1 Thouless Thos. .. 0 1 6 8i Saul Wm. 0 12 9 4 Thompson Miss .. 0 6 0 6 Saddler Wm. 0 9 0 H Thirkettle R. 0 2 3 8 Smith Jas. 0 12 0 1 Underwood Jno. 0 1 6 2 Scott Benjn. 0 3 0 2 White Andrew .. 0 3 0 5| Smith C. H. 0 8 o D i Watts Wm. 0 1 6 7j Saffery Miss 0 11 3 5 Wright Mrs. 0 7 6 1 Sewell Danl. 0 1 6 1 Watts Sami. 0 1 6 3* Do. 0 5 3 5 Woods Mrs. . 0 7 6 2£ Salter Miss 0 3 9 14 Woodcock Henry 1 1 0 1 Scales Sami. 0 1 6 24 Woolterton J. P. .. . 0 3 9 3 Suffield Edwd. .. 0 4 6 1 Walpole Wm. . 0 1 6 4 Sawford Geoe. .. 0 0 9 1 Wilde George . 0 1 6 1 Smith Benjn. 0 1 6 2 Wilkin Henry .. . 0 3 0 1 Suggett Jno. 0 1 6 8 Wiles C. B. . 0 12 0 4 J Skelton Jno. 0 6 9 i Waite Jno. . 0 0 9 1 Taylor Geoe. 0 1 6 7 Water-works . 0 10 6 10 Taylor J. Oddin 0 15 0 3 Wilson G. W. .. . 0 4 6 6 Taylor Geoe. 0 9 0 4£ Williment Richd. 0 6 9 4 Thompson Wm. .. 0 6 0 24 Tipple G. H. 0 3 9 £70 9 3 1837. £ s. d. Paid Ringers on the Kings Birthday ... ... 110 Ditto, Princess Victoria of age ... ... 110 Ditto, on the Proclamation of the Queen’s accession 110 Paid for the Proclamation of the Queen’s accession 0 0 6 Paid for passing the Bell, &c., King’s funeral ... 0 16 0 Paid the Minister for the use of the Churchyard 10 0 Paid W. D. Page for parish Books ... ... 3 6 0 Paid Paving rate to Midsummer 1837 (4 year) ... 2 3 9 Received. To cash collected and received on account of Church rate ... ... 67 15 3 Ditto, of Mr. Davey, Ground Rent £4 17 ol 6 0 0 Ditto, of Mr. Parkinson ... £\ 3 0I Ditto, of Hill ... ... ... ... 1 10 0 Ditto, of T. Edwards—parish acre ... ... 5 0 0 [In subsequent years £1 10s. was also received from Mr. Cooke.] 1838. Paid July 2. Fee at the Bishop’s Visitation ... 0 12 6 ,, Aug. 7. Ditto at the Archdeacon’s Visitation 0 7 0 „ Oct. 13. The Ringers on the Queen’s Coronation 110 EXTRACTS FROM CHURCH RATE BOOK. 239 £ s. 1838. Paid Oct. 13. For signing the Church Rate ... 0 3 „ 15. For Citation to Archdeacon’s Court 0 0 Received Oct. 13. For opening Mr. Stannard’s vault ... ... ... ... 0 10 1839. Paid Free Rent of Colton’s Acre to Heigham Manor ... ... ... ... 0 1 Received to amount of Church Rate, at 2/- in the Pound ... ... ... ... 94 17 1840. June 20. Paid for 3 copies of Prayers for the Queen’s Preservation ... ... ... 0 0 (later) for 100 copies of the same ... 0 3 „ For 525 feet frontage Church premises, §-year 2 3 ,, To Mr. Thirkettle for new Gown for Clerk ... £4 18 0) 12 6 9 Ditto Ditto for Sexton’s coat £1 8 9) paid 12 0 1841. Nov. 11. Paid for 2 copies of Prayers for the Queen’s Preservation ... ... ...0 0 1842. July 27. Paid by Paving rate ... ... 2 3 Ditto Frontage ... ... ... 0 12 Sept. 23. Archdeacon’s Citation & Queen’s Prayer 0 1 1843. Paid April 27. Prayer for the Queen ... ... 0 0 Received. For Church Rates ... ... ... 110 13 1840. Received. Balance due to Mr. Francis, given by him towards the stone-work of two new Clerestory windows on the south side of Church ... ... ... ... 13 14 1847. Paid June 12. To Mr. Adams for 3 new Cleres¬ tory Windows ... ... ... 21 0 Received for Mrs. Clayton’s funeral (breaking up the ground) ... ... ... ... 0 6 „ Mrs. Forster’s ditto ... ... ... 0 10 ,, Mrs. Deighton’s ditto ... ... 0 G ,, Mrs. Cole’s ditto ... ... ... 0 6 d. 6 6 0 8 9 6 0 9 0 6 9 6 0 6 7 0 8 0 8 8 1848. Paid May 24. To the Ringers (Queen’s Birthday) 110 ,, Putting up and taking down flag ... ... 0 5 0 „ Sept. 11. To the Ringers (Duke of Cam¬ bridge’s visit) ... ... ... 0 10 6 „ Putting up and taking down flag ... 0 5 0 240 ST. GILES'S. £ s. d. 1849. Paid 7 years Quit Rent to the Manor of Heigkam 0 2 4 „ To Ringers at the Bishop’s funeral ... 110 1850. Paid Sept. 25. Visitation fees ... ... 0 7 0 ,, October 7. Presentment fees ... ... 0 7 0 ,, Synodals due to the Bishop ... ... 0 0 6 „ Pension due to the Dean and Chapter ... 0 7 0 Received Church rate—Rental of parish ±'4,41810*. —at4d. ... ... ... ... 73 12 10 1851. Paid Sept. 29. To the Apparitor ... ... 0 6 0 1853. Paid for putting up flag on Queen’s Birthday (no Ringers’ fee mentioned) ... ... 0 5 0 Received. Miss Saffery’s funeral (breaking up the ground) ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 ,, Miss Mudd’s ditto ... ... ... 0 10 0 1854. Received. Mr. Goodwin’s funeral (breaking up the ground) ... ... ... ... 0 6 8 1856. Paid Jan. 16. For Morocco for Curtains for Organ Loft, and making ... ... 10 3 „ Feb. 22. For Irish for Surplice, and making 16 6 „ For Bell-Ringers on Peace Day ... ... 110 1858. Received of Mr. John Goodwin on account of Rent of Parish Houses ... ... 117 5 6 ,, Ditto ... ... ... ... 30 7 6 Paid Nov. 4. To Mrs. Griffin for boarding Church Windows ... ... ... ... 2 14 0 1859. Paid Feb. 7. To Mr. Ninham for gilding the Church Vane ... ... ... 4 10 0 1862. Paid to Sexton for tolling knell for Prince Consort 0 7 6 Received on account of Voluntary Church Rate ... 28 6 0 1864. Paid March 16. For 20 trees for Churchyard ... 10 0 „ For cleaning and repairing Clock ... 2 8 0 „ For Varnishmg Clock ... ... ... 2 5 6 ,, March 26. To Rev. Ripley for Surplice ... 2 5 0 1867. Paid June 26. To Clarke for winding up the Clock—one quarter ... ... ... 0 10 0 EYTRACTS FROM CHURCH RATE BOOK. 241 £ 1868. Paid April. On account of restoring Churchyard 15 ,, May. Ditto ... ... ... ... 9 For altering Tombstones ... 2 Received to Subscriptions for altering Churchyard 26 1870. Paid for Church Curtains ... ... ... 36 Received Subscriptions for Church Curtains ... 21 1871. Paid Land Tax ... ... ... ... 3 „ Income Tax ... ... ... ... 1 Received Mr. Hewett’s rent—1 quarter ... 3 ,, Miss Grinling’s rent, ditto ... ... 3 ,, Mr. S. Hall’s rent, ditto ... ... 2 „ Mr. Win. Spooner’s rent, ditto ... 7 ,, Mr. Bridgman’s rent, 3 -year ... ... 0 1872. Paid Jan. 8 . For Rededication and Consecration of Chancel in 1866 ... ... ... 9 April 5. For Insurance of Church ... ... 2 1873. Paid Feb. 18. Bishop’s Visitation fees... ... 0 April 1. Fire Insurance of Church ... ... 3 1878. Received. Collected for keeping Churchyard in order ... ... ... ... 10 1881. Paid Premium Fire Insurance, Church ... ... 4 1883. Paid for new Clapper to Tenor Bell ... ... 1 1884. Paid April 7. For ringing Muffled Peal on the occasion of the funeral of the Duke of Albany ... ... ... ... 1 s. d. 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 3 6 0 4 0 0 3 8 0 10 0 8 0 10 0 5 0 3 3 12 0 18 0 4 6 5 6 9 6 1 0 1 0 CHAPTER XII. NOTES AND EXTRACTS FROM ST. GILES’S CHARITY ACCOUNT BOOK. This book commences in 1837, and on tbe first page is the following (compare with list in Yestrj book, chapter xi.) :— LIST OF PAPERS, ETC., WHICH SHOULD BE IN THE CHURCH CHEST. Payne’s Deeds for Coats and Gowns. Black Swan Estate Deeds (now Hales’ Exors.) Pit Lane Estate Deeds (now Davy and Parkinson). Greeve’s, late Dring’s (now Hill and Cook). Deaves, for Coats and Gowns. Elmy’s Deeds. Manning’s Lease. Pye’s Alms-Houses, and Bickerdsley’s Will. Saul’s Lease of Parish Acre, and Plan of the Houses to be built thereon. (This Lease is lost, hut a copy was supplied by Mr. Goodwin in 1840, and placed in the chest by H. R. Priest.) Terriers. Map of the Parish and Plan of the Church (lost). Book of the Population taken in 1821 (lost). Drawing of the Steeple Buttress. Plan for a Vestry-room. Churchwardens’ two old Account Books (lost). Old Charity Account Book (lost). Miscellaneous papers of no use. Three Deeds of Transfer of Pit Lane, Mary Goodwin’s, Edmund Greeves’, John Baliston’s, the Parish Acre, and Adrian Payne’s Gifts, to 10 new Trustees, dated July 25, 1839. Note .—The number of Coats annually given away with EXTRACTS FROM CHARITY ACCOUNT BOOK. 243 the produce of the Charities left for this purpose, has for many years varied from five to eight. The number of gowns, from eight to sixteen. In 1858 the Charities are thus classified:— FOR COATS AND GOWNS. £ s. d. Payne’s Gift - - -t>00 Deaves’ Gift - - - 6 2 11 £12 2 11 FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE POOR. £ s. d. Martin’s Gift - 29 5 0 Goodwin’s Gift - - 1 10 0 £30 15 0 FOR COALS. £ s. d. Moy’s Gift - - - 31 5 0 Elmy’s Gift - - - 10 0 0 £41 7 5 At the present time the money of the various charities is invested in the names of the Charity Commissioners, and the dividends are received and paid over by them. The ground rents secured on (the late) Mr. Firth’s house, and on Mr. Mackley’s house, are collected by the Church¬ wardens. This Charity Account Book gives the following statements as to the Trustees of the Various Charities at this date :— Adrian Payne’s Gift. The present Feoffees are — Rev. C. J. Chapman (dead). T. S. Day (out of parish). Jas. Goodwin. S. Clayton (dead). 244 ST. GILES'S. Jas. Hales (dead). Philip Millard (out of parish). P. N. Scott. C. Capon (out of parish). T. Mack (dead). W. Saul (dead). Reuben Deaves’ Gift, now standing in the names of— Sir J. Harrison Yallop. James Goodwin. Page Nicol Scott. Thomas King. Stephen Martin’s Gift, now standing in the names of— Rev. C. F. Millard. James Goodwin. Philip Millard. John Moy’s Gift, now standing in the names of— Robert Hawkes (deceased). Edmund Newton (as late Alderman of the Ward). 1840, transferred to— Jas. Goodwin. n J. Godwin Johnson. I . . . . 10crA C B W'les l an( * S ° remamin o in loOO. C. B. Daveney. J Jas. Elmy’s Gift, now standing in the names of— James Goodwin. Rev. W. Ray Clayton. Page Nicol Scott. James Bennett. Wadnow and Mason’s Gift, now held by— Mr. Wm. Davey. Edmund Greeve’s Gift, now held by — Mr. William Cooke. PRESENT LIST OF TRUSTEES. 245 John Baliston’s Gift. No Trustees named. Mary Goodwin’s Gift. No Trustees named. Colton’s, or, the Parish Acre. No Trustees named. 1840.—In this year many of the Charities were conveyed to ten new Trustees, viz. J. Goodwin. G. Taylor. C. B. Daveney. J. G. Johnson. H. Woodcock. G. E. Bolingbroke. I. 0. Taylor. T. W. Crosse. II. Ling. G. Freeman. An account is here given of the distribution of Bread and Coals in the years 1822 to 1840 ; from which it appears that Coals were distributed usually five or six times in each year, but sometimes only three times. The quantity of Coal generally amounting to from 700 to 1,200 bushels; but in one year to only 538 bushels. Bread was also given annually during these years in values varying from £11 to £38. 1880.—The following list of new Trustees is here given :— Simms Reeve. John Brooks Bridgman. Charles Evans Muriel. Thomas Joseph Mackley. Haynes Sparrow Robinson. The following gives the list of the present Charity Trustees, as officially settled. CHARITY COMMISSION. In the Matter of the several Charities in the Parish of St. Giles, in the City of Norwich, respectively called or known as “ James Elmy’s Gift,” “Joiin Moy’s Gift,” and “Stephen Martin’s Gift,” and in the Matter of “ The Charitable Trusts Acts, 1583 to 1869." Whereas, ou the 14tli day of July 1879, an application in writing was submitted to The Board of Charity Commissioners for England and Wales in the matter of each of the above-mentioned several Charities; as to the above-mentioned Charity called or known as 246 ST. GILES'S. “ James Elmy’s Gift,” by Simms Reeve, of the above-mentioned City of Norwich, Barrister-at-law, as to the above-mentioned Charity called or known as “ John Moy’s Gift,” by William Kencely Bridgman, of the aforesaid City of Norwich, Surgeon-Dentist; and as to the above-mentioned Charity called or known as “ Stephen Martin’s Gift,” by the said William Kencely Bridgman : And whereas it appears from the aforesaid applications, which bear date respectively the 11th day of July 1879, that at the respec¬ tive dates thereof the said Simms Reeve was then the sole surviving Trustee of the said Charity called or known as “James Elmy’s Gift”: That the said William Kencely Bridgman, and Charles Burton Daveney, of the aforesaid City of Norwich, were then the only surviving Trustees of the said Charity called or known as “ John Moy’s Gift ” : And that the said William Kencely Bridgman and the Reverend Richard Sedgwick, then residing at the Retreat Hospital, near York, Clerk in Holy Orders; were then the only surviving Trustees of the said Charity called or known as “ Stephen Martin’s Gift ” : And whereas it appears to the said Board that the endowments now held in trust for the said several Charities respectively consist of the following particulars, viz.as to the said Charity called or known as “ James Elmy’s Gift ” of the sum of 350/. Consolidated SI. per cent. Annuities, now standing in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England in the names of John Godwin Johnson, of Norwich, Esquire, deceased; Horatio Bolingbroke, of Norwich, Esquire ; John Goodwin, of Norwich, Gentleman ; and the said Simms Reeve, of Norwich, Esquire; as to the said Charity called or known as “John Moy’s Gift,” of the sum of 312 1. 10s. Bank of England Stock, now standing in the books of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England in the names of John Godwin Johnson, of Norwich, Esquire, deceased; the said Charles Burton Daveney, of Norwich, Esquire ; the said William Kencely Bridgman, of Norwich, Surgeon-Dentist; and Charles Hart, of Norwich, Mer¬ chant ; and as to the said Charity called or known as “ Stephen Martin’s Gift,” of the sum of 1,000/. Reduced 3/. per cent. Annuities, now standing in the books of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England in the names of the said Reverend Richard Sedgwick, of unsound mind; John Godwin Johnson, of Norwich, Esquire; and the said William Kencely Bridgman, of St. Giles Street, Norw’ich, Surgeon-Dentist: And whereas the gross annual income of no one of the said Charities amounts to 50/.: And whereas it is desirable that the said Simms Reeve should, in PRESENT LIST OF TRUSTEES. 247 accordance •with his own request, be discharged from being a Trustee of the said Charity called or known as “ James Elmy’s Gift ”: And that the said Charles Burton Daveney and Richard Sedgwick, should be respectively discharged from being Trustees of the said Charities called or known respectively as “ John Moy’s Gift ” and “ Stephen Martin’s Gift ” : And that new Trustees of all the above-mentioned several Chari¬ ties should be appointed: And whereas it appears to the said Board to be expedient that fo r the purpose of security or convenient administration, and as an incidental provision for carrying into effect the substantial objects of the aforesaid applications so bearing date respectively the 11th day of July 1879, the aforesaid several sums of 350Z. Consolidated 3 1. per cent. Annuities, 312?. 10.9. Bank of England Stock, and 1,000/. Reduced 3 1. per cent. Annuities, ought to be transferred to the account of “ The Official Trustees of Charitable Funds ” at the Bank of England, and that the arrears of dividends (if any) due thereon respectively should be received and recovered by the said Official Trustees for the benefit of the said Charities respectively: And whereas notice of the intention of the said Board to make an Order reconstituting the respective bodies of Trustees of the said Charities respectively has been published by the affixing of the same, according to the direction of the said Board, to or near a principal outer door of the Parish Church of St. Giles, in the afore¬ said City of Norwich, on the 16th day of November 1879, and by advertisement in the “ Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette ” newspaper on the 22nd day of November 1879, being in each case more than one calendar month previously to the date hereof, and has been also sent through the post under the like direction unto the said Charles Burton Daveney and Richard Sedgwick, at their respective last known places of abode in Great Britain on the 26 th day of July 1879 : And -whereas notice in writing of the intention of the said Board to make an Order vesting in the said Official Trustees of Charitable Funds the right to call for the transfer and to transfer into their name in trust for the said Charities respectively, the aforesaid several sums of 350Z. Consolidated 3 1. per cent. Annuities, 312Z. 10s. Bank of England Stock, and 1,000/. Reduced 3/. per cent. Annuities, and to receive and recover, in trust for the said Charities respect¬ ively, any dividends which shall be in arrear at the time of such transfers respectively as aforesaid, has also been sent through the Post under the direction of the said Board on the 15th day of May 1880, in the case of the said Charity called or known as “James Y 248 ST. GILES'S. Elmy’s Gift,” unto the said Horatio Bolingbroke, John Goodwin, and Simms Reeve; and in the case of the said Charity called or known as “John Moy’s Gift,” unto the said Charles Burton Daveney, William Ivencely Bridgman, and Charles Hart; and in the case of the said Charity called or known as “ Stephen Martin’s Gift,” unto the said Richard Sedgwick, John Godwin Johnson, and William Kencely Bridgman, at their respective last known places of abode in Great Britain : Now the said Board do hereby Order, That the said Simms Reeve, Charles Burton Daveney, and Richard Sedgwick, be and they are hereby respectively discharged from being Trustees of the said Charities called or known respectively as “James Elmy’s Gift,” “John Moy’s Gift,” and “ Stephen Martin’s Gift: ” And that the Vicar and Churchwardens of the aforesaid Parish of St. Giles respectively for the time being in right and during tenure of their said respective offices; and the said William Kencely Bridgman, and Charles Evans Muriel, Surgeon ; Haynes Sparrow Robinson, Surgeon; John Brooks Bridgman, Surgeon-Dentist; and Thomas Joseph Mackley, Surgeon-Dentist, all of the aforesaid City of Norwich (who have respectively signified in writing to the said Commissioners their willingness to accept and act in the Trust); be and they are hereby appointed to be Trustees for the administration of all the said several Charities: And the said Board do hereby Further Order, That the said Official Trustees of Charitable Funds be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to call for the transfer of and to transfer into the name of them the said Official Trustees of Charitable Funds in trust for the said Charities respectively, the aforesaid several sums of 350Z. Consolidated 31 . per cent. Annuities, 312Z. 106’. Bank of England Stock, and 1,000Z. Reduced 31 . per cent. Annuities so now standing as aforesaid in the books of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England, as to the said sum of 350/. Con¬ solidated 31 . per cent. Annuities, in the names of the said John Godwin Johnson, Horatio Bolingbroke, John Goodwin, and Simms Reeve: and as to the said sum of 312/. 10s. Bank of England Stock in the names of John Godwin Johnson, Charles Burton Daveney, William Kencely Bridgman, and Charles Hart; and as to the said sum of 1,000/. Reduced 3/. per cent. Annuities in the names of the said Richard Sedgwick, John Godwin Johnson, and William Kencely Bridgman; And the said Board do hereby Order, That the said Official Trustees of Charitable Funds be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to receive and recover, in trust for the said Charities respectively, all dividends, if any, accrued from the aforesaid Annui- PARISH CHARITIES. 24a ties and Bank of England Stock respectively which shall be in arrear at the time of such transfers respectively as aforesaid: And the said Board do Further Order, That any dividends which may be received and recovered by the said Official Trustees as aforesaid, and also any dividends which may accrue due upon any stocks, funds, and securities held by the said Official Trustees of Charitable Funds in trust for the said Charities respectively, shal be paid or remitted by the said Official Trustees from time to time unto the Trustees for the time being of the said Charities respect¬ ively, or any one or more of them, or unto the person or persons who shall for the time being be authorised by the said Trustees to receive the same, upon their or his receipt, and that the same shall here¬ after be applied by the said Trustees for the purposes of the said Charities respectively. Sealed by Order of the Board this 18th day of June 1880. HENRY M. VANE, Secretary. The Charities of St. Giles’s. Those for the benefit of the Poor are thus enumerated upon a board in the Vestry of the parish Church, removed thither from its former position on the wall of the Church. Reuben Deave, Gentleman, many years an inhabitant of this parish, gave by his will two hundred Pounds, the annual interest whereof to be applied in clothing poor Men and Women with coats and gowns in the month of December, under the direction of Trustees. Stephen Martin, of Brentwood in Essex, gentleman, born in this parish, by his will dated 20th day of October, 1798, gave unto the Minister and Churchwardens of this parish £1,000 stock in the 3 per centum reduced Annuities, the annual dividend to he for ever applied for the benefit of the Poor of this parish in such manner as the Minister and Churchwardens, for the time being, shall think proper. John Balliston, by his will dated 17th October, 1584, devised three tenements in St. Giles’ Street, between the Churchyard and the gates, for the benefit of the Poor of the parish of St. Giles’ in manner expressed in his will. The rents of these tenements, now amounting to about £35 per ann: are (after deducting necessary charges) distributed amongst the poor in blankets, bread, flannel, clothes, and coals, on the first Monday in December annually, in accordance with a decree of the court of Chancery, dated the 19th day of March, 1842. 250 ST. GILES'S. Mrs. Mary Goodwin gave by will for ever, 30 j., payable from an estate facing the Church (late Mr. Hales), to be given to the poor in bread each new year’s day. Aldn. Tiios. Pye gave two Almshouses in the parish of St. Gregory (but now in the Hamlet of Heigham), for the use of two poor persons of this parish, to be chosen by the three Senior Justices of the Corporation. James Elmy, Gentn., of this parish, by his will, proved July 5th, 1762, gave ,£200 unto Trustees named therein and to their successors, which was applied to the purchase of £350, 3 Pr. cent, consolidated Annuities, the interest to be expended in the purchase of coals to be given to the poor in December yearly. John Moy, Merchant, of this parish, who died Deer. 6th, 1775, gave £200 Bank Stock in trust to the Aldermen of St. Giles’s ward for the time being, the interest of which is to be laid out by them and the Churchwardens in the purchase of coals, and dis¬ tributed to the Poor in Deer, and Jany. yearly, at the discretion of the Churchwardens. The Charities are thus stated by Blomefield:— In 1502, Nic : Colicke, Alderman, gave £5 to purchase 5s. a year, to help the poorest of the parish to pay their taxes, but this money is lost long agone. 1509. The houses called the Pit-houses, from a common pit formerly on their South side, stand on the triangular piece opposite to the south-east part of the churchyard. They were given to the parish in 1509 by James Wadnow and John Mason, chaplains, being then a messuage and 3 renters, &c. The feoffees are to permit the Churchwardens to receive the profits, who are to lay the whole out annually in repairing or adorning the church of St. Giles at their own discretion; there are always to be ten feoffees, and when eight are dead, the parish to choose eight new ones, and the two old ones must remain to them. Sept. 14, 1726, the feoffees leased the whole out for 500 years to Will: Foster, mason, at £6 per annum, clear of all taxes, to be paid every Lady and Michaelmas by even portions, and for want of payment, the premises may be seized. In 1528, Edward Greeve, chaplain here, gave his messuage, yard, &c., to the parish for ever, “toward repayring the church, or releving the Pore.” They were vested in trustees, and have con¬ tinued so ever since, and were lately leased out for 500 years to Thomas Andrews, carpenter, at £3 per annum rent-charge, to be paid by half-yearly payments at Lady and Michaelmas in the PARISH CHARITIES. 251 church porch, and for want of payment the feoffees may seize the premises. This messuage stands on the North side of the street, between the Church and the gates, not far from the lane leading by the steeple : and adjoining to the west side of this messuage aro the parish houses, formerly called The Alms-Houses , which were heretofore three tenements near the common well , given Oct: 17th, 1583, by the will of John Balliston, to be vested in feoffees, who are to permit and suffer the Churchwardens to receive the clear yearly profits, and to “ make distribution to the poore in manner and fourme following,* that is to say, the weke before Michaelmas, the weke afore Christmas, and the weke after Easter, in the church of St. Giles, and the ministre shall then request the pore people, all they that receive alms,f and all other that have need of Aimes, to come to Church these three days before seid, being flesh daios, and ho shall say service, and request them to pray to God, for the preservasion of the prime and of the nohell counceil, and give thanks to God, for that it pleased God, to incline his harte, that gave this distribution, and they shall place their selves fower and fower together, that be above the ago of eleaven years, and every fower of them, shall have sett before them a twopenny wheat Ioffe, and a galland of beste bere, and fower pound of beef and broth, as it rise off the meat, and in their own vessels, as it is already begonne, and the minister shall have for every of the said three daies, fower pence for his paynes, and this to be done yerely.” March 20, 1735, they were conveyed by the feoffees by way of lease for 500 years to Stephen Cullyer, mason, for a clear rent-charge of 40.v. per annum, payable at Lady and Michaelmas in St. Giles’s church porch, with power to seize on the premises for non-payment. The money is distributed to the poor as directed ; and the distribu¬ tion is called St. Giles's feast. 1612. Thomas Pye, Alderman, and Anne his wife, settled the Alms-houses in St. Gregory’s near the South-west corner of that churchyard, on the other side of the street there, for six poor people to inhabit and dwell in ; two of these dwellings are settled for the benefit of two poor women aged 50 at the least, married or unmarried, belonging to this parish, to dwell in during life.The dwelling most west, or first dwelling, is always to be filled by St. Giles’ parish. The 2nd by St. Michael’s of Coslany; the 3rd by St. Giles’s ; the 4tli and 5th by St. Peter’s; and the 6th, being thaj most east, by St. Michael’s of Coslany. The places to be filled by * Inrolled in the Gild-hall in the time of Francis Eugge, Mayor, t Whence they were called the Alms-houses. 252 ST. GILES'S. the three most ancient justices of peace for the County of the City, being Aldermen, or any two of them. 1G50. Mary Goodwyn. Deer. 20, the parishioners purchased of William Gargrave, innholder, and Alice his wife, an Annuity of 30s. per annumm, payable to the Churchwardens, out of all the houses lately called the Ram, and now the Black Swan inn, in St. Giles’s Street, opposite to the Church, to be paid every 9tli day of December, and if it be unpaid 20 days after, they may seize the premises. This was purchased with money given by Mary Goodwyn, late of this parish, for the benefit of the poor; and accordingly it is dis- tributedjevery New-Year’s day by the Churchwardens and Overseers, in bread or money. 1G50. Adrian Payne, Gent:, and some time Sherife and Alderman of this Citie, gave a hundred and twenty Pounds to this parish of St. Giles for ever, for the clothing of poor Men and Women in Gownes once every year, in the Moneth of November, as farre as the annual profits of the said summe would extend. For the per¬ formance whereof a piece of Land or Iuclosure, knowne by the name of the Lower Church-Close, in Hanworth, of the North side of that Church, contayning about fourteene Acres, &c., is settled and secured by Robt: Doughty of the said Towne in the County of Norfolk, Gent: (being then Son-in-law of the said Adrian), for the payment of six Pounds per Ann: for ever, upon the last day of October in Each Yeare, to those in trust,* to see this Charitie disposed, who are to be tenn in number, Inhabitants of this parish, and are to be renewed by the remainder, at the Request of the Parishioners hereof, when six or seven at most of the said ten be dead. Blomefield further adds that, in 1479, Edmund Bucicenham, Esq., gave a tenement in this parish to find a lamp before the High Altar here, and before the Sepulchre yearly at Easter in St. Mary’s College in the Fields, but it was seized at the Reformation. Colton’s Gift of a piece of land in Heigham, for the ringing of the Curfew Bell, is referred to elsewhere. The following account of these Charities is given in Clarke s “Account of the Norfolk Charities,” published in 1811, and compiled from the returns under Gilbert’s Act, 1786, and the Terriers in the office of the Bishop of Norwich, page 159, St. Giles. The Money to be paid in St. Giles’s Church porch, clear of all taxes whatever. PARISH CHARITIES. 253 T. 1806. 3 Tenements in this parish, abutting on the South upon the street between the church and the gateway, now in the occupation of Mrs. Milligan, the Widow Eastoe, and Harper Foster, which were given by the Will of Mr. John Baleston, late of this City, for the Entertaining or feasting of the Poor of the said parish, as often as the profits therefrom arising will allow. The said premises were demised, by lease for 500 years, to Mr. Stephen Culyer, in 1735, at the yearly rent of .£2. A Gift, bequeathed by Adrian Payne, citizen, and sometime Sheriff and Alderman of Norwich, being TO, a year, for ever, for cloathing poor men and women of the said parish with gowns, every year, so far as the abovesaid sum will extend, for which end Trustees were elected and appointed by the parishioners to see the Charity duly performed to the Will of the donor. Two Almshouses, in St. Gregory’s parish, bequeathed by Tlioma g Pye, Alderman, to this parish, for the use of poor people belonging to the parish of St. Giles, who are put in by the three Senior Justices of the Corporation. These are now in the occupation of the Widow Leath and John Silwood. A Gift, bequeathed by Mrs. Mary Goodman, widow, formerly of this City, being the sum of 30*'. a year, for ever, payable out of the Estate, late of Mr. William Cady, deceased, and now of Mr. Edward Copeman, in the said parish, to bo disposed of in bread to the Poor of the said parish, by the Churchwardens, on every New-Year’s Day, for which end Trustees are elected and appointed by the parish. A Gift, bequeathed by James Elmy, late of the said city, Gent:, being £200, the interest whereof is to be laid out in the purchase of coals, and to be disposed of among such of the poor inhabitants of the said parish of St. Giles, for the time being, as the Trustees appointed, and for the time being to be appointed, shall think most in want and deserving of the same. £200, Bank Stock, bequeathed by John Moye, late of the said city of Norwich, Merchant, the interest whereof is laid out in coals, purchased by the Alderman of the Ward, in whom the gift is in¬ vested ; and the coals to be distributed by and at the discretion of the Churchwardens of the said parish. £200, bequeathed by Reuben Deave, late of Norwich, Gent:, the interest whereof is to be expended annually, by the Churchwardens and four principal inhabitants of the said parish, in the purchase of coats and gowns, to be distributed by them in the month of Novem¬ ber, in every year, to such of the poor inhabitants of the said parish as they shall think proper. £1,000 Stock, in the 3 per cents, reduced Annuities, bequeathed by ST. GILES'S. 2f>4 Stephen Martin, late of Brentwood, in Essex, Gent:, unto the Minister and Churchwardens of this parish, and their successors, for ever, upon trust to pay, lay out, apply, or expend yearly, for ever, the whole interest, dividends, and proceed thereof, to or for the use or benefit of the Poor of this parish, in such shares, proportions, manner and form, as they the said Ministers and Churchwardens shall, from time to time, think most proper. The said sum is now invested in the names of the Rev: Michael Browne, Robert Goose, and William Simpson, Gents. They appear to have varied considerably in the course of years, and, of course, the income derived from them has varied widel} r from time to time, in accordance with the current value of the properties and the good or bad way in which these have been managed. The following “ Extract of the Report of the Commissioners for Enquiring concerning Charities in the City of Norwich ” (St. Giles's parish), was printed some time previous to 1837 —apparently in 1834—and, in spite of some repetition, I have thought it to contain sufficient detail, as well as new matter, to make it worth while to reprint it here. EXTRACT OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ENQUIRING CONCERNING CHARITIES, IN THE CITY OF NORWICH. 1834. ST. GILES’. A Report of the Commissioners for enquiring into Charities in the City of Norwich having been published, we, William Storey and Thomas King, Churchwardens of the parish of Saint Giles, in the said City, conceive it our duty to publish the following Extracts relative to the Charities of the said Parish. BALLISTON’S CHARITY. John Balliston, by bis Will, dated 17th October, 1584, devised his Three Tenements, in St. Giles, next the Gates, to Richard Norton and Martha his Wife, for their lives, and the life of the PARISH CHARITIES. 255 survivor, upon condition that they should make distribution to the Poor in manner following, viz. that in the week before Christmas, the week before Michaelmas, and the week after Easter, in the Church of St. Giles, the Minister should request the poor people, all that should receive or have need of Alms to come to Church, and request them to pray for the preservation of the Prince, &c. and that the poor should place themselves four and four together, all that should be above the age of eleven years, and that every four of them should have set before them a twopenny wheat loaf, a gallon of best beer, and four pounds of beef and broth, and that the Minis¬ ter should have fourpence for his pains on each of the three days. By Indenture, bearing date 20tlx March, 1735, Thomas Churchman and John Howes, described as being elected by the Churchwardens and Parishioners of St. Giles, to execute the authority mentioned in the Will of John Balliston, and the then Churchwardens, demised to Stephen Cullyer, three messuages, with the yard abutting south on the street, leading from St. Giles’ Church to the Gates, for a term of 500 years, from Lady Day then next, at the yearly rent of £2. with a Covenant on the part of the lessee, within two years, to build a house worth the yearly rent of .£10. and to keep the same in repair. This Lease is now vested in Edward Manning, the premises consist of three Dwelling-houses, worth about £10. a year each. The reserved Rent of £2. is paid to the Churchwardens ; it has always been applied for the benefit of the poor, and is now carried to the same account, as other Charities hereafter mentioned. If under the circumstances above mentioned, there is sufficient evidence that this is settled to Charitable uses, we apprehend the lease for 500 years cannot be considered as valid. GOODWIN’S CHARITY. By Indenture, bearing date 20th December, 1G50, William Gar- grave and Alice his wife, in consideration of £20. granted to John Hobart, and nine others, and their heirs, the yearly rent of 30r. issuing out of the capital Messuage with the appurtenances, known by the sign of the Black Swan, in the parish of St. Giles, payable yearly, on the 9th December, with a power of distress in case of non-payment, and a power of redemption on payment of £25. By Deed of the same date, the said John Hobart and others declared, that the sum of £20. the consideration for the said purchase, was a Legacy given to the poor people of the parish of St. Giles, by the Will of Mary Goodwin, and they covenanted that they would yearly, on the 1st of January, with the advice and consent of the ST. GILES’S. 2 56 Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, cause the said rent to be paid to the poor people aforesaid; and that whenever any six of the said Trustees should be dead, the survivors would convey the said rent charge to ten others, the chief inhabitants of the said parish. In 1750 the said rent charge was conveyed to new Trustees, but it does not appear that there has been any subsequent conveyance. The yearly sum of £1. 10a’. is now received by the Churchwardens, from the Executors of the late James Halls, the owners of a house in the parish of St. Giles. The amount is carried to the account hereafter mentioned. ELMY’S CHARITY. James Elmy, by bis Will, bearing date the 8th May, 1761, be¬ queathed to Thomas Churchman and four others, inhabitants of the parish of St. Giles, £200. upon trust, to place out the same upon Government or other securities, and to apply the interest thereof in the purchase of Coals, to distribute the same amongst such of the poor inhabitants of the said parish as they should think most in want and deserving, and directed that as soon as three of the said trustees should be dead, the survivors, at the request of the Minister and Churchwardens of the parish of St. Giles’ should transfer the said sum of £200 and the sureties whereon the same should be invested to such survivors and three such other inhabitants of the said parish of St. Giles, and owners of estates therein, as such survivors should nominate upon the trusts aforesaid. This Legacy was laid out in the year 1785 in the purchase of £350 Three per Cent. Consols, which is now standing in the names of James Goodwin, the Rev. William Ray Clayton, Page Nicol Scott, and James Bennett. The Dividends amounting to £10 10a’. are carried to the general charity account. MOY’S CHARITY. John Moy, by his Will, bearing date 12th May, 1770, proved in the Prerogative Court, bequeathed to the Aldermen of the Ward of St. Giles and their Successors £200 Bank Stock; the Dividends thereof to be applied by the Aldermen of the said Ward with the Churchwardens of St. Giles in the purchase of Coals, to be dis¬ tributed every Winter, in December or January, amongst the Honest and Industrious Poor, Aged Widows, or Housekeepers, at the discretion of the said Churchwardens. There is in respect of this Charity a Sum of £312 Bank Stock standing in the name of the late William Burt and Robert Hawkes: PARISH CHARITIES. 257 the latter is now Alderman of the Ward with Edmund Newton, and it is intended to transfer the Stock into their joint names. The Dividends, amounting to £,'25, are also carried to the General Charity account. MARTIN’S CHARITY. Stephen Martin, by his Will, bearing date 20th October, 1798, gave .£1000 three per cent, reduced to the Minister and Church¬ wardens and their Successors, upon trust, to apply the Dividends yearly for the benefit of the Poor of the parish of St. Giles, in such shares and manner as they should think proper. This Stock is standing in the names of the Rev. C. F. Millard, James Goodwin, and Philip Millard. The Dividends, amounting to £30, are also carried to the General Charity account. The several Sums derived from the Charities above-mentioned, amounting to £69 a year, are laid out in the purchase of Coals, which are housed in the Church until the Winter, and are then delivered out by the Churchwardens : they are divided amongst all the Poor of the parish at three or four periods, one bushel being given to each family at each distribution. No persons are excluded provided they have been resident above six months in the parish. In the Winter of 1832-3 twenty-three Chaldron of Coals were thus distributed. The poor also receive a certain quantity of Bread. Tickets are delivered out to all the Poor at two periods of the Winter, entitling the Head of a Family and his Wife to a Sixpenny Loaf, and a Threepenny Loaf to each Child under fourteen. The expense of the Tickets and of delivering out the Coals amounted in 1832-3 to £5 11s. Od. The whole of the Income of that year was expended as above- mentioned except £3 7s. Id. which was reserved to pay the expenses of new transfers of the Stock. PARR’S AND HAMPP’S LEGACIES. In 1826, £90 being the amount of a Legacy left by Mrs. Parr, one of the parishioners of St. Giles (after payment of the Duty), with £4 10s. 0 <1. a year’s Interest thereon, and a sum of £19 19s. a Legacy given by J. C. Hampp, were brought to the account of these Charities. Part of these sums were disposed of with the other Charities, and in 1831 a balance of £45 Is. 8/1. remained in the hands of J. H. Nixon, one of the Parish Officers. Some difficulty has occurred in obtaining this money from Mr. Nixon, but in April, 1833, he paid £30, part thereof. *258 ST. GILES’S. PAYNE’S CHARITY. Adrian Payne, by bis Will, bearing date lOtb January, 1686 ( directed bis Executrixes to lay out £120 in tbe purchase of Lands to be settled to tbe use of ten Parishioners of St. Giles, upon trust, to dispose of tbe Rents and Profits in tbe month of November yearly in tbe purchase of Gowns for Poor Men and Women of tbe said parish, and upon further trust, that whenever six or seven of tbe Trustees should be dead tbe Survivors should convey to ten such other Parishioners as the Parishioners should appoint, By Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date 27th and 28th November, 1687, between Robert Doughty of the one part, Catherine Payne, Widow, and surviving Executrix of the said Adrian Payne, of the second part, John Browne and another, of the third part, and John Ansell and nine others, Parishioners of St. Giles, appointed by the said Catherine Payne of the fourth part, reciting the Will of A. Payne as above abstracted, and that the said Catherine had with the sum of £120 purchased the rent charge therein-after-mentionedi the said Thomas Doughty conveyed to the parties the third part and their heirs, a Close containing 14 acres, in Hanworth, called the “ Lower Church Close,’’ to the intent that the said John Ansell and other parties of the fourth part, and their heirs, should yearly receive a clear payment of £6 upon the trusts declared in the said Will, with a power of entry in case of non-payment. This Rent Charge has been assigned to new Trustees from time to time, and by Deed bearing date the 4th January, 1819, John Hammond Cole and two others assigned the said Rent Charge to Thomas Starling Day, James Goodwin, Philip Millard, Page Nicol Scott, Christopher Capon, and five others, since deceased, and their heirs, upon the like trusts. In consequence of an exchange which was made, the property now held as charged with this yearly payment is a large Dwelling-house occupied by William Herring, Esq. the property of the Rev. George Stracey, from whom the yearly sum of £6 is received without deduction. This is carried to the same account as the dividends of the stock belonging to Deave’s Charity, now amounting to £7 Is. and is laid out by the Churchwardens in the purchase of Coats and Gowns, which are given to poor aged persons of the parish selected by the Churchwardens. The usual rule is not to appoint the same person oftener than once in three years. In February, 1832, when the accounts of that year were made up there was in the hands of the before-named J. H. Nixon, the then Churchwarden, a balance of £9 Is. 3d., this sum was not paid over to the succeeding Church¬ wardens, and it is feared that it may not be recovered, and there PARISH CHARITIES. 259 was in April, 1833, due to William Storey for the clothes provided in that year £16 7s. 3d. for the payment of which credit had been given to Mr. Nixon. In April, 1833, there was a balance of £5 5s. 6d. in the hands of the Churchwardens, out of which were payable the expenses of transferring the stock belonging to Deaves’s Charity into the names of Sir J. H. Yallop and others. DEAVES’S CHARITY. Reuben Deaves by his Will bearing date the 25tli February, 1781, directed his Executors to pay £200 to the Churchwardens of St. Giles’ upon trust, that they and four of the principal inhabitants should place the same out on such security as they should think proper, the interest to be expended annually in the purchase of Coats and Gowns, to be distributed in November yearly, to such of the poor inhabitants of the said parish as the Trustees should think jiroper, with directions to transfer the stock whenever the number of Trustees should be reduced to one. In respect to this Legacy, £215 was laid out in 1794 in the purchase of £200 Navy Five per Cents, and £210 New Three-and-a- half per Cents, has lately been transferred into the names of Sir John Harrison Y’allop, James Goodwin, Page Nicol Scott, and Thomas King. The application of the dividends £7 7s. is stated in the account of Payne’s Charity. The Parish is interested in the following Charities: Nicholas Bikerdike’s to Boys and Girls Hospital, ... ... p. 538 Do. to Apprentices in Great Ward of Mancroft ... ... 571 John Moy’s Do. Do. ... ... COO James Elmy’s Do. Do. ... ... 609 Matthew Linsey’s for Coals in Great Ward of Mancroft ... 580 Pye’s Alms-houses ... ... ... ... ... 503 CHURCH ESTATE. The Rents of the Premises, comprised in the three sets of Indentures hereafter abstracted, have been, as far as we could trace ) always carried to the Churchwardens’ account. First .— By Deed of Feoffment, bearing date 10th June, 1534, Thomas Parker and two others, granted to John Quaske and others, a messuage with the garden and appurtenances in Saint Giles’, which messuage &c. they had with Thomas Whole, deceased, of the Feoffment of Edward Grewe, Chaplain, by Deed, dated 27th Novem- 260 ST. GILES’S. ber, 1523. By Indenture bearing date 15th November, 1573, Andrew Hemliug and others, then Feoffees of the same premises, agreed with the then Churchwardens and their successors, that they should receive the rents of the said premises to the use of the Parishioners of the parish of Saint Giles, and it was provided, that if the Church¬ wardens should not account yearly to the said Parishioners, or should not bestow the rents towards the repairing of the Church, or relieving of the Poor there, the said agreement should be void. By Lease, bearing date 20th June, 1727, Thomas Trull and Robert Cuthbert, the then Churchwardens, in pursuance of an order made at a meeting of the Parishioners, reciting that Thomas Andrews was about to expend a considerable sum of money in repairs and rebuilding the premises thereinafter mentioned, demised the messu¬ age with the yards and appurtenances to Thomas Andrews for 500 years from Michaelmas then next, at the yearly rent of T3, with a Covenant to keep all the premises that then were, or thereafter should be erected, in repair, Secondly .—By Deed of Feoffment, bearing date 30th April, 1706, William Payne and Thomas Southgate, granted to John Freeman and others, a messuage next a common lane on the east, which premises they had taken with other persons deceased, of John Hobart and others, by Deed, dated 14th January, 1678, upon trust, that the Churchwardens should let the same, and with the rents repair the parish Church, and lay out what should be more than sufficient for that purpose and for the repairs of the premises in the support of the common charges of the Parishioners as should to them seem expedient, with a proviso that when eight of the Trustees should be dead they should convey to ten other Parishioners. By Lease, bearing date 14tli September, 1726, Thomas Churchman and others, described as Feoffees under a Deed bearing date 12th May, 1726, reciting that the Premises had become decayed and in a ruinous condition, demised the same to William Foster, who was disposed to lay out a considerable sum of money in rebuilding the same, for the term of 500 years, from Michaelmas then next, at the yearly rent of T6, with a Covenant on the part of the Lessee to keep in repair the Buildings then or thereafter to be built. Thirdly .—By Indenture of Feoffment, bearing date 24th January, 1474, Walter Geffry granted to John Carter and others a piece of Arable Land, with the Appurtenances, called Colton’s Acre, in the Fields of Heigliam, (which he took of the gift of John Colton) upon trust, that they and the Churchwardens should every night in the year, as well in Winter as in Summer, ring a Bell in the Belfry of the said Church for a quarter of an hour, at eight o’clock in the Winter and at nine in the Summer, the Land having been given for this purpose by the said John Colton. PARISH CHARITIES. 2G1 By Indenture, bearing date 26tli October, 1816, Edward Beevor, the then surviving Feoffee, conveyed the same Premises to John Hammond Cole and others, upon trust, with the Rents, to find a person to ring the Curfew Bell, and to apply the residue for the repair of the Church and the Ornaments thereof. By Lease, dated 1st November, 1816, the said John Hammond Cole and others demised the Land called Colton’s Acre to William Saul for 80 years from Michaelmas then last, at the yearly rent of £5, with a Covenant to erect a Messuage according to a Plan thereto annexed, and two other Messuages of a similar description, and to keep such Premises in repair during the term. The two first of these Leases seem to have been highly improvi¬ dent with respect to the length of the terms, and the validity of them may he questionable. All the Rents above-mentioned, amounting to £14, are applied in aid of the Church Rate. CHAPTER XIII. TERRIERS OF ST. GILES’S FOR 1593 , 1784 , 1827 , 1879 . Terrier of St. Giles’s parish 1593, copied from the Register hook of that date. A true note of the deeds and Evidence of all the bowses & lands wch belongetli to the church and parrishners of St. Giles in Norwch the wch deeds were then in the church chest (vizt) the third day of June Anno Dni 1593 as particularly followeth— These deeds are for the house by the pitt. 1 First one deede made & confirmed by Henry Curtle unto John Isbell of Norwch Waterman, Alice his wife, Simond Bright fuller, Richard Harpour Butcher of Norwch in totum illud messuagium cum tribus renteris in austro parte ejusdem parte cuisdem messua¬ gium scituat. Ac cum alta camera de super quadam coem venellam ex parte orien. diet, messuag: quondam edificat et cum medietate uuius gabuli in fine orien. dicte alte camere cum uno cammo et ejusdem camera predto gabulo fix: ac uuum murum lapideum contm octo virgas nnnm quarterum virge et le naile per standardum domin. Regis mensuratum prout jacet per ter : vacua parcell. tent nujier Michi Corpusti cum asiamentii unius stilidii super terr : tenti predicti per totum longitudinem predict et in latitudine per spacm quatuordecem vu a dco muro extendent si imposterum diet. John : Isbell & hered. et assignat, suis super eundem murum edificat conti- gerit que quidm. murum jacet inter &c. prefat. Job : Isbell Alicie ux : &c hered. et assignat, eorum de capit. dn. &c imxierpetm. This sayde deede is dated the xvtli day of Maye in the yere of King Henry the seaventh after the conquest the twentieth. 2. One other deede made and confirmed by John Isbell of Norwh. waterman & Alice his wife Simond Bright fuller & Richard Harper butcher unto Richard Wadnow of Norwh. carpendr. John Mason of TERRIER, 1593. 263 the same chapplen of the same messuage iu the manner & fourme above specified well, beareth date the tenth of Februarie in the yere of King Henry the eight the first. 3 One other deede made and confirmed by James Wadnow of Norwh. chaplin & John Mason of the.chaplin unto Richard Harper of Norwch. butcher Thomas Buck yeoman Robert Baker brewer Thomas Leake butcher & Mr. William Lakenliam of Norwch clarke Willrn. Empson of the same clarke Richard Loye yeoman Robt. Boleine waxchandler Robt. Cooper reeder, Robert Austen husbandman Richard Bryan smith Thomas Wheele otrnell- maker & John Quash in manner & fourme first abovesd of the sayd messuage &c. which is dated the second of March iu the first yere of King Henry the Eight &c. 4 Item one other deede indented made & confirmed by Richard Harper of Norwch. butcher Thomas Leake butcher Ritchard Austiue husbandman Thomas Wheele otmelmaker and John Quash citizen of Norwch. unto John Wright carpendr. Estaus Dawes wollman Walter Elye smith Eustaus Mann carrier Jerom Quash, Andrew Quash John Andrews, Thomas Melton, John Cooper, Edmund Norton, Stephen Tompson & John Elye of the same messuage & iii renteris &c in manner & fourme as abovesayd And this deede is dated the xxv of Februarie in the reigne of King Henry the Eight the twenty fowre. 5 Item one other deede of the same messuage was made and con¬ firmed by Jerom Quash of Norwch fishmonger (accordinge to the fourme & effect of a deede indented dated the xxv day of Februaryc in the xxiii yere of King Henry the viiith made unto him the sayd Jerom Quash with others by Richard Harper of Norwch. Thomas Leake butcher Robt. Austen husbandman Thomas Wheele otrnell- maker & John Quash) unto John Balliston Andrewe Hembling Robt. Tompson Willm. Corpe John Quayntrell Anthony Smith Thomas Calye Willm. Baker Thomas Hembling, John Ballistonn junior, Willm. Tompson and Edmund Quantrell inhabitants of the parrish of St. Giles within the cittie of Norwch. Totum illud messuag: cum tribus rentris (as in the first deede is specified) habendum et tenendum &c. ad opus et usum tamcn et in- tentione subscript. Sciliclt qd. gardiani sive prepositi ecclice parochialis Sci Egidii vel successores sui pro empore existen: irn- perpetm. post liac annuatim precipient fructus exitus et proficua iidem gardiani sive prepositi dci ecclie Sci. Egidii invent, et susten- tabunt aut inveniri et sustentari facient reparaciones ejusdem messuagii et trium rentrum ceterorumque premissor: cum perti- nenciis eins imperpetm. ac insuper qd. clicti gardiani sive prepositi Q 264 ST. GILES'S. ecclie predc. et successores sui tempore existen: residuum pecunie pervenien: de diet, fructibus exite et proficuis ecclie predict, messuag: gardin: &c. univers: disposicoe et distribent aut disponi et distrubui facient iu repaciouibus ecclie predict, ac ornamentor : ejusdem maxime indigent, imperpetm. ac etian qd. gardiani sive prepositi diet, ecclie Sci. Egidii et successoribus sui pro tempo existen. imposterum imperpetm. juxta sanas discrecoes suas habi- bunt potestatem et auctoritatem locandi et dimittendi predictum messuag: gard: &c et suis pertinen: ad terminum amorum vel de anno in annum cujuscumque persone aut personis ill: capere yolent seu volentibus pro tali anni: redditu qual: ipis gardianis &c. magis viderit expedire &c. This deede is dated the xxth of June Anno regni Regine Klizabethe &c. quinto. Also there is a letter of Atturnie from the sayd Jerom Quash to Richard Runnell directed to give state & sceason to the parties abovesayd according to the sayd deede the wch. is dated the xxth of October Anno regni dne Elizabethe &c quinto. These deeds are for the howses towards St. Giles gates called the parish howses. First one owlde deede indented made & confirmed by Richard Harper of Norwich butcher unto Edmund Stiward of Norwh. cord- wyner Robert Barker brewer John Isbells waterman Richard Tomp¬ son cordwiner citizens of Norwch. and to their heires and assignes Totum illud messuagium cum edificiis gardins. severund. diet messuag: adjac : in Norwico in pocli: Sci. Egidii cum omnibus suis pertin: prout jac. inter tent, quondam Rogeri Turner et tent, nuper Robti Joci ex parte orient, et tent, nuper Petri Willins quondam Johis Martins taylor ex parte Occident. Et abuttat super tent, sive inclm. guondam Johis Howard nuper Thome Talbot ver Aquilon. et super regiam viam ver. austr:. This deede was made upon of payment of a certeine peece of monye of five marks by vi 8 viii d every half yere and is dated vicesimo sexto Junii Anno regni Regis Henrici Septimi &c xx. 2 Item one other deede graunted and confirmed from Edward Grewe of Norwich chaplin unto Thomas Whele of Norwch. otmel- maker Thomas Parker worsted weaver John Carter worsted weaver and Nycholas Hemming citizens of Norwich conecerninge the sayd messuage next above specifyed quod, quid: messuag: cum ceteris premiss : et pertin : suis ego predictus Edwardus Grewe nuper habui ex dono concess: &c Thome Whele filii et hered: Jolie Whele nuper de Norwico vidue prout in quadam carta sua &c. dat. est apud . . , . . decimo nono die mensis Novembris Anno Regni Regis TERRIER, 1593. 265 Henrici octavi post conquestum vicesimo satis liquet—habendum et teuendum &c inperpetm. This deede is dated at Norwh. the xxvii of November Anno Regis Henrici octavi vicesimo. 3 Item one other deede made and confirmed by Thomas Parker worsted weaver John Carter worsted weaver Nicholas Hemming citizen of Norwich at the instante & speciall request made by John Parker and Robert Elan executor of the testament and last will of Thomas Whelo late of Norwh. otmelmakr. and according to the fourme and effect of his said last will in the performance of the same. As also for a certeiu peece of monie given by John Quash of Norwh. fishmonger Willm. Head capper Robert Baine mercer have given & graunted &c. the same messuage abovesayd to John Quash Edward Grewe of Norwh. chaplin—to have and to hould &c. for eaver—dated the xiii of June in the reigne of King Henry the viii the xxvi. 4 Item one other deede made and confirmed by John Quash fish¬ monger unto John Burd John Wright Walter Elye Ewstacie Lawes John Stanfield Robert'Andrewes Thomas Worlington Thomas Tolwin Peeter Giles John Newton citizens of Norwh. unum messuagium cum edificiis gard: severund. et lipid in pocli. Sci. Egidii cum (parochia) omnibus suis pertin: prout jacet inter tent, quondam Roger. Turner et tent, nuper Robti Jolcis nuper Robti. Tompson fish¬ monger ex parte Orient. Et tent nup. Petre Willins quond. Joliis Martins taylor nuper dicti Robti. Tompson fishmonger ex parte Occident. Et abuttat sup. tent, sive inclm. quondam Job: Howard nup. Thome Talbot peston William Paston armiger, versus aquilon: the whych the sayd John Quash had of the graunte and confirmacion of Thomas Parker & others as in the same deede appearetli—to them and to ther hares for ever—This deed is dated the xii of Januarye in the reigne of King Henry the viii the xxxii. 5 Also one other deede made & confirmed by Thomas Worlington of Norwich fishmonger unto Robt. Tompson Andrew Hembling Andrew B.Willm. Tompson Thomas Hemling Richard Gase Henry Howse cittizens of Norwich totum illud messuagium cum edificiis gards. (&c. as next above is specifyed) prout jacet inter tenement, quondam Robti. Turner et tent, nuper Robti Jolci nuper Robt. Tompson fishmonger modo Humf: Rant ex parte orient, et tent nuper Petri Willins &c. et nuper Dicti Robti Tompson modo •Joliis Gurney ex parte occiden. et abuttat super tent, sive inclm. quondam Job: Howard nuper Tho. Talbot Willm. Paston armigr. 2G6 ST. GILES'S. modo*.exparte aquilon. Quidquidm. mes- suagium &c. ego prefat. Tho. Worlington nup. cont. liabui cum quibusdm. aliis persouis modo defunct, ex dono concess: et con- firmace. Jobis Quash civitat Norwici—habend : &c. imperpetm. This deede is dated the xxtb of October in the second yere of the reigne of our Sovereign Lady Queue Elizabeth &c. Deeds for the Church Aker as followetk— First one deede indented visuris lecturis vel auditur : Walterus Jeffery de Norwico Alderman wh. he made and confirmed unto John Carter the elder cooper John Hurry fishmonger Thomas Glamwale Richard Harward weaver Andrew Browne fuller John Carter the yonger cooper John Wilde worsted weaver citizens of Norwich & to tlier heires and assignes quondam petiam terr : arrab : cum pertin : vocat. Coultens Aker cum quodam puteo in occidental, fine ejusdem pecie et qui jacet in campo de Heigham wch. was given by John Coulten deceased as by his deede appeareth habend. et tenend. &c* et assignat, eorum de cap. dn : &c imperpetm. sub condic: qd. pdcus Jobes, Johes, Thomas, Richardus Andreas et Jolies hered. et assig. sui ac custodes honor: et catell: ecclie Sci Egidii in Norwico et sacrista ejusdem ecclie pro tempe existen : imposterum annuatim qualit’ nocte ad horam nonam per unum quarter : illius bore in estate annuatim imperpetm. quacumque exerca etc. quamquidm. etc. Et si contingat &c. tunc volo qd. predict, pec. terre cum pertin mihi prefat Walter Geoffrey et hered mei integre revertat et remant. im¬ perpetm. This deede is dated at Heigham the xxiiii of Januarie 1474 in the reigne of King Edward the fourth the xiiii yere. 2 Also one other deede indented made and confirmed by Richard Harper of Norwh butcher Tho. Leake butcher Richard Austen husbandman Tho. Whele otmelmaker & John Quash citizens of Norwh. unto John Wright carpenter Estauce Lawes wolman Walter Elys smith Estaus Man carrior Jerom Quash Andrew Quash John Andrews Thomas Melton John Couper Edmund Norton Stephen Tompson & John Elys quondam peciamterr : arab : cum pertin : vocat. Coulton’s Aker cum quodam puteo in Occident, fine ejusdem pecie &c. as it is said before & with like condicon. And this deede is dated the xxviii of Februarie in the xxiii yere of King Henry the viii. 3 Also one other deede made & confirmed by Jerom. Quash fish¬ monger unto John Balliston the elder Andrew Hembling Robt. Tompson Willm. Corfe John Quantrell Anthony Smith Tho. Calie * Blank in original. TERRIER, 1784. 267 Willm. Baker Thomas Hembling John Balliston junior Willm. Tompson & EJmuncl Quantrell inhabitans of St. Giles for the sayd peece of errable grounde as above is declared & with the lyko condicon. This deede heareth date the xiith of August anno Regine ure Elizabethe &c quinto. 1784. A True Terrier or Note of all the Houses, Lands, and Gifts belonging to the Minister, Parish, and Poor, and all things appertaining to the Church of Saiut Giles in the City of Norwich, as it was exhibited this First day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, in the Ordinary Visitation of the right Reverend Father in God Lewis Lord Bishop of Norwich. A True and perfect Account of what belongs to the Minister ; Imprimis an Estate purchased with money received from the Governors of the Corporation of Queen Ann’s bounty lying in the Parish of Brocke in the County of Norfolk consisting of a Dwelling house and a Cottage, together with thirteen Acres of Land by esti¬ mation more or less it abutteth upon the common Road towards the South, upon a common Lane towards the North, upon an Estate of the late deceased Mr. Coppin and the Lands of Roger Kerrison Esquire towards the East, and upon the Lands of the late Reverend Mr. John Simpson deceased towards the West. Also two hundred Pounds bounty monoy to the Parish of Saint Giles for which is received at present of the Governors of the Bounty ' of Queen Ann tho Sum of four pounds a year. A True and perfect Note or Account of all the Houses, Lands, dtc. belonging to the Parish Church of Saint Giles aforesaid, The Rents whereof are yearly received by the Church Wardens and by them expended about the Repairs or Ornaments of it, and all other necessary Charges belonging to their Office, that is to say. First one Piece of Land about an Acre or somewhat more lying in Heigham next Norwich, abutting on the West, North, and East, upon the Lands, late of Sir Peter Seaman Knight and on the South upon the King’s Highway, let at the yearly Rent of two pounds and now in the Occupation of Thomas Norton. Also two tenements in the said Parish of Saint Giles abutting on the West upon the Estate late of Mr. John Swann, on the East upon the Lane called tho Pit Lane, on the South upon the Street next Mr. John Day where he now dwelleth, and on the North upon the 2G8 ST. GILES'S. Street leading from the Church to the Market place commonly called the hroad Street, and are now in the several Occupations of Mr. William Ownsworth and Mr. Edward Rigby, and which were demised by Lease for five hundred years to Mr. William Forster Bricklayer since deceased on the fourteenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and twenty six at the yearly Rent of six pounds. Also three Tenements in the said Parish of Saint Giles, abutting on the West upon the Estate late of Mr. John Balestone leased to Mr. Stephen Culyer, on the North upon the Estate of Mr. James Hudson, on the East upon the Estate of Mr. Leonard Bacon, and on the South upon the Street between the Church and the Gates, two of which are now in the Occupation of Esther Pycroft and Edward Wright and the other is now untenanted, and which were demised by Lease for five hundred years to Mr. Thomas Andrews on the twenty eight day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty Beven at the yearly Rent of three Pounds An Account of the Gifts and Legacies to Saint Giles’s Parish. There are three Tenements in the said Parish of Saint Giles, abutting on the West and North upon the Estate late of Mr. Richard Banks now Mrs. Sarah Minets, on the East upon the Parish Estate leased to the said Mr. Thomas Andrews, and on the South upon the Street between the Church and the Gates, now in the Occupation of Mr. William Vincent, Mr. Francis Nash, and Mr. Richard Speck, which were given by the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Balestone late of the City of Norwich for the entertaining or Feasting of the Poor of the said Parish as often as the Profits arising therefrom will allow which said Premises were demised by Lease for five hundred years to Mr. Stephen Culyer on the twentieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and thirty five at the yearly Rent of two Pounds. Also there is belonging to the said Parish of Saint Giles a Gift bequeathed by Adrian Payne Gentleman Citizen and sometime Sheriff and Alderman of the City of Norwich being the sum of six Pounds a year for ever for Cloathing poor Men and Women of the said Parish with Gowns every year so far as the aforesaid Sum will extend, for which end there are Trustees elected and appointed by the Parishioners to see the Charity duly performed according to the last Will and Testament of the Donor. Also there is belonging to the said Parish of Saint Giles a Gift bequeathed by Mrs. Mary Goodman Widow formerly of the City of Norwich being the Sum of thirty shillings a year for ever payable out of the Estate late Mr. William Cady’s deceased, and now Mrs. TERRIER, 1784. 269 Abigail Cook’s in the said Parish, to he disposed in Bread to the poor of the said Parish by the Church Wardens on every new year’s day for which end there are Trustees elected and appointed by the Parishioners to see this Charity duly performed according to the Will of the Donor. Also two Alms Houses in the Parish of Saint Gregory bequeathed by Alderman Thomas Pye to the Parish of Saint Giles for the use of the poor People belonging to the Parish of Saint Giles, which People are put in by the three senior Justices of the Corporation, these are now in the Occupation of Simon Leath, and Elea Howard. Also there is belonging to the said Parish a Gift bequeathed by James Elmy late of the said City of Norwich Gentleman, being the Sum of two hundred Pounds the Interest whereof is to be laid out in the Purchase of Coals to be disposed of amongst such of the poor Inhabitants of the said Parish of Saint Giles for the time being, as the Trustees appointed and for the time to be appointed shall think most in want and deserving of the same. Also there is belonging to the said Parish of Saint Giles a Gift of two hundred Pounds bequeathed by John Moy late of the said City of Norwich Merchant, the Interest whereof is laid out in Coals pur¬ chased by the Aldermen of the Ward in whom the Gift is invested, and to be distributed by and at the discretion of the Church Wardens of the said Parish. A True and perfect Note or Account of all and singular the Goods, Books, Ornaments, Utensils and things belonging to the Parish and Parish Church of Saint Giles in the City and Diocese of Norwich, that is to say, ozs dwts First two Silver Flaggons double gilt weighing 51 49 Two Chalices with Covers Do Do Do 22 5 1 21 3J Also one Waiter for Bread Do Do Do 22 1 Also one Bason for Alms Do Do Do 31 18 ozs diets 198 9 Also one brass Branch with sixteen Soclcetts. Also one Carpet for the Communion Table of Scarlet Cloth. Also three Cushions to lay at the Alter. Also one Cover for the Desk faced with Velvet. Also one Cover for the Pulpit faced with Velvet. Also one Velvet Cushion for the Pulpit. Also one line Linen Cloth and two Napkins for the Communion Table. Also two large Surplices of Holland. 270 ST. GILES’S. Also one black silk hood. Also two common Prayer Books. Also one large Bible of the last Translation. Also one Book of Homilies. Also four Register Books. Also three pewter Basons for Collection at the Church Doors. Also two large Chests. Also one Umbrella for the Minister and Parish. Also twenty seven Buckets for the Use of the Church. Also eight Bells with their frames, The treble weighing upward of three hundred three quarters. The second upward of four hundred, The third about four hundred two quarters, The fourth about six hundred, The fifth about seven hundred three quarters, The sixth about nine hundred, the seventh about eleven hundred, The Tenor about fourteen hundred as near as can be computed. In Testimony of the Truth of before mentioned particulars and of every of them the Minister, Church Wardens, and principal Inhabitants have set their hands the First day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four. JOHN SMITH D.D. Minister DANl GANNING Wm. FOSTER Churchwardens JOHN BEEVOR REUBEN DEAYE EDWd. RIGBY LEONARD BACON CHAs. REYNOLDS BACON HIBGAME P. HOOKE 1827. A True Terrier or note of all the Lands, Messuages Tenements and other rights and gifts belonging to the Perpetual Curacy and Parish Church of Saint Giles in the City of Norwich as it was exhibited this fifteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, in the Ordinary Visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God Henry Lord Bishop of Norwich. A True and perfect account of what belongs to the Minister A Dwelling-house, Shop, Bake-office, Barn and Stable and two roods and twenty five perches of Land situate at Brooke in the County of Norfolk and in the occupation of George Samuel Kett Esqr, or his Under tenants. A Dwelling house and Bam and three roods and eight perches of Land, a small plantation and two Inclosures of Land containing by TERRIER , 1827. 271 measure nine acres three roods and twenty nine perches, situate in Brooke aforesaid in the occupation of George Samuel Kett Esqr. making together eleven acres, one rood, and twenty two perches, and are bounded by Land belonging to Seaman Holmes Esquire lately deceased, in part, by Land belonging to Richard Goldspink, in part, and by Land belonging to William Simpson Esquire in other part, towards the North, by Land belonging to the said Richard Goldspink in part, and by Land belonging to Sarah Butcher in other part to¬ wards the East, by Brooke Street in part and by Land belonging to the said William Simpson in other part towards the South, and by Land late belonging to the said Seaman Holmes in other part to¬ wards the West. Also one other piece of Land containing by measure one acrei three roods and twelve perches, in Brooke aforesaid in the occupation of George Samuel Kett Esquire, or his Undertenant, bounded by Land belonging to Robert Newliouse towards the North, by Land belonging to Mary Ebden towards the East, by Land belonging to Samuel Nash towards the South, and by the road leading from Brooke to Shottisham towards the West. Also an Estate purchased with Money received from the Governors of Queen Anne’s bounty situate and being in the Parish of Worstead in the County of Norfolk, consisting of a double Cottage a barn and Stable thereto belonging, together with live acres of Land by esti¬ mation (more or less) now or late in the occupation of Robert Shalders, whereof three acres part of the said five acres abut upon the Land of the late Revd Charles Turner towards the East, on Lands of the Revd. Charles Turner as Minister of St. Michael at Thorn in Norwich, in part, and Jacob Shalders other part towards the West, on Lands belonging to the said John Hepworth and Robert Marsham Esquire towards the North and on the King’s High¬ way towards the South, and the two acres residue of the said live acres of Land abut upon the Lands of Robert Tuck towards the East, on a certain Lane or Common way towards the West and upon the Lands of William Postle Esquire towards the North and South. The Buildings at Worstead taken down by leave from the Bishop the Patrons & Governors of Qn Anne’s B’y Also two acres of Freehold Land at Rockland St. Andrew and Rockland All Saints in the County of Norfolk in the occupation of Robert Colman bounded by a road dividing the same from the Land of T. T. Gurdon Esqr. North, by Land conveyed for Augmentation of St Augustine’s Parish in the City of Norwich East, by a road dividing the same from the Parish of Sliropliam South, by Land conveyed for Augmentation of Guestwick in the County of Norfolk West, purchased at the commencement of the Year 1814, with one 272 ST. GILES'S. hundred and two pounds part of one hundred and eighty pounds (re¬ turned in a former Terrier) Queen Anue’s bounty money, eighty pounds having been before laid out on redeeming the Land tax on the aforesaid Estate at Brooke and the remaining two pounds ad¬ vanced by the Minister. A true and perfect note or account of all the Houses lands &c be¬ longing to the parish Church of St. Giles aforesaid, the rents whereof are yearly received by the Churchwardens and by them expended about the repairs and ornaments of it and all other necessary charges belonging to that office (that is to say) First —One piece of Land, about an Acre, or somewhat more, called the Parish Acre lying in Heigliam next Norwich without St. Giles’s Gates and abutting upon the West, North and East upon the Lands of Sir Peter Seaman, Knight, and on the South upon the King’s Highway, let at the Yearly rent of five pounds and is now in the occupation of William Saul, and upon which said piece of Land has lately been erected four Dwellinghouses. Also two Tenements in the said Parish of St Giles abutting on the West upon the Estate late of Mr John Swann, on the East on the Lane called the Pit Lane, on the South upon the Street called Bethel Street, and on the North upon the Street leading from the Church to the Market place commonly called the Broad Street, and were lately in the several occupations of Mr John Browne, Mrs. Ownsworth and Edward Rigby Esquire and now of - Shepherd, William Booth and divers other Tenants and which were demised by Lease for Five hundred Years to Mr. William Foster Bricklayer, since deceased on the fourteenth day of September One thousand seven hundred and twenty six at the Yearly rent of Six pounds. Also three Tenements in the said parish of Saint Giles abutting upon the West upon the Estate formerly of Mr John Balestone, on the North upon the Estate late of James Hudson, Esquire, on the East upon the Estate late of Mr. John Boardman, and on the South on the Street between the Church and the gateway and which were late in the occupation of Mrs. Dring, Mrs. Davey and Mr. Bates and now of William Cooke and his undertenants and which were de¬ mised by Lease for five hundred years to Mr. Thomas Andrews on the twenty eighth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty seven at the Yearly rent of three pounds. An Account of the houses, grounds, gifts and Legacies, belonging to St. Giles’s Parish. There are three Tenements in the said parish of St Giles abutting upon the West and North upon the Estate late of Mr Richard Banks TERRIER, 1827. 278 and late of William Vincent, on the East upon the Parish Estate leased to the said Mr. Thomas Andrews, and on the South upon the Street between the Church and the Gateway late in the occupation Samuel Cushing, the Widow Eastoe, and Miss Kiddle which were given by the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Balestone late of the City of Norwich for the entertaining or feasting of the Poor of the said Parish as often as the profits arising therefrom will allow, which said premises were demised by Lease for Five hundred Year to Mr. Stephen Culyer on the twentieth day of March One thousand seven hundred and thirty five at the Yearly rent of two pounds. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St Giles a gift be¬ queathed by Adrian Payne, Gentleman, Citizen and sometime Sheriff and Alderman of the City of Norwich, being the Sum of Six pounds a Year for ever for Clothing poor men and women of the said parish with gowns every Year so far as the abovesaid Sum will extend for which end there are Trustees elected and appointed by the parishioners to see the Charity duly performed according to the last Will and Testament of the Donor. Also two Almshouses in the parish of St Gregory bequeathed by Alderman Thos Pye for poor people belonging to the Parish of St Giles to be put in by the three senior justices of the Corporation but these Almshouses have now been exchanged for 2 new built ones in West Pottergate Street Norwich. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St Giles a gift by Mrs. Mary Goodwin, Widow formerly of the City of Norwich being the Sum of thirty shillings a Year for ever payable out of the Estate late of Mr. Wm. Cady deceased and now of James Hales, Esquire, formerly called the black Swan Estate in the said parish to he disposed of in bread to the poor of the said parish by the Church¬ wardens on every New Year’s day for which end there are Trustees elected and appointed by the parishioners to see this Charity duly performed according to the Will of the Donor. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St. Giles a gift be¬ queathed by James Elmy late of the said City of Norwich, Gentleman being the Sum of Two hundred pounds the Interest whereof to be laid out in the purchase of Coals to be disposed of amongst such of the poor inhabitants of the said Parish of St. Giles for the time being as the Trustees appointed and for the time being to he appointed, shall think most in want and deserving the same; the said Sum of two hundred pounds w r as laid out in the purchase of the Sum of Three hundred and fifty pounds stock in the three per centum consolidated Bank Annuities and is now standing in the names of Starling Day, Junior deceased, John Hammond Cole, Charles John Chapman and James Goodwin. 274 ST. GILES'S. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St Giles a gift of two hundred pounds bank Stock bequeathed by John Moy late of the said City of Norwich, Merchant the interest whereof is laid out i n Coals purchased by the Aldermen of the Ward in whom the gift is vested and to be distributed by and at the discretion of the Church¬ wardens of the said Parish, And is now increased to three hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings and stands in the names of William Burt and Robert Hawkes Esqrs. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St. Giles a gift of Two hundred pounds bequeathed by Reuben Deave late of the City of Norwich Gentleman the interest whereof is to be expended annually by the Churchwardens and four principal inhabitants of the said parish in the purchase of Coats and Gowns to be distributed by them in the month of December in every Year to such of the poor Inhabitants of the said parish as they should think proper—the said sum of two hundred pounds was invested in the purchase of the sum of two hundred pounds Stock in the five per centum consolidated bank annuities which is now standing in the names of John Hammond Cole, Thomas Starling Day and James Hales. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St. Giles a gift of one thousand pounds stock in the three per cent reduced annuities bequeathed by Stephen Martin late of Brentwood in the County of Essex Gentleman unto the Minister and Churchwardens of the said parish of St. Giles and their successors for ever, upon trust to pay lay out apply or expend yearly for ever, the whole Interest, Dividends and produce thereof to or for the use or benefit of the poor of the said parish in such shares, proportions manner and form as they the said Minister and Churchwardens should from time to time think most proper and which said Sum of One thousand pounds Stock is now vested in the names of the Revd. C. F. Millard James Goodwin and Philip Millard. A True and perfect note or account of all and singular the goods, books, utensils and things belonging to the parish Church of Saint Giles in the City and Diocese of Norwich. First —One Psalmody Organ. ozs. Also —Two silver flagons 51 double gilt weighing 49 diots. Inscribed Also —Two Chalices with Co- 22 5 vers double gilt weighing 21 3 Also —One waiter for bread double gilt weighing 21 1 Poculum benedictionis cui benedicimus Nonne Communicatio sangui¬ nis Christi est. Calix Laicis non est Denegandus. Panis quam frangimus nonne communioatio Corporis Christi est. TERRIER , 1827. 275 'Robertus Snell, geuero- sus liaec vasa deaurata ex abundanti suit Also —One bason for Alms double gilt weighing 31 18 - Inscribed >/ omnia fierent decenter —on its verge—Beatum est dare, potius quam 'accipere. generositate ecclesiaeSti iEgidii A.D.C. 17.18, ut Total 198 9 Also —One brass branch with sixteen sockets. Also —One Carpet for the Communion table of scarlet cloth. Also —A Kidderminster Carpet for the floor. Also —A suit of black cloth for the pulpit reading desk and com¬ munion table. Also —Three cushions to lay at the Altar. Also —One cover for the desk of scarlet cloth. Also —One cover for the pulpit of scarlet cloth. Also —One scarlet cloth cushion for the pulpit. Also —One fine linen cloth and two napkins for the Communion table. Also —Two large Surplices of Holland. Also —One silk Hood. Also —Two Common Prayer books. Also —One large bible of the last Translation. Also —One book of Homilies. Also —One book of Forms. Also —Twelve register books beginning in 1538 and continued up to the present time. Also —Three pewter basons for collection at the Church doors. Also —Two large Chests of Wood and one of iron. Also —One Umbrella for the minister and parish. Also —Twenty seven buckets for the use of the Church. Also —One parish clock and the bell whereon it strikes weighing about two hundred weight. Also— eight bells with their frames the treble weighing upwards of three hundred and three quarters, the second upwards of four hundred, the third four hundred and two quarters, the fourth about six hundred, the fifth about seven hundred and three quarters, the sixth about nine hundred, the seventh about eleven hundred, and the tenor about fourteen hundred as near as can be computed. In Testimony of the truth of the before mentioned particulars and of every of them, the Minister, Churchwardens, and principal inhabitants of the said parish of Saint Giles have set their hands 276 ST. GILES’S. this eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. C. F. MILLARD; Minister , JAs. GOODWIN JAMES BENNETT WILLIAM CAPON. SAMl. CLAYTON. JAMES HALES. WILLIAM BURT. THOMAS MACKE. WILLIAM HUBBARD. CHRISr. WRIGHT. JOHN DRAKE. JOHN CROSS. PAGE NICOL SCOTT. WILLIAM SAUL. JOHN SHENFIELD. Churchwardens. 1879. A True Terrier or note of all the Lands, Messuages, Tenements, and other rights and gifts belonging to the Vicarage and parish Church of Saint Giles in the City of Norwich as it was exhibited this first day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine in the Ordinary Visitation of the Right Honourable and Reverend Father in God John Thomas Lord Bishop of Norwich. A True and perfect account of what belongs to the Minister. An Estate purchased with money received from the Governors of Queen Anne’s bounty, situate and being in the parish of Worstead in the County of Norfolk consisting of pieces or parcels of land Numbered 220, 222, 346, 219 and 129 on the tithe map of the said parish of Worstead and containing together Five acres one rood and thirty six perches or thereabouts. Also two acres of Freehold land at Rockland Saint Andrew and Rockland All Saints in the County of Norfolk and numbered 323a on the tithe map of the said parish of Rockland All Saints with Saint Andrew. Also there is belonging to the Living of Saint Giles the sum of One thousand seven hundred and four jiounds thirteen shillings and eight pence Stock invested at three per centum in the names of the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty being the amount of stock pur- TERRIER, 1879. 277 chased with the money realized by sale of an Estate at Brooke in the County of Norfolk. A True and perfect note of all the Houses lands &c belonging to the parish Church of Saint Giles aforesaid, the rents whereof are yearly received by the Churchwardens and by them expended about the repairs and ornaments of it and all other necessary charges belong¬ ing to that Office (that is to say) First —One piece of land containing one acre two roods and thirty nine perches or thereabouts, called the parish acre lying in Heigliam next Norwich without Saint Giles Gates and on the tithe map of the said parish of Heigliam numbered 397, 398, 400, and 401 formerly under lease to William Saul at the yearly rent of five pounds and since assigned with the buildings and villas thereon to Wright Rackham and James Wilkin Lacey. Also five Tenements Dwelling houses and Shops in the said parish of Saint Giles being the greater part of the premises demised by Lease for five hundred years to Mr. William Foster on the fourteenth day of September One thousand seven hundred and twenty six at the yearly rent of six pounds and which premises have been recovered by the parish, abutting on the West upon the Estate of Josiah N. Bacon on the East on the Lane formerly called the Pit Lane and now known as Rigby’s Court, on the South upon the Street called Bethel Street and on the North upon the Street leading from the Church to the Market place commonly called the Broad Street and now in the occupations of Robert Spurgeon, Elizabeth Hewitt, Thomas William Kett, John Brookes Bridgman and Michael Beverley, at yearly rents amounting together to seventy seven pounds, four shillings and an apportioned ground rent of One pound and three shillings remains upon the Dwelling house late in the occupation of Richard Atkins and now of Maria Church. Also three Tenements, Dwelling houses or shops with two Cottages at the back thereof in said parish of Saint Giles abutting on the West upon the Estate formerly of Mr. John Baleston, on the North upon an Estate of Benjamin Stimpson on the East upon estates of Carpenter’s Trustees and on the South between the Church and the Gateway and which are now in the several occupations of George Berry, Junior, George J- Berry, Senior, James May and James Mann, and their undertenants, and which were demised by Lease for five hundred years to Thomas Andrews on the twenty eighth day of June One thousand seven hundred and twenty seven at the yearly rent of three pounds. An Account of the houses, grounds, gifts and Legacies belonging to Saint Giles parish. 278 ST. GILES’S. There are two, lately three Tenements in the said parish of Saint Giles abutting upon the West on the Estate of upon the North on the estate of the said Benjamin Stimpsou on the East upon the parish Estate leased to the said Thomas Andrews and on the South upon the Street between the Church and Gateway and now in the occupations of Frederick Tuck and Rebecca Sayer, which were given by the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Baleston, and were afterwards demised by Lease for five hundred years to Stephen Culyer, but have since been recovered by the parish, and the rents are now received by trustees appointed by the Charity Commissioners. Also there is belonging to the said parish of Saint Giles a gift bequeathed by Adrian Payne, Gentleman, Citizen, and sometime Sheriff and Alderman of the City of Norwich being the sum of Six pounds a year formerly chargeable upon an Estate in Hanworth but now upon an Estate in the said parish of Saint Giles now or late belonging to and in the occupation of George Warren Watts Firth or his Trustees, for Clothing poor men and women of the said parish with gowns every year so far as the above said sum will extend for which end there are Trustees elected and appointed by the parishioners to see the Charity duly performed according to the last Will and Testament of the Donor. Also two Almshouses formerly in the parish of St. Gregory be¬ queathed by Alderman Thomas Pye for poor people belonging to the parish of Saint Giles to be put in by the three Senior justices of the Corporation, but these Almshouses have since been exchanged for two situated in West Pottergate Street, Norwich. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St. Giles a gift by Mrs. Mary Goodwin, Widow, formerly of the City of Norwich, being the sum of thirty shillings a year for ever payable out of an Estate formerly of James Hales Esquire, and now of Mr. Thomas Joseph Mackley, many years since called the Black Swan Estate in the said parish to be disposed of in bread to the poor of the said parish by the Churchwardens on every New Year’s day for which end there are Trustees appointed by the parishioners to see this Charity duly performed according to the Will of the Donor. Also there is belonging to the said parish of St. Giles a gift bequeathed by James Elmy, formerly of the City of Norwich, Gentleman, being the sum of Two hundred pounds the interest whereof to be laid out in the purchase of Coals to be disposed of amongst such of the poor inhabitants of the said parish of St. Giles for the time being as the Trustees appointed and for the time being to be appointed shall think most in want and deserving the same, the said sum of two hundred pounds was laid out in the purchase of TERRIER , 1879. 279 three hundred and fifty pounds Stock in the three per centum consolidated Bank Annuities and is now standing in the name of Sims Reeve sole Trustee (New Trustees have been nominated but have not yet been appointed with the consent of the Charity Com¬ missioners. F. N. T. J. M.) Also there is belonging to the said parish of Saint Giles a gift of Two hundred pounds Bank Stock bequeathed by John Moy formerly of the City of Norwich Merchant the interest whereof is laid out in Coals purchased by the Alderman of the Ward in whom the gift is vested and to be distributed by and at the discretion of the Church¬ wardens of the said parish and is now increased to Three hundred and twelve pounds and ten shillings and stands in the names of Charles Burton Davenoy and William Kenceley Bridgman (New Trustees have been nominated, but have not yet been appointed with the consent of the Charity Commissioners. F. N. T. J. M.) Also there is belonging to the said parish of Saint Giles a gift of Two hundred pounds bequeathed by Reuben Deave formerly of the City of Norwich Gentleman, the interest whereof is to be expended annually by the Churchwardens and four principal inhabitants of the said parish in the purchase of Coats and Gowns to be distributed by them in the month of December in every year to such of the poor inhabitants of the said parish as they should think proper, the said sum of two hundred pounds was invested in the purchase of the sum of two hundred pounds Stock in the five per centum con¬ solidated bank annuities which is now standing in the names of Sims Reeve, Charles Evans Muriel, Haynes Sparrow Robinson, John Brooks Bridgman and Thomas Joseph Mackley. Also there is belonging to the said parish of Saint Giles a gift of One thousand pounds Stock in the three per cent reduced annuities bequeathed by Stephen Martin formerly of Brentwood in the County of Essex Gentleman unto the Minister and Churchwardens of tho said parish of Saint Giles and their successors for ever upon trust to pay lay out apply or expend yearly for ever tho whole Interest Dividends and produce thereof to or for the use or benefit of tho poor of the said parish in such shares proportions manner and form as they the said Minister and Churchwardens should from time to timo think most proper and which said sum of One thousand pounds Stock is now invested in the names of the Reverend Richard Sedg¬ wick and William Kenceley Bridgman (New Trustees liavo been nominated but have not yet been appointed with the consent of tho Charity Commissioners. F. N. T. J. M.) A true and perfect note or account of all and singular the goods, books, utensils and things belonging to tho parish Church of Saint Giles in the City and Diocese of Norwich. R 280 ST. GILES'S. First —A three manucl C Organ. ozs. diots. Also —Two silver flagons 51 (>| double gilt weighing 49 10 J Also —Two Chalices with Co- 22 5") vers double gilt weighing 21 3 J Also —One waiter for bread ] double gilt weighing 21 1J Also —One bason for Alms ^ double gilt weighing 31 18 J 198 9 / Poculum beuedictionis -r , cuibeneclicimusNonne Inscribed 1 _ . . Commumcatio sangui- liiis Chi'isti est. Calix Laiois non est Denegandus. I Panis quam frangimus J nonne communicatio ( Corporis Christi est. Robertus Snell, genero- sus ha;c vasa deaurata ex abundanti sua generositate ecclesiffiSti •< iEgidiiA.D.C. 1738, ut omnia fierent deoenter —on its verge—Beatum est dare, potius quam Vaccipere. Also —Gas Standards and Brackets as fixed in Church and Vestry. Also —One Crimson Velvet Cover for the Communion Table. Also —One fine damask table cloth and Napkin for Communion Table. Also —One Common prayer book. Also —One large Bible of the last Translation. Also —One book of Homilies. Also —Thirteen Register books, beginning in 1358 and continued up to the present time. Also —Two Brass basons for Collections. Also —Two small iron Chests. Also —One parish Clock, and the Bell whereon it strikes weighing about two hundred weight. J Iso —Eight bells with their frames the treble weighing upwards of three hundred and three quarters, the second upwards of four hundred, the third four hundred weight and two quarters, the fourth about six hundred, the fifth about seven hundred and three quarters, the sixth about nine hundred, the seventh about eleven hundred, and the tenor about fifteen hundred and two quarters (substituted for the old cracked tenor about fourteen hundred) as near as can be computed. In Testimony of the truth of the before mentioned particulars and of every of them, the Minister, Churchwardens and principal inhabi¬ tants of the said parish of Saint Giles have set their hands this TERRIER, 1879 . 281 twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine. WILLIAM NOTTIDGE RIPLEY, Vicar. FREDERICK NASH ) THOMAS JOSEPH MACKLEY f Chur hardens. PETER EADE. FREDERIC BATEMAN, M.D. ALFRED MASTER, F.R.C.S. WILLIAM COOKE. JOSEPH JULER. HENRY MASE. WILLIAM RAYNER SUTTON. [Other intermediate Terriers exist, hut they are not given, because involving too much repetition.] CHATTER XIY. NOTES FROM, AND ON, THE PARISH REGISTERS. The Parish Registers'* are contained in an iron safe, and are very complete, as well as in excellent preservation. They consist of thirteen volumes; namely, one of combined christenings, marriages, and burials; three of burials only; three of baptisms; and five of marriages; with one of Banns of Marriage only. There is also a small unbound book whose contents have been copied into the first bound volume. This safe also contains a copy in black-letter (in excellent preservation) of the Book of Ilomilies, published in 1623, with this inscription on the first page. 1 March This booke of Homilies was bought by John Ansell and Henry Church, thee Churchwardens of Saint Giles in Norwich Anno Dni 1623. The Unbound Book contains all entries of Christnings, Maryages, and Burialls, recorded from 1538 to 1600. * “ The first use of Church Registers began in the 30th year of ye reign of Hen; 8th, An: Dom: 1539. In which year it was ordained by Cromwell, the King’s Vicar-General, that in all Churches a Register should be kept of every Wedding, Christening, and Burial, within the same parish for ever.— Vide ‘Baker's Chron: ’ in ye reign of Henry 8th.” (Quoted from a paper by Mr. H. Daveney, in the “ East Anglian,” vol. i, page 144.) PARISH REGISTERS. 283 At the top of its first page is the following: THE REGESTER BOOKE OF All such Marriagis Cliristnings and Bury alls as liathe hapned in the parishe of Saint Geyles at the gates within the cittie of Norwich since Saint Geyles. the viij. day of November in the xxx. yeare of the 153S. reigne of our Sovereigne King Henrye the viij. and in the yeare of our Lord God, according to the course and computation of the Church of Englande. Gathered into this fourme out of divers confused bookes, and written for a ppetual memory to posterities by me John Lowe myinster of the sayd parrysh 1590. At the end of this early manuscript hook are five licenses, of varying length, to eat meat on prohibited days, &c., and dated 1609, 1607, 1588, 1600, and 1601. Of these, the longest, of date 1588, signed by John Lowe, Cllcum, and allowed by Edward Clere, Knight, is here given. It is granted to Mr. Hubert Johnson. A trew copy of a Licence granted by me John Lowe minister of St. Geyles, to Mr. Robert Johnson of the same pish gent, regestred according to the statute in that cause provided, the xx :i daye of Ffcbruar. Anno dni 1588°. TO ALL Christian people to whom this presents shall come John Lowe the Curate of the parish of St. Geyles sendetli greeting in our lord God Everlasting, forasmuch as Roht. Jolmsonn of the same pish aforsayd gent, hath by the space xvi yeres or more now last past bene dangerouslye visited with an Infirmytie of the Lunge & other inward sicknesses, with the wch the sayd Robert still con- tiueweth greatly grieved, as unto me the sayd John lowe is very well knowne, for the better curying of the sayd Infirmyties, & recovering of his former helth, yt it may so please god, it is thought good & necessarye unto the lerned in the art of Phisique, amonge other obsernacons, that the sayd Robert should abstayne from eating of fish as tliinge rather procuryng increasing & continewing the sayd Infirmyties : then the aswaging myttigating or curying of the same. Knowe ye therefore that I the sayd John Lowe, in con- 2S4 ST. GILES'S. sideracon of the pmissss, & according to the statute of the fifth yeare of the Queues maty reigne that now is, in that caase made & pvided have licensed and by this presents (as much as me lyeth) doe licence, the sayd Robert Johnson from & after the date hereof, to eate upon any daye appoynted by the lawes of this realme to be observed as fish daj^es, or fasting dayes, all such kinde of fflesli and in as ample manner and condicon as in the sayd statute is conteyned. This present Licence not to continew any longer then during the con- tinewence of the sayd Infirmityes or sickness, In witnesse whereof I the sayd John Lowe have hereunto subscribed my name the xij of ffebruarye in the xxxi* yeare of the reign of our sovereigne Ladye Elizabeth, by the grace of god quene of England ffrance & Ireland defendresse of the faythe & Anno dni. 1588. Per me JOHEM LOWE Glecum Perused & alowed to have continewancfe according to the order perscribed by the lawes of this relnie of England, and the late proclemacon in the monith of ffebruarye 1588. by EDWARD CLERE knight. Also this, which immediately follows the above :—- MARYE The wife of Wm. Tompson the elder hath the like licence dated this xxvi day of ffebruarye in the xliij yere of the Reigne of our Souvereigne (& Anno Dni 1600) for and during an In- firmytie in her bodye & other inward sicknesses.* In a short note it is stated that John Bales and Andrew Browne were Churchwardens in 1552. The others, which are similar, are granted to Ann Sendall in 1601; to John Dange (for goute in his feete, &c.), in 1607 ; to Mr. Richard Hembling in 1609. A similar license to eat flesh on fish or fast days is recorded in 1676, as granted by lien: Drury, Rector, to John Hobart, of the parish of St. Gryles, and his daughter, Barbara, on account of sickness. The first volume of the Registers contains entries of the “ Christnings, Manages, and Burvalls,” from 1538 to 1756. William Tompson was Churchwarden this year. COPY OF FIEST PAGE OF EARLIEST REGISTER ROOK OF ST. GILES'S PARISH. PARISH REGISTERS. 287 Ou its first page is tlxe dedication, given herewith. As will he seen, there is at the top a sketch of the Royal arms, the supporters being a lion and a griffin, and on each side of it a capital E and R. Below this is the following inscription, the initial I being a large and highly elaborated letter. tfye ipevc of our Lorde God one tliousande ffive hundred ninefcie and nine, and in the one and fortie yere of our sovereigne Ladie Quene Elizabetlio This boke was made. In which is contained and registred all ye Cliristnings Mariagis and Burialls which hath liapned in the Parish of Saint Giles at th? Gates within the cittie of Norwich since the eight day of November in the thirtie nine of King Henrye the eight of famous memory, and in the yere of our Lord God one tliousande ffive lmudreth thirtie and eight written by me John Lowe Clarke, the minister of the same pish as followetli. William Thompson the elder and Bartholomew Reade of the same parish being this same yere Churchwardens there. Per me Joheji Lowe, Olerieu. The contents of the small unbound hook (1538 to 1G00) have been copied into this volume. In it all the pages of entries of Christenings, Marriages, and Burials, from the commencement until the year 1623 or 1624, are signed at foot by John Lowe, Clarke or Clericum. After this date many of the pages are signed by the minister, but by no means all of them. The following names, at the dates given, are found signed to some of the pages. The designation appended is usually Curate, Minister, or Clericus. But Henry Drury, 1641 to 1650, styles himself Rector. CHRISTENINGS. John Lowe Rich. Gamon ... Hen. Drury ... 1538 to 1623 1625 „ 1635 1648 „ 1652 28S ST. GILES'S. Thomas Bloom, Minister ... 1668 Johannes Shaw ... 1684 Isaak Girling, Curate .. 1691 to 1696 John Ilowth, or Harris (?), Curate ... 1708 „ 1713 John Paul, Curate and Minister ... ... 1714 „ 1723 Jam. Heath for John Gardner ... 1743 „ 1745 John Gardner, Minister ... 1748 „ 1749 T. Money, vice J. Gardner, LL.D. ... 1750 „ 1756 MARRIAGES. John Lowe ... 1538 to 1618 Richd. Gamon ... 1627 „ 1634 Thomas Bloom ... 1664 „ 1678 John Shaw, Cleric. ... 1678 „ 1686 Isaak Girling, Curate 1687 „ 1693 John Habott (F), Curate ... 1707 „ 1711 John Paul, Minister ... 1717 „ 1721 Jam. Heath, vice John Gardner ... ... 1742 & 1743 John Gardner, Curate ... 1746 to 1749 Thos. Money, vice John Gardner ... ... 1749 „ 1753 BURIALS. John Lowe ... 1538 to 1625 Rich. Gamon ... ... 1626 „ 1634 Henry Drury, Rector ... 1641 „ 1650 Thomas Bloom, Minister ... 1664 „ 1674 John Shaw, Cleric. ... 1681 „ 1686 John Paul, Minister ... 1718 „ 1721 James Heath for Jno. Gardner ... 1742 „ 1746 John Gardner, Curate ... ... 1746 ., 1747 T. Money, vice Jno. Gardner ... 1750 „ 1756 The number of entries in this first volume must amount to several thousands. It contains 116 pages of Christnings (sic) and Baptisms, 56 pages of Marriages, and 80 pages of Burials, many of these latter being written in double PARISII REGISTERS. 289 columns. A large portion of the entries occupy only one line each, and many are very closely written. In the earlier years, under each of the three headings, often only one or two entries are made in each year, and in only a few are they at all numerous. Later on, the difference in the number of entries in various years is very remarkable, being in some very few, but in others so large that it is almost certain the parish church and churchyard must have been utilized for others than residents in the parish. This is especially the case with the burials. CHRISTENINGS OR BAPTISMS. Volume I .—The first page of entries of Christnings (which word is so spelt) has no special heading. There is but one entry for 1538, and it is this :— “ Peter the Sonne of John Geyles was baptized the seconde of November anno pdicto.” In 1539 is the following: — “Mary the daughter of John Giles was baptized the xvij of September Anno Dni 1539.” Up to the year 1744, nearly all the pages are headed with the word “ Christnings,” after this date the word “ Bap¬ tisms ” is employed. In addition to the signature of John Lowe at the foot of the first pages of Christenings (in vol. i.), others are occasion¬ ally added. Thus at the foot of the first pages—1538 to 1598—are the names, Bartolmew Reade and William Tompson, who were Churchwardens. At the foot of the pages for the years 1599 to 1620, is that of Thomas Pigotye. At the end of the years 1620 and 1621, are those of John Smyth and Thomas Ilebber. After this date, there is no countersignature to that of the Minister, except in the years 1631-3, when Thomas Pigotye and William Tompson also countersign. Note. — Down to 1750 or 1751, the year for entries is made to terminate in March. After this date, it is made to end in December. ST. GILES'S. •290 The number of entries of Christenings for the first few years after 1538 varies from one to seven. In 1579 there are ten. In 1590, eleven. After 1600 the number appears to increase, occasionally rising to eighteen or more, as in 1621 and 1627, when twenty-three and twenty-four, respectively, were registered. After this date the average annual number for many years was fourteen to twenty-five; rarely as few as ten. In 1656 thirty-four christenings are entered. In 1667, thirty-six. In 1696, thirty-nine. In 1704, forty. In 1719 there were forty-five entries. In 1720, thirty-two. In 1721, forty. In 1730, fifty-three children were registered. No influence appears to have been exerted upon the number of christenings by the pestilential years. Neither does there appear to be any diminution of their number during the years of the Commonwealth; nor is there any difference in the mode of entry. The following marginal note is appended to an ordinary entry on July 20th, 1656 :— “ This same day was the greate tempest of hayle and thunder.” At this early period, each entry usually consists of one line, and, as a rule, gives the very smallest amount of information. The date of the year is usually given at its beginning, and then follows the various lines of entry, as thus:—- “ Anno Dni 1571 “ Margaret, the daughter of Bartholomew Reade was baptized the xij December Anno predicto.” Or again:— “ 1645 “ George ye sonne of John Gedney September ye 8th.” Towards the end of this volume (ending 1756) both the Father’s and the Mother’s name is generally given, and often, also, the date of birth, as thus John son of Thomas Money Clerk & Margaret his Wife was born December 8th & baptized December 11th. [Mr. Money was Minister of the parish at this date.] In other entries the occupation of the father is not given. This register concludes the christenings in this Volume. REGISTERS OF BAPTISMS. 291 Volume 2 embraces tbe years 1757'to 1812, when the “Act for the better regulating and preserving Parish and other Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, in England ” came into force. During this period the number of christenings entered annually in the Register varies from twenty to forty. No note is made of the place of abode. Volume 3. A copy of tbe Act of Parliament of 1812 is bound up with this and the following Volume. It commences with the year 1813. In this year thirty-two children are entered as baptized, and the residence of all of them is given as “St. Giles.” In 1814 forty-one are so entered, and only one of these is described as having a residence elsewhere. The place of abode is now in all cases given according to the form under the Act. From 1813 to 1847, a marginal or other note is usually made of the date of Birth, as well as that of Baptism, and it is shown therebj^, that throughout the child was usually baptized within the first week of its life. Occasionally, of course, the baptism of an older child or person is registered. In the eight years 1813 to 1820, 279 Baptisms are regis¬ tered, giving an average of nearly thirty-five annually. In the ten years, 1821 to 1830, 544 are registered, giving an annual average of fifty-four. Of 233 baptisms registered in the four years 1827 to 1830, all but nineteen are described as of “ this parish.” In the ten years, 1841 to 1850, 220 only are so registered, giving an annual average of twenty-two. Volume 4. In the ten years, 1861 to 1870, 296 baptisms are registered, being an annual average of about twenty-nine and a half. The Names of the Parish Ministers who have signed the Registers of Baptisms after 1756, namely, in Volumes 2, 3, and 4, are :— Volume 2. Thomas Money, Curate to Dr. John Gardiner 1761 to 1770 Thomas Beckwith, Curate and Minister ... 1771 ,, 1781 Henry Harington, Curate to Dr. Smyth ... 1783 ,, 1785 ST. GILES'S. 292 J. G. Smyth, Curate to Dr. Smyth ... 1785 to 1786 Michael Browne, Minister ... 1786 „ 1810 C. J. Chapman, Curate ... ... 1810 „ 1825 C. F. Millard, Minister ... ... 1811 „ 1849 Thomas Methold, junr., Curate ... 1826 Robert J. C. Alderson, Curate ... 1826 „ 1831 W. Darby, Curate ... 1834 „ 1835 Charles Chapman, Curate ... 1835 „ 1845 Seth William Stevenson, Curate ... ... 1846 „ 1849 Ditto, Minister ... 1849 „ 1850 E. W. Whately, Officiating Minister ... 1850 „ 1851 James Murray, Perpetual Curate ... 1851 „ 1854 Volume 3. Richard Sedgwick ... 1854 to 1858 W. N. Ripley ... 1859 „ 1885 Edmund Hall ... 1859 „ 1867 Andrew Turner ... 1867 „ 1868 Joshua Brownjolm, Curate ... 1868 „ 1871 C. Julius ... 1871 „ 1873 W. S. Rainsford, Curate ... 1874 „ 1875 Edward A. Stuart, Curate ... 1876 „ 1879 T. W. Thomas, Curate ... ... 1880 „ 1885 S. A. Boyd, Yicar ... 1886 Besides these, the following unattached Ministers have signed their names as officiating at Baptisms in St. Giles’s Church, 1813 to 1886. Thomas Deeker ... ... ... ... 1815 Lawce. Gibbs ... .. ... ... 1815 P. Whittingham ... ... ... ... 1817 H. Spencer ... ... ... ... ... 1821 W. Drake . .1822 B. Cook ... ... ... ... ... 1822 Samuel Tayleure ... ... ... ... 1822 George Carter ... ... ... .. 1824 J. W. Groome, Rector of Earlstow, Suffolk ... 1825 PARISH REGISTERS. 293 Charles N. Wodehouse ... ... ... 1825 Henry Roskin ... ... ... ... 1825 George Carter ... ... ... ... 1826 R. T. Elwin ... ... ... ... ... 1826 W. B. Batcheler ... ... ... ... 1826 S. R. Capel ... ... ... ... ... 1827 Edwd. Millard ... ... ... ... 1827 Edwd. Cole ... ... ... ... ... 1827 Thos. C. Colls ... ... ... ... 1828 B, Chapman ... ... ... ... ... 1829 Jas. Goodwin ... ... ... ... 1829 R. R. Bailey ... ... ... ... ... 1830 C. N. Cutler... ... ... ... ... 1830 Edm. Kerrisou ... ... ... ... 1830 Thos. Greene ... ... ... ... 1830 Charles Chapman ... ... ... ... 1831 Thos. Frank ... ... ... ... .. 1832 E. S. Dixon ... ... ... ... ... 1833 Ed. Wilson ... ... ... ... ... 1834 Edwd. Hibgame ... ... ... ... 1837 T. J. Batcheler ... ... ... 1838 Wm. Goodwin ... ... ... ... 1838 G. W. Smith ... ... ... ... 1838 R. B. Slipper ... ... ... ... 1840 Wm. Ray Clayton ... ... ... ... 1840 J. Grisdale ... ... ... ... ... 1840 A. Bath Power ... ... ... ... 1842 Richard Conington ... ... ... ... 1842 Kirby Trimmer ... ... ... ... 1844 John Deacon ... ... ... ... 1845 Herbert Trimmer ... ... ... ... 1845 T. J. Ormerod ... ... ... ... 1846 Richd. II. Gwyn ... ... ... ... 1847 Chas. Turner ... ... ... ... 1849 Alexander Power ... ... ... ... 1849 Edward Stocks ... ... ... ... 1850 W. S. Nore ... ... ... ... ... 1850 294 ST. GILES'S. B. Pliilpot, Hector of Great Cressingham ... ... 1850 Sidney J. T. Allen ... 1850 Matthew Booth ... 1851 E. W. A. Gathercole ... ... 1852 Edwd. C. Alston ... 1852 T. P. Thirkill, Yicar of Kinsaleheg ... 1852 W. R. Sharpe, P. 0. of St. Gregory’s ... 1852 A. A. Barker ... 1853 John Buck ... ... 1854 Richard Rigg ... 1854 P. U. Browne, Rector of St. Lawrence ... 1855 Thomas Graves ... 1856 Chas. Morse ... ... 1856 Chas. Caldwell ... 1856 James Marryat ... 1857 Henry Spencer, Curate ... 1858 J. C. F. Vincent, LL.D. ... 1858 Samuel Titlow ... 1858 Wm. H. Cooke ... 1858 Richard Hart ... 1858 J. L. Brown ... ... 1859 John How ... 1859 T. Cunningham, H. C. ... 1859 R. H. Eustace ... 1861 Henry Hetherington, Curate of Heigham ... ... 1863 J. AVortley ... ... 1865 F. S. Clark ... . ... 1866 John S. Owen ... 1868 W. A. Slipper ... 1868 Tlios. A. Nash ... 1868 James Dombrain ... 1869 C. L. Rudd ... ... 1872 C. B. Ratclilfe ... 1874 J. Callis . ... 1876 M. N. AValde . ... 1880 AV. Whitelegge, Rector of Syderstone .. 1881 J. G. Poole ... ... 1883 J. L. Le Pelley . ... 1883 REGISTERS OF MARRIAGES. 295 MARRIAGES. Volume 1.—The first page has this superscription :— These bee the names of all such persons as were solemnised together into the holy state of Marryage within the parish Church of Saint Giles aforesayde, according to the lawes of the Church of Englande in that case provided. Since the twentie daye of Novem¬ ber in the yere of our Lord God 1540, as followeth. MARIAGIS. In the earlier periods, the number of marriages registered is comparatively small; in many years not exceeding- one, two, or three in each year, thus :— There is only one entry of marriage in 1540 ; five in 1541 ; two in 1542; one in 1543; and after this, for many years, the number of entries varies from one to ten or twelve. All the earlier pages are signed at foot by John Lowe ; and, up to the year 1598 these are countersigned by Bartholomew Reade, and by William Thompson (Churchwardens). Two or three other pages are also signed at foot by Thomson Pigotye (Churchwarden). Occasionally no marriage was celebrated, when a note is sometimes made, as in the following:— Aimo Dni 1014 and 1015, Manages non. In several years immediately preceding 1640, a good average of marriages was solemnized (4—14); but after 1640 there is no entry until the year 1646, when there is one entry namely this :— Thomas Smyth and Elizabeth White were married by lysense the third of November 1046. After this again, there was no marriage until 1650, when two were registered; and one in 1651. After this (date 1653) are the following entries:— These are to certifye all those whom it may concern, that William Taylor of the prish of St. Giles within the citye of Norwich aforesd was chosen by the parishioners of the said prish to keep 296 ST. GILES'S. their Register of all marriages, births, and burialls according to an Act of Parliamt bearing date the ffoure and twentieth day of August last past, the said Willm. Taylor was sworne, & is appred of by me Edmond Borman Esquire one of the Justices of the peace for the City of Norwich and County of the same ffor the due execution of the sd office according to the said Act given under my hand this 4 day of January 1653. EDM: BORMAN. I the aforesaid Willm Taylor certify yt publication of contract of marriage between Willm Curtis of Roalsby in Norffk Singleman & Anne Barowage of Havergate in the sd County of Norffk Single¬ woman have been made at the markett crosse three sevall markett dayes within the Citye of Norwich according to the act of Parliamt & there have been noo objections to the contrary, By me WILLIAM TAYLOR. Willm Curtis of Roalsby in Norffk Singleman & Anne Barowage of Havergatte in the sd County Singlewoman were married the 2nd day of February 1658 by Edmond Borman Esquire one of the Justises of ye peace for the County of Norff in the presence of Edward Barowage, Robt. Peirse, & Rose Peirse witnesses according to the Act of Parliamt. EDM: BORMAN. {Note .—It would appear that the date given above, 1653, is a mistake for 1654, as the new Marriage Act is afterwards repeatedly referred to as passed on the 24th August, 1653). After this date, and until the year 1658, several pages of such registers of marriage are found in the Marriage Register book, some with and some without the notice of publication of Banns. A large proportion of them are signed (as married by) Edmond Borman; but to other entries the names of other Justices of the Peace are signed, viz.:—- GABRIEL BARBOR. BARNARD CHURCII. I-IENRY WATTS. THOMAS TOETE. ADRYAN PARMENTER. THOMAS BARET. JOHN GATTEN. REGISTER OF MARRIAGES. 297 Where the publication of the contract of marriage is recorded, the notice of such having been made, is signed by William Taylor, either simply as such, or as thus:— Published by me William Taylor (or Tailor) Register of St. Giles pish. 1654, 1655, 1656, and 1657, are the years in which these marriages before the Justice took place. During that time 51 entries are made either of the publication of the Banns, and of the subsequent marriage; or of either of the Banns only, or of the Marriage record only. Of these 51 entries, fourteen are in 1654; seventeen in 1655; twelve in 1656; and eight in 1657. Forty-one of them are signed by the marrying Justice of the Peace, some of them are imperfectly filled up, or not signed at all. The alteration of the marriage law at the time of the Commonwealth, whereby all marriages were performed by Justices of the Peace, is well known ; and its working is well illustrated by the above entries. These marriages were declared valid, without any fresh solemnization, by 22 Car: II. c. 33. In 1658 marriages in the Church appear to have been resumed; for three are registered in this year, and one is specially described as having been solemnized “in the parish Church of St. Giles, Jany. the 6th, 1658.” (See Summary of Begister Acts at the end of this chapter.) After this year the number of Church Marriages was about the same as before 1640. In reference to this matter, the following note will be of interest. The miserable distractions of this kingdom caused by an un¬ natural and bloody war between liis Majesty of most blessed memory and liis unhappy Parliament, begun in 1642, in wh: by the strength and policy of the Parliament, his Majesty was ruined and on the 30th of January 1649 murdered by them in the most barbarous manner, was the cause why this and other Registers could not be duly kept, until the restauration of his sou Charles ye Second, in a most merciful and miraculous manner, 1660. Blessed be God unto Eternity.—ALEX: SHIPDHAM, Rector. 29S ST. GILES'S. (Quoted from some extracts from the Blofield or Blowfield Registers* given in a paper by Mr. H. Daveney in the “East Anglian.” Vol. I., page 144.) Following entry No. 334, in Volume 2 (date, October 1, li 86), are the words Duty Paid. In no other years does this annotation appear. In Volumes 2 and 3 (1754 to 1812), 605 marriages are entered as solemnized in the Church. For the same period, 434 entries of the publication of Banns are giveu. In Volume 4 (1813 to 1837), 338 marriages are entered. In Volume 5 (1837 to 1876), 500 marriages are entered. In Volume 6 (1876 to 1886), 86 marriages are entered. Of 86 marriages registered, beginning with the year 1754, 58 are legalized by Banns. Of 86 marriages beginning at the year 1813, 63 are by Banns. Of 86 marriages from 1876 to the present time (1886), 68 are by Banns. I have been unable to trace any essential influence of years of pestilence upon the number of marriages of such years (see Registers of Burials). 1588 and 1589 would seem to be the only ones in which such influence may possibly be per¬ ceptible. In 1577, four marriages were solemnized ; in 1578 (a year of plague according to Blomefield) only two mar¬ riages were registered, whilst in 1579 (in which 79 burials are recorded) fifteen marriages were solemnized—this number being largely in excess of those in any other neighbouring year. In 1583, only one marriage is registered, but then only three were recorded in each of the two following years. In 1603, when no less than 112 burials are registered, the number of marriages was eight, against five in 1602, and six in 1604. In 1666, with 79 burials, fifteen marriages took place, against five in 1665, eighteen in 1667, and ten in 1668. In some of the following or later years the number of marriages which were solemnized in this Church varied very REGISTER OF MARRIAGES. 299 largely. Thus in 1749 there were twelve marriages; in 1750, ten; in 1751, five; in 1752, four; in 1753, two; in 1754, eleven. The names of the Ministers of St. Giles's , found in Volumes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, of the Marriage Registers, and subsequent to 1754, are the following :— Thomas Money, Curate to Dr. Gardner Thomas Beckwith, Curate and Minister John Beevor, Curate to Dr. Smyth J. G. Smyth, D.D., Minister H. Harington, Curate to ditto J. Gr. Smyth, Curate to ditto Michael Browne, Clerk C. J. Chapman, Curate ... C. F. Millard, Minister Charles Chapman, Curate Seth W. Stevenson, Curate & Minister James Murray, Perpetual Curate Bichard Sedgwick, Incumbent Edmund Hall, Curate ... W. N. Ripley, Vicar.. Andrew Turner, Curate Joshua Brownjolin, Curate Churchill Julius, Curate W. S. Rainsford, Curate Edward A. Stuart T. W. Thomas, Curate ... S. A. Boyd, Vicar 1754 to 1770 1770 „ 1781 1781 „ 1783 1782 „ 1785 1783 „ 1785 1785 „ 1786 1786 „ 1810 1806 „ 1811 1811 „ 1848 1840 „ 1845 1845 „ 1850 1851 „ 1854 1854 „ 1859 1859 1859 „ 1885 1867 1868 „ 1870 1871 „ 1873 1873 „ 1875 1877 „ 1879 1880 „ 1885 1886 The names of Rev. John Offle}^ Rev. Peter Hansell, Rev. Robert Parr, Rev. Thomas Deeker, Rev. E. Bellman, Rev. G. Day, Rev. W. R. Clayton, Rev. E. Cole, Rev. James Tooke Hales, Rev. Bell Cooke, Rev. E. \V. Whately, Rev. W. R. Sharpe, are occasionally signed to the entries as officiating Ministers in the room of the Incumbent or Curate. 800 ST. GILES'S. THE REGISTER OF BURIALS, in Volume I., begins after those of Christenings and Marriages. The first page is headed thus : “ These he the Names of all such persons as Died, and were buried in parrish of Saint Giles aforsayde since the xxiijrd daye of November in the yere of our Lord God 1538 : and in the thirtie yere of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord King Henry the Eight of famous Memory.” BURYALLS. The third entry on the first page is the following :— “ Sir Peter hobhs priest was buried the xij of Aprell 1539.”* The Minister’s Signature at foot of the page is counter¬ signed by the two Churchwardens Bartholomew Reade and William Tompson, up to the year 1600, and by Thomas Pig- otye up to the year 1620. As with the other Registers, so the numbers entered under this head (burials) vary remarkably. In 1538 there are two burials; in 1539, five; in 1540, thirteen; in 1541, six; in 1542, five; in 1543, nine. The average number for a great many years is perhaps eight to twelve ; whilst again in others the number rises to fifty, eighty, or a hundred. Sometimes an increase appears to be due to strangers being buried here, but in other years there is a very different explanation to be given of the numerous Burials. The years in which the number was greatest were :— 1579 in which were 79 burials. 1584 55 55 33 55 1603 55 55 112 55 1625 55 55 54 59 1666 59 55 79 55 1681 55 55 42 55 1687 55 55 48 55 1701 55 55 40 59 * He was Minister of St. Giles’s. REGISTER OF BURIALS. 301 and Blomefield states that in several of those periods, and notably in or about 1578-9, 1583, 1602, 1625, 1666, the plague or other pestilence was raging in this City. At a later date, 58 burials were registered in 1768, and 55 in 1784. It is worth noting that in some of these years of great mortality, as many as three, four, or five burials took place on the same day. In 1579, of the total of 79 burials, 1 burial only is recorded for each of the months of April, May, and June, whilst 20 took place in July. 31 ,, ,, August. 15 ,, ,, September. 5 ,, ,, October. 1 onlv ,, November. In 1584, of 33 burials, 23 took place in the months of September and October. In 1603, of 112 burials, 2 are recorded for July. 10 55 ,, August. 36 55 ,, September. 39 55 ,, October. 12 55 ,, November. 1 55 ,, December. and only three from this time to the 25th March. Five burials took place on the 16th day of October. In 1625, of 54 burials, 38 were registered in the months July to November, both inclusive. In 1666, of 79 burials, 1 took place in April. 1 55 55 May. 6 55 55 June. 18 55 55 July. 20 55 55 August. 16 55 55 September. 302 ST. GILES'S. 7 took place in October. 4 ,, ,, November. 1 ,, ,, December. In 1681, the 42 burials appear to have been pretty equally distributed throughout the year. In 1699, 1700, and 1701, all years of a large number of burials, a very notable proportion of the deaths took place in the months of July, August, and September. In 1768, of 58 burials, 5 were registered in October, 12 in November, and 7 in December. In 1784, of 55 burials, 8 took place 10 2 5’ in April. May. J une. July. August. September. It is noticeable throughout this period, as a general rule, that the excessive mortality which we now experience during the first three months of the j r ear, did not then prevail. In several years so large a proportion of those buried is described as “ Child,” that it is almost certain that some severe children’s epidemic was raging at those periods. For example, in 1718, there were 42 burials, and of these 32 were described as “Child.” In 1719 there were 35 burials, and 20 of these were children. In the fifty years preceding the closure of the Churchyard, (1856), the burials often amounted to 50, 60, or 70 yearly. This number was necessarily made up by a large proportion of strangers being buried here; and it further shows how crowded the graveyard must have become, and how necessary was the Act of Parliament forbidding continued City inter¬ ments. In 1856, ordinary burials were discontinued in St. Giles’s Church and Churchyard, the Norwich Cemetery being now opened; but there are entries of four interments subsequent REGISTER OF BURIALS. 303 to this date, namely, one in 1857, one in 1859, one in 1863, and the last in 1867. As is well known, no interment can now be made without a special license. Amongst the entries of burials for 1685 is the following : — “ Will: Sfc. Giles a bastard buried May 1st.” I venture to suggest that this entry may illustrate the old custom with parish officers of naming foundling children, or those who had become chargeable to the public funds through lack of parents or friends, after the name of the parish to which they had so become chargeable, or after the day of the week on which they had been found, or had been christened. No note or reference exists during the latter part of the seventeenth century as to compulsory burial in a woollen shroud ;* nor is there any change in the form or length of the Registers; nor can any separate Register book be found. Among the entries for 1784 is inserted this note :— “ 1784. Deer. 4th. Received for fifty-one burials after deducting paupers, from 1st Oct: */83 to 1st Oct: */84.—G. Wymer.” Again, on September 23rd, 1785, there is a marginal note “Duty paid,” and the like on Septr. 18th 1786. A certain number of the persons buried are described as “ Pauper.” (As is well known, there was at this period, for a short time, a tax upon burials, and the above are evidently receipts for this tax. The burials of paupers were exempt from it. The tax was a very small one,—see Summary of Register Acts at end of this Chapter). * Tho following from the “East Anglian,” Vol. 1, page 144, may be of interest: —“ An Act of Parliament entitled an Act for burying in woolen, inada the 38th yearej of the reign of King Charles ye Second, it is enacted and com¬ manded therein yt. a new register-book shall be provided in every parish, and ye names of such persons as died from ye 1st of August 1C78, be entered therein with all affidavits made yt. ye pty. deceased was buried according to yt. Act, also where no such affidavit shall be brought to ye Minister, it is enacted therein yt. a Memorial thereof be entered likewise against ye name of ye pty entered, and of ye time when ye Minister notified ye same to ye Ch: wardens or overseers of ye poore, and by reason thereof, we do register no more parties deceased in this book.—Charles Reve, Rector (of Blofield).” J Calculating (as was then done) from the death of King Charles the first. 304 ST. GILES'S. The names of nearly all the principal persons recorded as buried in the Church may he found in their proper place in these Register books. It is noticeable that in most cases, during the 17th and 18tli centuries, where the reference can he made, the iuterment is found usually to have taken place about the fourth day after the death; rarely as late as the fifth or sixth day; and in some cases even as early as the second day. Sir Thomas Churchman (1781) was not buried until the seventh day after his decease; but his father, Aid. Thomas Churchman, (1742) was buried on the fifth day. Henry Crossgrove (1744) was buried four days after his death. At the foot of page 20, Volume 3, is this note :— “ Mrs. Mack was buried in a brick grave in ye South porch . . C. F. M.” The entry is of Elizabeth Mack, of this parish, buried October 26th, 1817, aged 67 years; and it is signed by Mr. Millard. At the foot of page 62 of this volume is the following note appended to the burial register of Stephen Christmas Kerr, an Infant, of Heigham, dated April 10th, 1825. “ Mem:—Mr Hampp was buried under Finch’s stone in the centre aile, but no vault or coffin found belonging to this family.” The names of the following Ministers of St. Giles’s appear in Yols. 2, 3, and 4 of the burial Registers. Volume 2. Thomas Money, Curate to Dr. John Gardner Thomas Beckwith, Curate and Minister John Beevor, Curate to Dr. John Smyth Henry Ilarington, Curate to Dr. Smyth J. Gee Smyth, Curate to Dr. Smyth Michael Browne, Minister C. J. Chapman, Curate ... C. F. Millard, Minister ... 1761 to 1770 1772 „ 1781 1783 1783 „ 1785 1785 „ 1786 1787 „ 1810 1810 „ 1811 1811 „ 1812 (Note. From this time begins the registering according to REGISTER OF BURIALS. 305 the new Act of Parliament; and each entry is signed by the officiating Minister, who is often not the Incumbent of the Parish.) Volumes 3 and 4. C. F. Millard, Minister ... ... 1813 to 1849 C. J. Chapman, Curate ... ... 1813 „ 1825 Thomas Methwold, jun., Curate ... ... 1826 „ R. J. C. Alderson, Curate ... 1826 „ 1831 W. Darby, Curate ... 1834 „ 1836 Charles Chapman, Curate ... 1836 „ 1846 Seth William Stevenson, Curate ... ... 1846 „ 1849 Seth William Stevenson, Minister ... 1849 „ 1850 E. W. Whately, Officiating Minister ... 1850 „ 1851 James Murray, Perpetual Curate ... ... 1850 „ 1854 Richard Sedgwick ... 1854 „ 1859 W. N. Ripley (two burials by license) ... 1863 „ 1867 [The following summary of the Acts, &c., relating to parish Registers may not be uninteresting. It is mainly derived from an article in the fortieth volume of the “ Cornhill Magazine ”—which see, as well as “ Burn’s History of Parish Registers in England,” &c., &c. In Mediaaval times entries of marriages and burials were sometimes made in missals and other devotional books ; but the germ of the modern register is to be found in the monastic records of those days. At the suppression of the English Monasteries under Henry the Eighth, Lord Cromwell introduced a scheme for establishing paro¬ chial Registration in England. This proposal created some discontent and the order for such registration was not issued until 1538. This order directed each vicar and curate to keep a register, and to write therein the day and year of every christening, marriage, or burial taking place in his parish. In 1597 the registration injunctions were amended, and the registration now ordered was to embrace past as well as future, reaching hack to the time at which the first directions on this subject had been issued. Such registers as were copied from previous records under the injunction were signed on each page by the Vicar or Curate and Churchwardens in office at the time of transcription. SOG ST. GILES’S. Entries in early cliurcli registers were usually extremely meagre. A name or a pair of names, or date, perhaps a place, was all the information given, though sometimes the entries were a little fuller in the case of persons of distinction. In 1C03, King James the first ratified a Canon enforcing the pro¬ visions of the one passed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. During the civil wars all registration was much neglected; and a growing opinion against the need or lawfulness of infant baptism joined with other causes to make the record of Christenings at this time particularly imperfect. Lay registration was afterwards for a while established. In 1653, the Parliament passed an Act directing that a civil officer should he chosen for every parish. This officer was elected by the inhabitants, and was approved and sworn in by a Justice of the Peace. As soon as he was appointed, the Church registers were handed over to him for safe custody. It was his duty to register births, marriages, and burials. Of marriages he was em¬ powered to receive notices; and he was bound to publish the particulars either “ in the public meeting-place commonly called the Church or Chapel,” after “morning exercise” on three separate “ Lord’s ’Days,” or else “in the Market-place next to the said Church or Chapel ” on three market days between the hours of twelve and two. The ordinance for the appointment of the lay registrars was not observed in all parishes ; while occasionally the incumbents continued to register independently of them. In the case of marriages, the subscription of the Justices of the Peace before whom they took place was required. In other cases, no verifying signature was ordered. At the Restoration, the Clergy again took the Registers under their charge. During the reign of Charles the Second, an Act was passed re¬ quiring that the dead should be buried in woollen only. Compliance with this requirement was often noted in the Registers. Under William the Third, an Act was passed granting his Majesty for five years a duty upon Marriages, Births, and Burials. This varied according to rank and position ; and ranged from half a crown to Fifty Pounds for Marriages; from two shillings to Thirty Pounds for Births ; and from four shillings to Fifty Pounds for Burials. As might have been expected, Births were now often concealed to escape the cost of registration. In 1754, an Act was passed (Lord Hardwicke’s Act) to put a stop to the irregular weddings of the Fleet parsons. Printed Register- books were now to be used, aud to each entry was to be affixed the signature of the officiating clergyman, of the couple married, and of two witnesses to the espousals. REGISTER OF BURIALS. 307 No Marriages from this elate until 1837 were allowed anywhere except iu Church. By 23. George III. C. G7 a stamp duty of threepence was imposed on every entry of burial, marriage, birth or christening, in the register of every parish or place in Great Britain. It was unpopular, and remained in force but a few years. In 1812 Sir George Rose’s Act was passed, which came into force on January 1, 1813, and it is this under which the Church records of baptisms and burials are still kept. As to marriage registers, later legislation has superseded its provisions. In 1836, Lord John Russell passed an Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England, which came into operation on July 1, 1837. One of the chief aims of this Bill was to make regis¬ tration as much as possible a matter of civil business. The marriage laws were also now importantly modified. The law of registration so settled has not since been altered, but the registration of births has been made compulsory; which under the statute of 1836 it was not.] CHAPTER XV. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. MAYORS OF NORWICH, Resident in or closely connected with St. Giles’s Parish. 1420. Richard Spurdaunce. 1424. Robert Baxter. 1429. Robert Baxter. 1433. Richard Spurdaunce. *1479. Tbos. Bokenbam. 1486. The same. *1540. Thomas Grewe. *1503. Richard Davy (uncertain). 1559. Richard Fletcher (Alderman of St. Giles’s Ward). 1597. Thomas Pye. *1678. Jehosaphat Davy (uncertain). *1710. Robert Bene. 1761. Sir Thos. Churchman. 1762. Jenny Harcourt. 1768. John Day. 1774. John L. Watts. 1777. Nathaniel Roe. 1782. Starling Day. 1785. Elias Noi’gate. 1796. William Herring. 1799. John Herring. 1805. Edward Rigby. 1808. Starling Day, jun. 1703. John Freeman, ST. GILES'S MAYORS AND SHERIFFS. 309 1811. John Hammond Cole. 1812. Starling Day. 1815. John H. Yallop. 1819. Nathaniel Boling-broke. 1820. William Burt. 1825. Thos. Starling Day. 1831. John H. Yallop. 1844. Sir W. Foster, Bart, (not resident in St. Giles’s at the time). 1849. Henry Woodcock. 1850. The same. 1855. John G. Johnson. 1861. John Oddin Taylor. 1882. C. R. Gilman (offices in St. Giles’s). 1883. Sir P. Fade, M.D. (then Dr. Fade). SHERIFFS OF NORWICH, Resident in or closely connected with St. Giles’s Parish. 1405. Richard Spurdaunce. 1418. Robert Baxter. 1419. Henry Pekyng. 1433. Robert Landysdale. 1456. Thomas Bokenham. 1485. J. Tyllys. 1527. Thomas Grewe. 1549. Richard Fletcher (Alderman of St. Giles’s Ward). *1571. Edward Pye, *1579. John Pye. *1583. Henry Pye. *1586. Henry Davy. *1611. Simon Davj r . *1614. Thomas Spendlove. *1641. Matthew Lindsey. 1667. Jehosaphat Davy (Alderman). *1654. Joseph Paine. 310 ST. GILES'S. 1670. Adrian Paine. *1673. Hugli Bokenham. *1688. Thomas Postle. *1689. John Yallop. *1691. Robert Bene. 171 4. Joseph Burton. 1737. Nathaniel Roe. 1747. Philip Stannard. 1757. Thomas Churchman. 1760. Jenny Harcourt. 1762. John Day. 1764. Robert Brettingham. 1767. Nathaniel Roe. 1771. John L. Watts. 1775. Starling Da} r . 1781. Elias Norgate. 1782. Thomas Day. 1783. John Day. 1786. William Herring, John Herring. 1789. Starling Day, jnn. 1791. Robert Herring. 1797. John Stoddart, Coachmaker. 1799. John H. Cole. 1803. Edward Rigby. 1806. John H. Yallop. 1812. John Owns worth. 1814. William Burt. 1816. Nathaniel Bolingbroke. 1822. Thomas Starling Day. 1826. John Herring, James Bennett. 1831. William Herring. 1832. Wm. Foster (not then resident in St. Giles’s) 1836. Horatio Bolingbroke. * With regard to those names, in the above lists of Mayors and Sheriffs, which are marked with an *, it has been found impossible to verify the fact of their having been actual residents in St. Giles’s, but their names are all to be found in connection with the parish, either as freeholders or otherwise owners of property, as voters at Elections, or politically, or in some other way. VOTING LISTS. 311 1838. Henry "Woodcock. 1872. Frederic Bateman, M.D. 1870. William Cadge. 1880. Sir Peter Eade, M.D. (tlien Dr. Eade). The following lists may be of interest:—- The POLL for the Freemen’s Sheriff for the City and County of Norwich, for the year ensuing, taken the twenty-ninth of August, 1797. ( The parishes and names of the Voters alphabetically arranged; and carefully copied from the original poll-books.') Candidates. Mr. JOHN STODDART, Coachmaker Mr. JONATHAN DAVEY, Merchant Mr. BARNABAS LEMAN, Grocer James Crowe, Esq :, Mayor and Lieturning Officer. Votes. 759 527 1 Norwich: printed by Bacon. ST. GILES. co Ames K. Thomas, throw- Lane Thomas, w. _ sterer _ Lawter Robert, cord- Amis Simon, w ... — wainer Bacon Leonard, wine mer¬ Lay Charles, gent. _ chant ... — Mack William, gent. _ Beevor John, M.D. — Money James, baker . . _ Boardman Philip, tailor ... — Nichols James, w. _ Brewer Mark, w — Priest Robert, druggist ... _ Browne John, gardener ... — Say P. Thomas, glazier — Cole John Hammond, gent. — Smith Thomas, w. _ Cook William, grocer — Spurges John,w. Cook Jacob, w.c. — Stodart John, coach maker _ Day Starling Junr., mer¬ Taylor Thomas, elk. _ chant — Tuthill John, Jun., brewer Dixon William, w. — Vincent William, w. _ Fletcher James, dyer — Watling James, tailor Hatch Francis, tailor — Youngman Peter, hair Hitchen Thomas, banker’s dresser _ clerk — Lindsey Richard, w. — Johnson Arnold, w. — Key James, tin-plateworke r — 2G 312 ST. GILES’S. ELECTION OF MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF NORWICH. May 1st and 2nd, 1820. Candidates. WM. BURT, Esq,, Alderman JAMES MARSH, Esq., Alderman THOS. THURTELL, Esq., Alderman 1,173 1,077 1,018 May Day, 1820.—On tlie first of May, agreeably with the Charter, came on the election of two Aldermen to be returned to the Court of Mayoralty for their choice of one of them to be Chief Magistrate of the City of Norwich for the year ensuing. About ten o’clock, the Mayor (N. Bolingbroke, Esq.), accompanied by the Sheriff and several of the Aldermen, entered the Court, and proceeded imme¬ diately to explain to the assembled citizens the business on which they were convened.Mr. Alderman Marsh (who served the office of Mayor in 1804) and Mr. Alderman Burt, were then jointly put in nomination, in the Blue and White interest, by Mr. Wilde &c. Messrs. Kitton, Angell, and Cocksedge (of the Purple and Orange party, and nominees of Conisford Ward, of which Mr. Thurtell is an Alderman) then respectively moved, seconded, and supported the nomination of Mr. Thurtell and Mr. Burt, as the two Senior Alderman below the Chair. Alderman Burrows was put in nomination by Mr. J. K. Staff and two other gentlemen, but at Mr. Burrow’s request the nomination was withdrawn. The Clerk having been sworn, the poll immediately commenced, and was kept up with much spirit throughout the day; and when the books closed at seven o’clock, the numbers were—For Mr. Burt, 1,075; Mr. Marsh, 1,006; Mr. Thurtell, 918. The friends of Mr. Thurtell, knowing that a great portion of the Purple and Orange freemen remained unpolled, demanded that the books should be opened the following day, which was done at ten o’clock, and the poll finally closed at three. The Mayor, after the books were cast up, declared the numbers to be—For Mr. Burt, 1,173; Mr. Marsh, 1,077; Mr. Thurtell, 1,018. The two first gentlemen were then returned. Also, the numbers polled at the Election for Nominees in the con¬ tested wards in March, 1820. Printed by Stevenson, Matchett, and Stevenson, Market Place, Norwich. VOTING LISTS. 313 ST. GILES. Asker A., coacli trimmer Annis John, harness maker Ames Simon W. W. ... Aldridge John, gent. ... Burt Wm., Esq., alderman Brettingham Robt., upholsterer Browne Thomas, cabinet maker Browne Tlios., printer Bolingbroke Chas. N., gent. Blackburn Alfred, harberdaslier Boardman John, gent. Bishop John W. W. ... Cole J. H., Esq., alderman Chapman C. J., elk. ... Cushing S., junr., carver and gilder Cannell Nunn, baker ... Culyer Geo., whitesmith Culyer John, ditto Culyer William, grocer Clarke Francis, cabinet maker Culyer Wm., coach master Day T. S., Esq., alderman De Vear F. Thos., gent. De Vear John, ditto ... Faulke James, harness maker Goodwin James, gent. Goorum Austin, wheelwright ... Hampp J. C., Esq. Hubbard Robt., gent. ... Hanworth John C. W. Howell Wm., carrier ... Hubbard Wm., cabinet maker Haythorpe Chas., bricklayer ... Key Jas., tin-plate worker King Thos., carpenter Lawter Robt., scrivener Lane Richard, chair maker Laugton Edward, schoolmaster Mack Wm., gent. Mack Thos., gent. Millard Philip, gent. ... Murray W. J., gent. ... Nickolds Jas. W. W. ... Ninham Thos., coach painter ... Neale James, gardener Phillips John, cabinet maker ... Playford Geo., butcher Rigby Edward, Esq., alderman Rix John, gent. Stannard Jos., gent. ... Smith Thos. W. W. ... Scott P. N., gent. 814 ST. GILES'S. Saul William, carpenter Saul William, ditto ... Spurgeon John, W. W. Smith Tlios. W. W. ... Smith Benjamin, cabinet maker Staff J. R., gent. Thompson Wm. C. W. Wyatt John, cooper ... Warner Bishop, smith Wilson W. C. W. Wyard John, tailor ... Woods William W. W. Yaxley Thomas, coach maker ... H m — _ — — — — 36 35 £ 27 A Copy of the Check Cards at the Election of Freemen’s Sheriff for the City of Norwich, August 31, 1824. Candidates. Mr. CHABLES TURNER ... ... ... ... 1165 Mr. Alderman T. 0. SPRINGFIELD ... ... ... 929 To which are added the numbers of Resident Freemen polled at the Election for Members of Parliament in 1818; for nominees in 1820 ; and for Mayor in the same year. Printed by Matcheti and Stevenson, Market Place, Norwich. ST. GILES. Asker Arthur, coach trim¬ mer ... Ames John, harness maker Barnes James, cooper Bennett Jas., watch maker Bishop John, W. W. Bolingbroke Nathaniel, Esq., alderman Bolingbroke C. N., manu¬ facturer Bolingbroke Barnard, warehouseman Brazem Nathaniel, coach maker l'rettingham Robert, up¬ holder H co H Browne Thomas, printer ... — _ Browne Thomas, cabinet _ maker — _ Canliam Nunn, baker — — Capon Christopher, gent. Carver Thomas, labourer Clarke John, gent. Clarke Francis, cabinet maker Cooke Wm., baker Cooper John N. V., gent. — — Culyer George, whitesmith — Cushing John, book-binder — _ Dawson Benjamin, carpen¬ ter ... — — De Year John, gent. VOTING LISTS. 315 EH c/5 EH c n Elgan James, carpenter ... — Ninham Teasdel, coach — Flowers Wm., printer — painter — Fox James, tallow chand¬ Paraman Wm., W. C. — ler — Phillips John, C. W. — Goodwin James, gent. — Playford George, butcher — Goodman Stephen, cabinet Rix Wm., W. W. — maker — Saul Wm., builder — Goreham Austin Wheeler — Saul Wm., junr., builder ... Hampp J. C., Esq. — Scott P. N., surgeon — Harcourt Wm., gent. — Sharpe Edward, cabinet Harcourt Thomas W. W. — maker — Hanworth John C. W. — Smith Benjamin, cabinet Herring Wm., merchant ... — maker — Johnson J. G., surgeon ... — Smith Thomas, W. W. ... — King Thomas, carpenter .. — Smith Thos., W. W. — Lancaster John, brush Spooner Wm., painter — maker — Woods Wm., W. W. — Lane Richard, chair maker — Yallop Jere., chair maker — Lawter Robert, scrivener — — — Lord James, plasterer — 36 20 Nicliolls James, W. W. ... — Number of Voters in St. Giles’s parish—50. The following are the numbers of Resident Freemen polled at the Election for Members of Parliament* in 1818 ; for nominees in 1820 ; for Mayor | in the same year; with the number for Sheriff in 1824. Members of Pari. Nominees + + Mayor Sheriff 1818. 1820. 1820. 1824 Conisford ... 337 . .. 345 .. . 336 . ... 341 Mancroft ... 352 . .. 334 .. . 332 . ... 354 Wymer (No opp. for Nom. Aid. Francis & Lovick) For ... 713 . .. 785 .. . 754 , ... 709 Northern ... 578 . .. 649 .. . 676 . ... 685 Close ... 15 . — .. . 13 8 - - — — - Total ... 1905 2113 2111 2097 * Smith, Gurney, and Harbord. t Burt, Marsh, and Thurtell (Mr. Burt of St. Giles’s elected). J The Poll for Mayor open two days. 316 ST. GILES’S. 1835. A list of tlie Court of Aldermen, &c., of tlie City of Norwich. In the Chair. The Eight Worshipful Thos. Vere, Esq., Mayor, Alderman of South Conisford Ward. Richard Berney, Esq., Recorder. William Brooke, Esq., Steward. Past the Chair. Philip Meadows, Esq., of Fybridge. Anthony Parmenter, Esq., of Colgate. Benjamin Nuthall, Esq., of Middle Wymer. Thomas Newton, Esq., of East Wymer. John Crosliold, Esq., of North Conisford. John Custance, Esq., of East Wymer. John Harvey, Esq., of North Conisford. Thomas Ilanvood, Esq., of Mancroft. John Black, Esq., of Coslany. John Pell, Esq., of Middle Wymer. Robert Marsh, Esq., of Bear Street. Francis Arman, Esq., of Bear Street. Jeremiah Ives, Esq., of Mancroft. Below the Chair. Mr. Edward Weld, of St. Stephen’s Timothy Balderstone, Esq., of St. Giles’s. Mr. John Spurred, of South Conisford. William Clarke, Esq., of Fybridge. Mr. Robert Harvey, of West Wymer. Mr. John le Grys, of St. Stephen’s. *Mr. Thomas Churchman, of St. Giles’s. Mr. John Nuthall, of West Wymer. Mr. Edward King, of Colgate. Mr. William Wiggett, of Coslany. Robert Styleman, Esq., j and James Nasmith, Esq., J ^ ie> ^ s ’ JR embers of Parliament. COMMON COUNSELLORS, 1835 . 317 A LIST OF THE COMMON COUNSEL. Conisford Ward. Mr. Jeremiah. Barton. Mr. Jonathan Ward. Mr. William Trickett. Mr. Daniel Bureham. Mr. Samuel Cooper. Mr. William Russel. Mr. Martin Houghton. Mr. John Rand Mr. Samuel Tooke. Mr. John Lawrence. Mr. John Browne. Mr. Charles Fair. Mancroft Ward. Mr. William Lovick. *Mr. James Elmy. *Mr. Daniel Ganning. Mr. Bartholomew Harwood. Mr. Timothy Money. Mr. John Goodman. Mr. John Stewaid. Mr. John Aldridge. Mr. John Power. Mr. John Hays. Mi\ Mark Addy. Mr. Francis Proctor. *Mr. Henry Cross-grove. Mr. Robert Francis. Mr. Thomas Colton. Mr. Benjamin Austin. Wymer Ward. Mr. Tlios. Johnson, Speaker and Coroner. Mr. James Barnham. Mr. William Godfrey. Mr. Edmund nooke. Mr. Edward Ward. Mr. John Watson. Mr. William Chase. Mr. William Wood. *Mr. John Day, jun. Mr. John Hoyle. Mr. Benjamin Barnes. Mi’. William Bear. Mr. Thomas Brooke. Mr. John Webb. Mr. William Tooke. Mr. Thomas Trett. Mr. John My hill. Mr. Christopher Amirant. Mr. John Chandflower. Mr. Robert Rushbrooke. * Those names marked thus are connected with St. Giles s Parish. 318 ST. GILES'S. The Ward beyond the Water. Mr. John Press. Mr Ralph Smith. Mr. Robert Mott. Mr. John Burcham. Mr. John Pollings. Mr. John Wiggett. Mr. Ambrose Gredge. Mr. Peter Columbine. Mr. Abraham Baist. Mr. Henry Symonds. Mr. Charles Buckle. Mr. Greorge Wilson. The Register of the Citizens with the POLL for MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS for the Eight Wards of City and County of Norwich. Taken on twenty-sixth day of December, 1835. Norwich: printed and sold by Joseph Iunyius, Lower Goat Lane , 1836. Third Ward Candidates. BENNETT. BROOKS. GOODWIN. JOHNSON. STOREY. *BARNARD. *BOLINGBROKE. *BURT. *TAYLOR. -DARKINS. *WATSON. WESTON. Atkins Richard Angel Robert ... Bardwell George Bolingbroke Nathaniel Burt William ... Brown Cornelius Bennett James Bates Thomas ... Bennett William Barnes John Bridge John Coake Robert ... Culyer Christmas ST. GILES’. is * The Mayor has declared the above as elected Town Councillors. We. VOTING LISTS Clayton Rev. William Ray Childs Stephen Chalmers Thomas Chase William ... Cullyer George Durrant William Drake John Dalton Samuel Durrant Matthew Daveney Charles Burton Earl Bartholomew Ellis Richard ... Foulger Henry ... Fairhead Charles Lawrence Girdlestone Reuben Goodwin James Gardner Thompson Hubbard Henry Hare Edward ... Harcourt William Herring William Harbord John ... Hart John Howes James ... Hart Charles ... Herring John ... Harrison Thomas Horstead Thomas Harmer Thomas Johnson John Godwin ... Jordan Edward Johnson John ... Jennings John ... King Thomas ... Kerridge John ... Lawter Robert... Lambert Francis Laws James Lancaster John Mann Rev. Thomas Mutton Richard Millard Rev. Charles Freeman Norman Benjamin Ninliam Henry Parker Francis Playford George Parr William Burrell Parke William Baldy Pettet Alfred ... Rainger George Henry ... Starling Edmund Albrough Say Thomas 320 ST. GILES'S. Scott Page Nicol Storey William Saul William ... Sadler William Sewell Daniel ... Scott Benjamin Taylor John Oddin Thompson William Tipple George Henry Thouless James Watts William ... Watts Samuel ... Woodcock Henry Woolterton James Poston Wilde George ... Wilken Henry ... We, CHAPTER XVI. NOTES, 1706 TO 1885 , IN REFERENCE TO ST. GILES’S PARISH dt INHABITANTS. From the “ Norwich Remembrancer ” —1700 to 1822. 1706. Deer. 7.—Henry Crosgrove printed his first news¬ paper, called The Norwich Gazette, at liis house, near St. Giles’s Gates; he was assisted in this undertaking ky the celebrated Edward Cave, the original planner and establislier of the Gentleman’s Magazine, which was first published in 1731. 1736. —This year the Rev. Francis Blomefield, A.M., Rector of Fersfield, commenced the printing of his History of Norfolk. lie died in 1752 . . . In 1769 it was con¬ tinued, and afterwards completed in five folio volumes by the Rev. Charles Parkin, Rector of Oxburgh. An edition of this valuable work was in eleven volumes 8vo. (with large paper copies in 4to.) by Mr. Win. Miller, in 1805. 1737. —Mr. Robert Snell, Attorney-at-law, gave to St. Giles’s Parish, in Norwich, £100, to purchase a set of Com¬ munion plate. 1739.—Races on Mousehold Heath, at which at least 100,000 persons were present. London porter advertised for sale; “ that excellent malt liquor (saj r s Crosgrove) so much in vogue amongst the quality and gentry.” 1754.—Chapel-Field House, for Assemblies, and the Presbyterian Meeting-house, in Norwich, rebuilt. 322 S7\ GILES'S. 1761. Sept. 22.—The coronation of their Majesties cele¬ brated with great splendour in this county, and in Norwich there was a general illumination, and a grand display of fire¬ works from a triumphal arch erected in the Market Place. The city address of congratulation on his Majesty’s marriage had been previously presented to the King by Thomas Churchman, Esq., Mayor (who was Knighted), ¥m. Crowe, and Peter Columbine, Esqs. The address to the Queen was presented by the representatives. The county address was presented by the Earl of Orford, Lord Lieutenant. This year seven gentlemen paid the fine for not serving the office of Sheriff. 1769. Dec.—Mr. Keuben Deave, of Norwich, became the fortunate possessor of a prize of twenty thousand pounds.— The No., 42,903. 1774. Nov. 10.—J. L. Watts, Esq., Mayor of Norwich, died, and James Crowe, Esq., was sworn in his room. 1792. Deer. . . —St. Stephen’s, St. Giles’s, St. Bene¬ dict’s, and Pockthorpe Gates, and brazen doors, in this city, taken down. Cavalry barracks in Pockthorpe erected. 1793. Deer.—Two openings made through the city walls—one between Ber Street Gates and Brazen Doors, the other by Chapel Field. 1799. Oct. 28.—The Guards and several other regiments, to the number of 25,000, cavalry and infantry, landed at Yarmouth, on their return from Holland. The next night, the Grenadier brigade of Guards, commanded by Colonel Wynward, marched into Norwich by torch-light, and were shortly after followed by upwards of 20,000 more troops. Through the indefatigable exertions of John Herring, Esq., Mayor, and the attention of the inn-keepers and inhabitants in general, these brave men received every accommodation their situation demanded. The Mayor soon after received a letter from the Duke of Portland, expressive of the high sense entertained by Government of the Mayor’s loyalty and ac¬ tivity on this occasion, and of the humanity of the citizens. The Mayor was afterwards presented to his Majesty at St. NOTES, 1706 TO 1822 . 323 James’s, and offered the honour of Knighthood, which he de¬ clined. The Duke of York, Prince William of Gloucester, and several other officers employed on this unsuccessful expedition, also passed througli this city, on their way to London. 1800. May 24.—At a full assembly of the Corporation of Norwich, it was unanimously agreed to congratulate his Majesty on his providential escape from assassination by Hadfield, who fired a pistol at the King whilst in his box at Drury Lane Theatre. The address was presented by John Herring, Esq., Mayor, and Robert Harvey, Escp, Mayor elect, both of whom were offered the honour of Knighthood, which they declined. The county address was presented by Koger Kerrison, Esq., High Sheriff, who received the honour of Knighthood on the occasion. Addresses were also presented from Yarmouth, Lynn, and Thetford Corporations, and from the Clergy of the Diocese. Oct. 3.—The meetings of the Norwich Anacreontic Society first held at Chapel Field House. 1801. Jan. 3.—The Norwich Theatre, in its present form, was opened for the first time, with the comedy of Life, and the farce of Curiosity. The alterations were executed after the designs of the late Wm. Wilkins, Esq., the patentee. May 9.—Died at Easton House, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Bart., aged G9. The title (conferred on his grandfather in 1718) became extinct. He bequeathed all his estates, with his valuable paintings, books, coins, &c., to Wm. Foster, jun., Esq., of this city, subject to certain annuities. Sept. 20.—The portrait of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronte (by Sir Wm. Beechey), and that of John Herring, Esq., Mayor of Norwich in 1799 (by Mr. Opie), were placed in St. Andrew’s Hall. 1802. Oct. 21.—Edward Rigby, Esq., elected Alderman of the Great Northern Ward, in the room of Francis Colum¬ bine, Esq., resigned. The numbers were, for E. Rigby, Esq., 261; Jonathan Davey, Esq., 259; after a severe contest of two days. 324 ST. GILES'S. 1803. May 3rd.—Wm. Firth, Esq., elected Steward of the Corporation of Norwich, by both bodies. June 21. John Patteson, Esq., was appointed to he Lieu¬ tenant ; Colonel Charles Harvey, Esq., to he Mayor; and Andrew Siely, J. Id. Cole, R. Partridge, and Hammond Fiske, Esqs., to he Captains in the battalion of Norwich Volunteers. Oct. 22.—Died. Elias Norgate, Esq., aged 76. Sheriff in 1781, Mayor, 1785. He was an eminent Surgeon. He wrote several political papers, and was the author of a jeu d’esprit (which appeared in the Norwich papers) on the death of Letitia Guild , when no guild-dinner was given by the Mayor of Norwich in 1797. T. A. Kerrison, Esq., was elected Alderman in his room. 1805. April 28.—The oil-mill at Hellesdon, belonging to Mr. Wm. Parkinson, almost wholly destroyed by fire; the loss between £2,000 and £3,000. July 16.—At a meeting held at the Guildhall (Edward Rigby, Esq., Mayor, in the chair), resolutions were passed for taking the best means of stopping the progress of the con¬ tagion of small-pox, and of extending Vaccine Inoculation. A committee of gentlemen afterwards presented a memorial in favour of Vaccination. 1807. March 4.—Wm. Firth, Esq., Steward of Norwich, appointed to be Attorney-General of Upper Canada. March 23.—Starling Day, jun., Esq., elected an Alderman of Great Man croft Ward, in the room of James Hudson, Esq., who died April 16th, aged 59. May 3.—Wm. Firth, Esq., resigned the office of Steward of Norwich. The thanks of the Corporation were voted to him. He was succeeded by Robert Alderson, Esq. June 16.—Roht. Herring, Esq., was sworn into the office of Mayor of Norwich; and afterwards gave a dinner to 150 gentlemen at Chapel Field House. [The Mayor’s feast was kept for the first time in St. Andrew’s Hall, in the year 1544. In 1561, Wm. Mingay, Esq., entertained the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of NOTES, 170G TO 1822. 325 Northumberland, and many other Lords, Knights, and Esquires, with their Ladies, in a most hospitable manner there. The expense of the feast, according to the hill of fare, amounted to £1 17s. 2d.] 1808. Sept. 2. —Died, Dr. Richard Lubbock, an eminent Physician of Norwich, in his 49th year. 1809. Feb. 28.—J. H. Cole, Esq., unanimously elected an Alderman for Mancroft Ward, on the resignation of T. A- Kerrison, Esq. June 10.—J. II. Yallop, Esq. elected an Alderman of the Great Northern Ward, in the room of the late Thomas Watson, Esq., who died on the 7tli, aged 67. The numbers were,—for Mr. Yallop, 218; John Herring, jun., Esq., 190. 1810. Feb. 22.—Died, aged 74, greatly lamented, Mr. William Foster, Attorney-at-law, of Norwich. Sept. 27.—A contest for Alderman of the Great Northern Ward, in the room of John Herring, Esq., who died on the 24th, aged 71. For Wm. Ilawkes, Esq., 258; N. Boling- broke, Esq., 229. The former was declared duly elected. 1811. Sept. 11.—At a numerous meeting, held in St. Andrew’s Hall, the Norwich and Norfolk Auxiliary Bible Society w’as instituted, The Mayor (J. II. Cole, Esq.,) was in the Chair. The Bishop of Norwich (who was present), was appointed President, and the three Secretaries of the British and Foreign Bible Society also attended. 1812. June 16.—Starling Dajq Esq., sworn in Mayor of Norwich for the second time; in consequence of his advanced age and infirmities, there was no dinner at St. Andrew's Hall on the Guild day ; but Mr. Alderman Davey (who was one of the unsuccessful candidates for the Mayoralty on the 1st and 2nd of May), gave a dinner under the trees adjoining his house at Eaton, to about 500 freemen of the blue and white interest. 1814. Aug. 30.—A sharp contest for Freemen’s Sheriff in Norwich, between Mr. Wm. Burt and Mr. R. Ilawkes ; the numbers for the former, 810 ; for the latter, 726; majority for Mr. Burt, 84. So severe a contest for the office of Sheriff had not taken place since 1781. 32G ST. GILES’S. Nov. 25.—Nathaniel Bolingbroke, Esq., unanimously elected an Alderman of Colegate Ward, in the room of Jonathan Davey, Esq., who died at Eaton Hall on the 22nd, aged 54. 1815. May 26.—Mr. Sheriff Burt unanimously elected an Alderman for Man croft Ward, in the room of the late Starling Day, jun., Esq., who died at Cheltenham, on the 20th, aged 54. 1816. Feb. 20.—A numerous meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich (J. H. Yallop, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair), when resolutions against the continuance of the Property Tax, and a petition founded thereon to the House of Commons, were passed unanimously. Similar petitions were sent from Yarmouth, Lynn, and other places. Sep. 14.—A public meeting was held in St. Andrew’s Hall (Mr. Sheriff Bolingbroke in the Chair), when certain resolu¬ tions, and a petition to the House of Commons founded thereon, were moved by J. Pitchford, Esq., seconded bv It. H. Gurney, Esq., supported by Mr. E. Taylor and Wm. Smith, Esq., M.P., and after some opposition by Wm. Firth, Esq., were ageed to; their object was to petition the Legisla¬ ture for the greatest possible retrenchment of the public expenditure, and for a Beform in the Commons House of Parliament. 1817. March 26.—The severest contest for nominees of Wymer (or the Long) Ward ever known, very few votes remaining unpolled. Some of the freemen came in post-chaises from Thetford to poll. Messrs. S. Mitchell, 306 ; J. Bejmolds, 305 ; A. Thwaites, 292; Messrs. W. Foster, 297 ; B. Pur- land, 288; C. Higgin, 283. Mr. Foster was successful, having five votes above Mr. Thwaites, one of the old nominees. April 28.—Died, in St. Giles’s, Mrs. E. Layton, in her 100th year. August 15.—At Dr. Bigby’s h<5use at Framingham, Mrs. Bigby (who in 1804 had first brought him twins) was safely delivered of four living children (three sons and a daughter), w r ho were privately baptised by the names of Primus John, NOTES, 1706 TO 1822. 327 Secundus Charles Henry, Tertius Robert Palgrave, and Quarta Caroline. They were weighed (with their shirts on) by Dr. Hamel, physician to the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, who paid Dr. Rigby a visit for a few days after the quad¬ ruple birth, and were found to be 21 lbs. 2 ozs. One lived 18 days, the other three from 8 to 10 weeks. Dr. Rigby being a grandfather, the children were born great-uncles, and a great-aunt. Sept. 27.—At a special assembly of the Corporation, a piece of plate, value 25 guineas, was voted to be presented to Mr. Alderman Rigby and his lady, in remembrance of the birth of their four children; and that the remarkable event should be inscribed thereon. Deer. 24.—At a Court of Mayoralty, Mr. Alderman Rigby was presented with the piece of plate which was lately voted to him in commemoration of the birth of his four children. The plate was a silver bread-basket, with the names of the children and the arms of the family emblazoned on tho bottom. 1818. —A Repository was established in Norwich for tho sale of articles of ingenuity, to increase the funds of tho Society for relieving the Sick Poor in Norwich. The first exhibition took place on Tombland Fair-dajq at Mr. Noverre’s room. (The Sick Poor Society itself was es¬ tablished in 1815. J. J. Gurney, Esq., treasurer; Mrs. Kitson and Miss Davey, secretaries.) 1819. March 29.—This week came on tho election of nominees of the several Wards of Norwich; they were all sharply contested, particularly the Long Ward; the blue- and-whites maintained their ascendancy, the numbers being:—for Mr. Wm. Foster, 436; Mr. R. Purland, jun., 431; Mr. C. Higgin, 428; Mr. S. Mitchell, 336; Mr. J. Culley, 331; Mr. A. Beckwith, 338. July 22.—Nathaniel Bolingbroke, Esq., sworn into the office of Mayor of Norwich. No guild-feast at St. Andrew’s Hall. August 22—The Duke of Sussex arrived in Norwich, and 328 ST. GILES’S. took up liis residence at tlie house of Wm. Foster, Esq., in Queen Street, where his Royal Highness was waited upon by the Mayor and Corporation ; and Mr. Steward Alderson, in an Address of Congratulation on his arrival, informed his Royal Highness that the whole body Corporate had unanimously voted to him the freedom of the City, which the Royal Duke was pleased to accept, at the same time returning a dignified answer. The next day (23rd) there was a grand meeting of the Masonic Brethren (about 320 iu number) at Chapel Field House ; the large Assembly-room had been decorated in the most splendid style. At half-past ten the Duke of Sussex (as Grand Master of England) installed Thos. AVm. Coke, Esq., M.P ., as Provincial Grand Master, with the accustomed Masonic ceremonies.In the evening there was a sumptuous dinner at St. Andrew’s Hall, at which the Royal Duke presided. Sep. 16.—A public meeting was held in St. Andrew’s Hall, “ in order to take into consideration the late disastrous tran¬ sactions at Manchester on the 16th of August.” The Mayor (N. Bolingbroke, Esq.) was in the Chair; when resolutions asserting the right of the subject to petition the King, and the legality of the late meeting- at Manchester ; censuring the conduct of the magistrates and yeomanry, and recommending- a subscription for the relief of the sufferers ; with an address to the Prince Regent, for the removal of Ministers from his presence and councils for ever, were moved and seconded, and all carried, with the only dissentient voice of Lieut. St. John, R.N., who moved an adjournment until the pending trials took place. His motion was not seconded. Those who spoke in favour of the Resolutions and Address were Mr. Brightwell, Mr. E. Taylor, J. B. Tooke, Esq., R. II. Gurney, Esq., M.P., S. T. Southwell, Esq., and Wm. Dalrymple, Esq. The address was afterwards presented by the City Members to the Prince Regent, at Carleton House. 1820. Jan. 17.—A contest took place for an Alderman of Great Wymer Ward, in the room of the late Robert Harvey, Esq. At the close of the poll the numbers were—for Wm. NOTES, 170G TO 1822. 329 Foster, Esq., 393 ; Ilenry Francis, Esq., 355. The former was declared didy elected. Feb. 1.—Our Host Gracious Sovereign George 4th was proclaimed in Norwich, in full form. The Mayor (N. Bolingbroke, Esq.), the Steward (Robert Alderson, Esq.), the Sheriffs (Alderman Hawkes and E. Taylor, Esq.) the Speaker (Mr. Stone), and 20 of the Common Council, &c., went in grand procession from the Guildhall through the principal streets, preceded by a full band of music, city standards, &c. Feb. 1G.—This being the day on which the mortal remains of our late most revered Sovereign were interred in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, all the shops in Norwich were kept close shut. Almost every person appeared in deep mourning.About two o’clock in the after¬ noon, the Mayor, Steward, Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c., with black crape scarfs over their robes, went in solemn procession of carriages to the Cathedral; at the Free School they were joined by the Speaker and 35 of the Common Council . • . . . . The remains of the much-lamented Duke of Kent had been interred on the preceding Saturday, in the Royal Cemetery in Windsor Chapel. Feb. 21.—Died in the Council Chamber of the Guildhall, in a fit of apoplexy, aged 51, Thomas Back, Esq., an Aider- man of Great Mancroft Ward. He served the office of Mayor of Norwich in 1809, and had been lately appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk. March 6.—A spirited contest for the gown vacant by the death of Starling Day, Esq., Alderman of Wymer Ward, who died on the 2nd, aged 84. March 27.—Thos. Starling Day, Esq., elected an Alderman, in the room of the late J. Ives, Esq., the numbers being,—for Mr. Day, 445; Mr. Riclid. Shaw, 321. May 1.—A severe contest for Mayor, which lasted for two days; at the final close of the Poll the numbers were,—for Aid. Burt, 1,173; Aid. March, 1,077; Aid. Thurtell, 1,018. William Burt, Esq., was afterwards chosen Mayor by the Aldermen, all of whom were present at the Court of Mayoralty except two (Aldermen Morse and Steward), u 330 ST. GILES’S. June 20.—The Mayor of Norwich (William Burt, Esq.), gave a sumptuous dinner at St. Andrew’s Hall, to which 600 persons were invited. Aug. 2.—A meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, (by requisition), when the Mayor (Wm. Burt, Esq.), having de¬ clined to preside, left the Hall; Mr. Alderman Leman was called to the Chair. A string of Resolutions, with an Address of Congratulation to Her Majesty Queen Caroline, were moved by Edward Taylor, Esq., seconded by the Rev. Mr. Beaumont (minister of Ebenezer Chapel), supported by Mr. Geldart, jun., and adopted unanimously, with the exception of one individual, who narrowly escaped being roughly handled. The meeting consisted chiefly of the working classes. The Address was presented to the Queen by N. Bolingbroke, Esq., and Edward Taylor, Esq. . . Sep. 18. A fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Neale, coachmaker, near St. Giles’s Gates, which consumed the whole range of workshops, with great part of the stock and property therein. The loss sustained amounted to nearly £ 2 , 000 . Nov. 20.—A numerous meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, pursuant to requisition (the Mayor, Wm. Burt, Esq., in the Chair), when Resolutions and an Address congratula¬ ting her Majesty on the result of the late proceedings against her, were moved by Mr. J. Geldart, seconded by Dr. Rigby, supported by the Rev. Mr. Madge and R. IT. Gurney, Esq., M.P., and carried by acclamation.The address was afterwards presented to the Queen at Branden- burgh House, by N. Bolingbroke, Esq. (Deputy Mayor), accompanied by W. Smith, Esq., M.P., and Edward Taylor, Esq. It was graciously received, and an answer returned. Deer. 2.—At a special assembly of the Corporation of Norwich, it was unanimously resolved that the honorary freedom of the City should be presented to Ilis Royal High¬ ness the Duke of York and His Grace the Duke of Wellington. These illustrious personages, on the following morning, unexpectedly arrived in this city, on their return NOTES, 170G TO 1822. 331 from Lord Suffield’s, and proceeded immediately to the Cathedral, and attended divine service ; after which they pro¬ ceeded from the Rev. M. Valpy’s house in the Mayor’s carriage to the great room in the Angel Inn, where the Mayor (Win. Burt, Esq.), the Aldermen, Sheriff, the Speaker, and Common Councilmen waited upon them; when the Steward (Robert Alderson, Esq.) addressed the Dukes of York and Wellington in an elegant speech, after which these high personages were admitted to the honorary freedom of the City, and severally took the oaths. They were enthusiastically cheered by the populace on their departui’e for London. 1821. March 3.—Mr. Richard Taylor, of Norwich, pub¬ lished his elaborate and well-executed work, the Index Monasticus, .illustrated by maps, among which is one of this city as it was in 1559. March 3.—Died, at his house in Queen Street, Norwich, aged 58, Wm. Foster, Esq., an Alderman of Great Wymer Ward. March 31.—The freedom of the City of Norwich having been voted at the quarterly assembly of the Corporation, on the 24th ult., to Captain Wm. Edward Parry, of the Royal Navy, the scientific commander of the ships employed in 1819, and about to sail on another voyage of discovery to the Ai’ctic seas, to ascertain the existence of a North-West passage, and the Northern geography of the American continent. That gallant officer attended in full uniform, and was sworn in at a full court of Mayoralty. The parch¬ ment containing the freedom was presented to him in a box, with an appropriate inscription.-After an appropriate address by Alderman Harvey, Captain Parry returned his grateful thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon him. Among the Aldermen present on this interesting occasion was Edward Rigby, Esq., M.D., the uncle of Captain Parry. May 1.—Came on the election of Mayor of Norwich. At the close of the Poll the numbers were—for Mr. Aid. Rack- 332 ST. GILES'S. ham, 986; Mr. Aid. Hawkes, 950; Mr. Aid. Marsh, 630; Mr. Aid. Yallop, 631. The two first were returned to the Court of Aldermen, who unanimously elected Wm. Rackham, Esq. to serve the office of Chief Magistrate. Aug. 28.—The foundation stone of the Duke’s Palace Bridge was laid by T. S. Day, Esq., Alderman. Oct. 27.—Died, at his house in St. Giles's, in his 74th year, Edward Rigby, M.D. . . He practised as an Accoucheur in this City from the year 1769, with distinguished success. He was the author of several excellent works on Midwifery, Medicine, and Agriculture. He was a strenuous promoter of Vaccination ; he was chosen an Assistant Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, at its first establishment, in 1771; Surgeon in 1790; and Physician in 1814. He was an active Magistrate, a good scholar, and a useful member of Society. His remains were entombed in Framingham Church, on the 5tli Novr. Nov. 24.—The situation of Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (vacant by the death of Dr. Rigby), was contended for. Dr. Yelloly, 174 ; Dr. Reeve, 135 ; Dr. Sims, 28. The first gentleman was elected. The number of subscribers who voted (by ballot) was 337, the greatest attendance ever remembered. 1822 .—Aldermen (resident in St. Giles’s) then past the Chair. Herring William. Cole John Hammond. Yallop John Harrison. Bolingbroke Nathaniel. Burt William. Below the Chair. Day Thomas Starling. Common Councillors. Man croft Ward. Bennett J. Goodwin J. NOTES, 1822 TO 18G7. 333 Nominees. Saul Wm. Deputy-Governor of the Court of Guardians. Herring William, Esq. From Bayne’s “History of Norwich ”—1822 to 1867. 1822. May 1.—The election of Mayor came on. At the close of the poll the numbers were,—for Alderman Hawkes, 957; Alderman J. S. Patteson, 908; Alderman Thurtell, 364 ; Alderman Yallop, 318. Alderman Hawkes was elected. 1823. February 24.—At a quarterly assembly of the Corporation a lease was granted to the magistrates of the city, for 500 years, of the piece of land outside St. Giles’s Gates, on which it had been decided to build the New Jail, at the annual rent of £50. May 1.—The office of Mayor again contested by Alderman Yallop, but unsuccessfully. 1825. May 1.—The election for Mayor took place, and the numbers were,—for Alderman Day, 679; Alderman Booth, 597; Alderman Leman, 152; Alderman Burt, 150; Thomas Starling Day, Esq., was elected. June 21.—The Mayor (T. S. Day, Esq.) was sworn into office. He afterwards gave a dinner to upwards of 600 gentlemen in St. Andrew’s Hall. 1826. August 29.—A contest took place for the office of Freemen’s Sheriff. At the close of the poll the numbers were,—for Mr. James Bennett, 1,164 ; Mr. Alderman Spring- field, 1,079. The former was returned. 1827. April.—Cleansing week ( i.e ., two weeks before Easter) Ward elections came on with severe contests. In Mancroft Ward no opposition; J. Goodwin, T. Eaton, C. Hardy (Nominees). In Wymer Ward, —W. Foster, 435 ; J. S. Parkinson, 434; G. Iiitton, 429 (nominees). May 1.—Election of Mayor. Alderman Finch, 918; Alderman Yallop, 867 ; Alderman Patteson, 566 ; Alderman 384 ST. GILES'S. Browne, 565. Peter Finch, Esq., was elected. He lived for many years in a large house built of flint in St. Mary’s. 1828. May 1.—A contest for Mayor, which lasted two days. For Alderman Yallop, 1,212; Alderman Thurtell, 1,210; Alderman Angell, 1,097; Alderman Patteson, 1,020. The two former were returned to the court of Aldermen, who elected T. Thurtell, Esq. 1830. March. Cleansing week Ward elections. Man- croft Ward,—J. Bennett, 195; H. Newton, 196; B. Boardman, 196 (nominees); W. Burt, jun., 50 ; W. J. Bobberds, 50 ; P. Nicholls, 50. 1831. May 1.—J. H. Yallop, Esq., was elected Mayor for the second time, and he gave a grand dinner in St. Andrew’s Hall. 1832. August 28.—The election for Freemen’s Sheriff was severely contested. At the close of the Poll the numbers were,—for William Foster, Esq., 1,282; Mr. Alderman Steward, 1,275 ; and after a scrutiny the former was declared duly elected. This was a triumph for the blue-and-white party. 1837. June 23. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Queen of England. 1844.—Sir William Foster, Bart., Mayor. This year the railway was opened between Yarmouth and Norwich, and in the next year the line was opened from Norwich to Brandon, simultaneously with the Eastern Counties line from London to Ely. This caused an entire change in the mode of travelling, and in the carrying trade of the district. All the old stage coaches were of course discontinued. 1850.—(Henry Woodcock, Mayor.) In January of this year, Jenny Lind came to Norwich for the first time, and was received at the Palace by Bishop Stanley. Before leaving, she gave a concert for charitable purposes, which realized more than £1,200. This sum was afterwards devoted to the establishment of a Children’s Hospital in Pottergate Street (1853), now so well known as the Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children. NOTES, 18C8 TO 1885. 335 1851.—The first great Exhibition held in London. The Crystal Palace built for its reception. 1856.—(J. Gr. Johnson, Mayor.) The new Norwich Cemetery was opened by the Board of Health, and the east side of it consecrated by the Bishop. 1862.—(John Oddin Taylor, Mayor.) The second great Exhibition of London held. At this Exhibition, Messrs. Barnard and Bishop exhibited their splendid park gates, made of ornamental wrought iron, which were subsequently presented to H.R.II. the Prince of Wales, and now adorn one of the entrances to the park at Sandringham. 1867.—(Frederic Elwin Watson, Mayor.) The Norwich Industrial Exhibition held, from August to October, in St. Andrew’s Hall. MUNICIPAL AND CITY NOTES—1868 to 1885. 1868. March 10.—The Town Council passed the following resolution (moved by Sir Samuel Bignold, and seconded by Mr. Councillor Willett) : “ That this Council desires to record its appreciation of the valuable services of Arthur Dalrymple, Esq., late Clerk of the Peace of this City, and their deep regret at his early and sudden death, assuring his bereaved family of their heartfelt sympathy in the loss they have sustained.” 1870. Mr. Crosse, Chairman of the New Asylum Com¬ mittee, actively engaged in his duties relative thereto. May 31.—A letter received by the Council from the Lord Chancellor, notifying his proposal to appoint Mr. W. P. Nichols and Dr. F. Bateman as Magistrates for the City. 1871. July 18.—The Town Clerk read the following letter from Ilallyburton Campbell, Esq., the Secretary of Commissions.—“ Sir, I am directed by the Lord Chancellor to inform } r ou on behalf of the Mayor and Town Council of the City of Norwich, that the following gentlemen have been very highly recommended to his Lordship as in every respect 386 ST. GILES'S. well qualified to perform tlie duties of the Magistracy. Before, however, directing the insertion of their names in the Commission of the Peace, the Lord Chancellor desires to know whether the Town Council have any valid objection to raise to the appointment of any of these four gentlemen— Peter Eade, Esq., M.D., S. Gurney Buxton, Esq., Simms Reeve, Esq., G. AY. AY. Firth, Esq.” They were appointed accordingly. 1872. November 9.—“ Frederic Bateman, Esquire, M.D., unanimously appointed Sheriff of this City for the year ensuing.” 1873. May 27,-—A letter received from the Lord Chan¬ cellor suggesting the names of Mr. A. R. Chamberlin, Mr. Carlos Cooper, Mr. John Copeman, Mr. Donald Dalrymple, Mr. Alfred Master, and Mr. Thomas AVells as fit persons to be appointed Magistrates. June 17.—“Resolved and ordered that the application from the Committee appointed to arrange for the Meeting of the Social Science Congress in October next, that a portion of Chapel Field may be placed at their disposal for the exhibition of articles too bulky to be placed in the Drill Hall be, and the same is hereby referred to the Committee, with directions to afford all reasonable facilities to the Social Science Committee for carrying out their arrangements.” November 18.—The hearty thanks of the Council given to the outgoing Sheriff (Dr. Bateman) for the exemplary manner in which he has carried out the duties and amenities of the Shrievalty during the past year. November 18.—“ Resolved, on the motion of Sir Samuel Bignold (seconded by Mr. Alderman Tillett), that this Council, in recording the letter of J. G. Johnson, Esq., resigning his office of Port and Haven Commissioner, desire to express their high opinion of his long and valuable services on such Commission, and their earnest wish that his he ilth may improve, and that his valuable life may be spared for the service of his fellow-citizens.” 1876. January.—Mr. AYilliam Cadge and Dr. Michael Beverley appointed Magistrates for the City. NOTES, 18C8 TO 1885. 337 November 9.—William Cadge, Esq., appointed Sheriff of the City and County of Norwich for the year ensuing. 1877. November 9.—A vote of thanks passed to Mr. Cadge for the highly satisfactory manner in which he had carried out the duties of his office. 1878. February 26.—Permission granted by the Town Council to the Norfolk and Norwich Christmas Fat Cattle Show Association to hold their next Annual Show at Christmas in Chapel Field. March 19.—Ordered that Chapel Field be drained at an expense not exceeding £75. 1879. May 27.—A letter received from the Lord Chan¬ cellor, intimating his intention to insert the names of the following- gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace—Messrs. Harry Bullard, Isaac Bugg Coaks, Richard Coller, Edward Field, Charles Goodwin, James AVilkin Lacey, Henry Staniforth Patteson, and Joseph De Carle Smith. August 29.—Permission given to the Christmas Fat Cattle Show Association to hold their next show in Chapel Field. Also, A Special Committee of the Town Council appointed to take the whole matter of Chapel Field improvement into consideration, with power to act. The Committee named were, Messrs. AVild, Stevens, J. B. Morgan, Boyce, Haynes, Ladyman, Skipper, Womersley, and A. M. F. Morgan. September 16.—The Chapel Field Committee presented a report suggesting improvements, and stating they had agreed substantially to a plan drawn by Mr. Elphinstone. 1880. February 21.—The consent of the Council given to the erection of Messrs. Barnard and Bishop’s Pavilion in Chapel Field; and subscriptions invited from the citizens towards the sum of £500, at which it was offered. August 31.—-The Carriage Pavement Committee (Chair¬ man, the Mayor, Harry Bullard, Esq. ; ATce-Chairman, Mr. Councillor Haynes) reported in favour of a comprehensive scheme of wood paving, and recommended that wood pavement be generally adopted throughout the principal thoroughfares of the City. 338 ST. GILES'S. The consideration of this report was, after debate, postponed until September'14th, when the report was adopted. The estimate for paving the street from the Market Place to St. Giles’ Gates (area 4,340 yards) was £1,519. The estimate for Chapel Field lioad (area 5,320 yards) was £1,862. 1880. November 9.—Peter Fade, Esq., M.D., unanimously elected Sheriff of Norwich. December 28th.—The Chapel Field Gardens Committee submitted for approval, Bye-laws for the regulation of these gardens; and recommended that they be only referred for confirmation to the Local Government Board. 1881. February 1.—Permission granted to the National Fisheries Association to use that part of Chapel Field adjoining the Drill Hall, for a term of 21, months, from the 14th March next, for purposes in connection with the Exhibition of the Association. 1881. May 31.—The desirability of acquiring the Estate at St. Augustine’s Gates, known as Wingfield’s Charity, as a recreation ground for that part of the City, was brought before the Council by the Chairman of the Recreation Grounds Committee (Peter Eade, Esq., M.D., Sheriff). After discussion, the question was referred back to the Committee, with instructions to negociate for the purchase of the Estate, instead of a lease of it. July 22.—The Committee reported that the Trustees of the above Estate had decided not to sell it; whereupon the Council refused to sanction any lease of it. August 30.—Permission again granted to the Christmas Fat Cattle Association to use the portion of Chapel Field adjacent to the Drill Hall for the purposes of their next Exhibition of Stock, &c. November 9.—The thanks of the Council given to Peter Eade, Esq., M.D., for “ The great spirit in which he had discharged the duties of the Shrievalty, for his hospitality, and for providing the Musical Entertainment during the summer months in Chapel Field Gardens.” NOTES, 18G8 TO 1885. 339 1882. January 20.—Reported by the Carriage Pavement Committee, that nearly the whole of Chapel Field Road (amongst others) had been paved with wood. June 27. A report was received (and adopted) from the Executive Committee as to the progress made in naming the streets. July 18.—Report received from the Carriage Pavement Committee, stating that the rest of Chapel Field Road had been paved with wood ; also that (amongst other streets and places) St. Giles’s street, from the gates to Guildhall Hill, had been so paved, and the traffic resumed. The cost of so paving Chapel Field Road (6,012 yards), was stated to have been £1,834 2s. 8 \d .; and of St. Giles’s Street, with the Guildhall Hill (5,192 yards), £1,708 4s. OK Also a report was read from the Executive Committee (and adopted), that £100 be paid to the Trustees of Wingfield’s Charity for the purchase of a strip of ground abutting on St. Augustine’s Road, subject to the right of the Trustees to make three entrance roads over the same from St. Augustine’s Road to the remainder of the land belonging to the Trustees. Also, thanks given to Messrs. Councillors Eade, Hackblock, and J. F. Watson, who some time since purchased the trees standing on the ground mentioned in the foregoing resolution, and which trees they have since handed over to the Council without charge. August 30. A cordial vote of thanks for the generous offer (accepted) of Alderman S. Gurney Buxton, contained in the following letter—“ I was very glad to hear at the last Town Council that arrangements had been made for pre¬ serving the trees, and strip of land adjoining, for the use of the City. Certain gentlemen presented the trees, and I shall be happy to give the £100, which is to be paid for the land, on the understanding that the City will put up the required seats, &c.” It was further resolved that the gift of this purchase money should appear in the conveyance of the land to the Corporation. 840 ST. GILES'S. 1883. June 4.—Report from the Executive Committee received and adopted, recommending “ That notices be given to each occupier of the houses and other buildings situate in such street as the Executive Committee might from time to time direct, requiring the occupiers to mark their houses with the numbers ordered in the notice.” November 9.—Moved and seconded, that Peter Eade, Esq., Doctor of Medicine, is a fit and proper person to perform the duties of Mayor for the ensuing year. Elected accordingly. December 18.—A letter read from Mr. John Gurney, of Sprowston Hall, calling the attention of the Council to the opportunity now afforded of the citizens acquiring the “ Castle ” Building and surrounding grounds, as a public monument and recreation ground. The letter was referred to a Special Committee, consisting of the Mayor, the ex-Mayor, and Messrs. Hackblock, Harmer, Birkbeck, Bigmold, and Bullard, with the Sheriff, and John Gurney, Esq., with power to add to their number. Such Committee to have power to confer with the County Justices, the Prison Commissioners, and Home Secretary thereon, and to report the result. Thanks also voted to Mr. Gurney for his letter, and the munificent subscription therein offered.* 1884. February 19th.—The Mayor, with the following gentlemen—Lord Walsingham, P. T. Gurdon, Esq., M.P., J. J. Colraan, Esq., M.P., Sir W. Jones, Bart., and the Town Clerk, as a joint County and City Deputation, had an interview with the Home Secretary—in reference to the transfer of Norwich Castle to the City. [The statutory price asked by the Government (Prison Commissioners) was £10,469, but it was rdtimately agreed that it should be transferred to the City for £4,000, which s mn was to include all its contents and fittings. The contract of sale was signed by me as Mayor on behalf of the City, in the last week of my official year.] * This original offer (of £500) has since been most munificently increased by Mr. Gurney to upwards of £5,000. NOTES, 18G8 TO 1885. 341 April.—The scheme for the acquiring and laying out by the Corporation of Household Heath, was reported to have passed its second reading in the House of Lords, and it soon after became law. April 8.—The Mayor stated (to a special Council meeting), that on receipt of the news of the death of II.lt.H. the Luke of Albany, he had telegraphed the sincere regret of the Council and himself to Her Majesty the Queen, and had received a gracious reply thereto. Resolved on the motion of the Mayor (Dr. Eade), seconded by Lt.-Colonel Bignold, that an address of sorrow and sympathy from the Council and citizens be forwarded to the Queen, through the ltt. Honble. Sir Vernon Harcourt, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home Department. The address to be sealed with the Corporate Seal, and signed by the Mayor. And their address of condolence was also voted to II.R.H. the Duchess of Albany. May 27.—A committee (including the Mayor and ex- Mayor) appointed to invite the Royal Agricultural Society of England to hold their Show in Norwich in 1886. August 6.—A letter received from the Lord Chancellor, intimating his intention to appoint the following gentlemen to the Commission of the Peace :—Mr. F. AV. Harmer, Mr. S. Newman, Mr. J. H. Tillett, M.P., Mr. J. F. AVatson, Mr. J. AVillis, Mr. L. E. AVillett, Mr. C. R. Gilman, and Mr. J. J. AVinter. September 28.—At my invitatiou (as Mayor), the Corpora¬ tion, with some of the Magistrates, and the City Officials, attended the morning service in St. Giles’s Church. They assembled at my house, opposite to the Church, to the number of forty or fifty, and then passed across in the usual civic procession. The occasion was the first Sunday after the Vicar (Rev. AV. N. Ripley) had completed the 25th j^ear of his ministry in the parish; and a most appropriate sermon, was preached by him. The Corporation seats had been prettily florally decorated by Mrs. Ripley. 34 2 ST. GILES'S. October 13 to 17.—The Musical Festival held in St. Andrew’s Hall. The morning performance on October 15th, and the evening performance on October 17th, attended by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, who, on the former day, were entertained at luncheon by the Mayor, together with the party from Melton Constable, where their Royal Highnesses were staying, and some others. November 10.—“The cordial and hearty thanks of the Council given to Peter Eade, Esquire, for the admirable and satisfactory manner in which he had performed the arduous duties of Mayor during the past year.” The new Mayor appointed Dr. Eade as his Deputy for the year. December 23.—Report received from the Executive Com¬ mittee on the completion of the naming and numbering the streets, roads, yards, and places, throughout the Corporate district of Norwich, showing that the sum of £375 14s. 3 d. had been expended in carrrying out the work. 1885. January 8.—The Mayor (John Hotblack, Esq.), with the Deputy-Mayor, the Sheriff, the Town Clerk, Mr. Colman, M.P., Colonel Bignold, and Mr. W. Hunter, went as a deputation to Sandringham, to present the addresses which had been voted by the Corporation to T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, and to their eldest son, Prince Albert Victor Edward, on the occasion of the coming of age of the latter on this day. At the same time was presented to the young Prince the copy of the silver gilt rose-water ewer and dish, belonging to the Norwich Corporation, which had been subscribed for, as a birthday present, by Members of the Corporation and others. January 20.—Replies received to the addresses of con¬ gratulation (with the presentation of a facsimile of some of the Corporation Plate), on the occasion of attaining his majority by H.R.II. Prince Albert Victor Edward; and on the motion of the Deputy-Mayor, ordered to be entered on the minutes of the Corporation. NOTES, 1868 TO 1885. 343 March 17.—The following nine gentlemen appointed as “Conservators” of Mousehold Heath until the 9th November next,—Messrs. Bullard, Bliss, Burroughes, J. Gurney, Gilman, Hackblock, Hunter, Newman, and White. August 1.—The honour of knighthood conferred upon the ex-Mayor of Norwich (Dr. Eade) by Her Majesty the Queen at Osborne. November 9. The above Mousehold Heath Conservators re-appointed for the ensuing year. CHAPTER XVII. BIOGRAPHIES OF SOME FORMER INHABITANTS OF ST. GILES’S. BAXTER, ROBERT. Died 1432. Buried in a vault in tire nave of St. Giles’s Church, near its centre, where ^brasses to his memory, and that of his wife, still mark the spot (see Church Monuments; also Cotman’s Brasses). Sheriff of Norwich in 1418; Mayor of Norwich in 1424 and 1429. Cotman, in his “Sepulchral Brasses of Norfolk,” says :— “ A stone with the effigies of a Mayor in his gown, lined with fur, and hy him his wife, with the veil and barbe, as tokens of widowhood and mourning, placed in the middle of the nave of St. Giles’ Church, Norwich, is the only record of Robert Baxter. Shields are lost from each corner. [Robert Baxter was one of the Sheriffs of Norwich 1418 ; one of the burgesses in Parliament at Westminster 8 Hen: V. 1420. When he became Mayor in 1424, it appears there was a great “lack of good and vertuous governaunce” in Norwich, to the great dishonour of Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons: an evil which he exerted himself forthwith to correct, and was party with the Aldermen and Commons to an indenture containing constitutions for the better govern- * This Church brass was formerly much damaged, but was skilfully repaired by the late parish clerk, Mr. Culyer. BIOGRAPHIES. 345 ment of the City. These were further enforced by the ordinance of a proclamation, to be made by the Mayor every year, and as occasion might require.— Blomef: iii. 137. He was Mayor a second time in 1429.—A. W.] ” BEEYOR, HENRY, M.D. Died 1824. Aged 52 years. He was the fourth son of Dr. John Beevor, and lived at No. 58 (old numbering), St. Giles’s Street. A tablet to his memory is on the wall of the north aisle of St. Giles’s Church. BEEYOR, JOHN, M.D. Died 1815. Aged 89 years. Buried in a faculty vault in the centre aisle of St. Giles’s Church; and a monument to his memory exists on the wall of the north aisle. He lived at No. 72, St. Giles’s Street (according to the old numbering.) Was one of the first Physicians to the old Norfolk and Norwich Hospital; appointed in 1772, and resigned in 1793. A portrait of him hangs in the Board-room of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. In 1789 he was elected to the office of Sheriff of Norwich, but refusing to appear, Mr. Starling Day, junr., was elected and sworn (in his room) on the 21st November. BLOMEFIELD, REY. FRANCIS. Born 1705. Died 1751. Aged 4G years. Buried at Fersfield. Resided some time in Willow Lane, at the house now occupied by Mr. Goodwin. The author of the well-known History of Norfolk , which, however, he did not live to complete; the work being finished from his materials by the Rev. Charles Parkin, Rector of Oxborough. x 340 ST. GILES'S. In 1727 was ordained Deacon in the church of St. Giles’s- in-the-Fields, London. In July, 1729, was instituted Rector of Hargham, Norfolk ; and in September of the same year, Rector of Fersfield, and obtained a union to hold both Rectories, which he did till January, 1730, when he resigned Hargham. BOLINGfBROKE, HORATIO. Died 1879. Aged 80 Years. Buried at the Rosary. Resided for many years at No. 23, St. Giles’s Street, now the Masonic Hall. Was the youngest son of Nathaniel Bolingbroke. He was a Magistrate for Norwich, Sheriff in 1836, being the first Sheriff after the passing of the Municipal Reform Act (Mr. T. 0. Springfield being the first Mayor); Chairman for several years of the Norwich Charity Trustees (General List) ; and a Director of the Eastern Counties Railway. For several years before his death he was quite blind. (Another member of his family, a nephew, Mr. A. F. C. Bolingbroke, was Mayor of Norwich in 1869). BOLINGBROKE, NATHANIEL. Died 1840. Aged 83 years. Buried in the churchyard of St. Peter Mancroft, where a tomb to his memory still exists. Resided in Willow Lane. Was the son of Mr. James Bolingbroke, a Quaker, of East Dereham, and married a sister of Sir J. H. Yallop. He had thirteen children, and was the virtual founder of the Bolingbroke family, so well known in Norwich. Was elected an Alderman in 1814. Served the office of Sheriff in 1816, and that of Mayor in 1819. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Peter Mancroft, where a large square tomb covering his vault still remains. On the various facets of this tomb are inscriptions to BIOGRAPHIES. 347 Nathaniel Bolinghroke, and to Mary his wife ; to three of his children; to Janies Bolinghroke (his father), and to Susanna his wife; to Sophia Ann Goddard ; and to Sir John Harrison Yallop. BORROW, GEORGE HENRY. Died 1881, at his residence at Oulton, near Lowestoft. Aged 78. The second and youngest son of Captain Borrow, formerly Adjutant of the West Norfolk Militia. Resided as a youth with his father in Willow Lane, at a house in what is now called King’s Court. Educated at the Norwich Grammar School. Articled to Messrs. Simpson and Rackliam, Solicitors, of St. Giles’s Street, but did not follow the profession of the law. In 1823, on the death of his father, went to London, and engaged in literary work. In 1833 was employed (at the instance of Mr. J. J. Gurney) as an agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and was sent to St. Petersburg; and afterwards, in 1836 to Spain, where he lived much among the gipsies. In 1844 he wandered about many parts of Eastern Europe. In 1854 made a rambling tour in Wales; (is said to have early learnt the Welsh language through a Welsh servant who lived in St. Giles’s parish). Was a fine, tall man; a great linguist; of independent and roving habits. He published many works, of which the most important and best known are :— “ The Bible in Spain,” “ Zincali,” “ Lavengro,” “ The Romany Rye,” “ Wild Wales.” For further details see a biography by the Rev. W. 0, Tancock in the April number of “The Norvicensian; ” also S48 ST. GILES'S. a paper in “Macmillan’s Magazine” for November, 1881, by Mr. Egmont Hake. Some of bis works are published with the name of George Olaus Borrow. BRAND, MISS HANNAH. Died 1821. Resided at No. 18 (old style), St. Giles’s Broad Street. Sister of the Rev. John Brand, who was formerly Reader at St. Peter’s Mancroft. Was possessed of learning and talents, and conducted a seminary for French education. She also appeared before the public as a Dramatist and an Actress. In the former character she wrote “ Adelinda,” a comedy, 1798; “The Conflict,” an heroic comedy, 1798; “ Huniades,” a tragedy, 1798; and “Agamunda,” a tragedy, not printed.— (“ Chambers’s History.”) BRETTINGHAM, ROBERT. Died 1768. Aged 72 years. Buried with his wife in St. Giles’s Church. Alderman. Sheriff of Norwich in 1764. BRIDGMAN, WILLIAM KENCELY. Died 1883. Aged 71 years. For many years an eminent Dentist in this city. He originally resided at King’s Lynn, and subsequently re¬ moved to Norwich. lie lived and died in St. Giles’s Street, at No. 40, formerly 69. lie was a man of considerable scientific acquirements, an excellent mechanician, a good microscopist and naturalist, and for several years Secretary and afterwards President of the Norwich Microscopical Society, and an experimenter to some extent in electrical biology. He wrote two essaj^s on scientific subjects, for one BIOGRAPHIES. 349 of which he was awarded a prize of a gold medal (value £20) for an essay on dental caries by the Odontological Society; and another on “ the use to the farmer of a magnifying glass or simple microscope ” by the Royal Agricultural Society of England.* During his churchwardenship of this parish (in association with myself as the junior churchwarden), he took the principal share in carrying out the work of restoring the parish Church, and of rebuilding the chancel, a work com¬ pleted in 1866 and commemorated by a brass plate affixed to the front of the clock work in the belfry chamber. BRIGIITWELL, TIIOMAS, Solicitor. Died 1879. Buried at Yelverton. Resided at No. 36, St. Giles’s Street, and afterwards re¬ moved to Upper Surrey Street, where he died. He was the eldest son of Mr. T. Brightwell, F.L.S. of Surrey Street (who died in 1868 or 1869, and was buried at the Rosary, Thorpe Hamlet) ; so well known as an eminent naturalist and microscopist, and as one of the last survivors of those remarkable men who graced Norwich in the earlier and middle part of this century, and of whom Kinghorn, Dalrymple, Alexander, Sir E. Smith, Wilkin, Hooker, Lindley, Martineau, and Dr. Alderson, with Mrs. Opie, may be mentioned. BULLARD, RICHARD. Died 4th Feb. 1864. Aged 56 years. Buried at Norwich Cemetery. Resided in St. Giles’s Street, at the house now No. 49, which he rebuilt. Was a Town Councillor for the Second Ward. Founded the great brewery in St. Miles’s, formerly known Published in the journal of the Society. 850 ST. GILES'S. as Bullard and Watts, and now carried on by the firm of Bullard and Sons, whose head, Harry Bullard, Esq., J.P., was recently M.P. for Norwich, and who has served the office of Sheriff of Norwich, and also that of Mayor of the City twice. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (Mrs. Tonna) Was daughter of the Rev. Michael Browne, rector of St. Giles’s, and was born in 1790. Authoress of “ Osric,” with “ The Garden, and other Poems,” “Personal Recollections,” &c., &c. CHURCHMAN, THOMAS. Died 1743. Aged 72 years. Buried in St. Giles’s Church, where is a mural monument to his memory on its south wall. Supposed to have resided, first in a house adjoining Chapel Field (see plate, page 41), and later in “ Churchman House,” Upper St. Giles’s Street, which he is believed to have built. A sketch of the highly-decorated dining-room is given in chapter iv., page 40. An Alderman of Norwich; and father of Sir Thomas Churchman. As Churchwarden of St. Giles, granted in 1726, a lease of the Pit Lane Estate for 500 years to Wm. Foster, at the yearly rent of £6. He married Deborah Newman, widow of Mr. — Newman, of Surlingham, and daughter of Mr. John Mottram, of Norwich. CHURCHMAN, SIR THOMAS. Died 1781. Aged 79 years. Buried in a vault in the south aisle of St. Giles’s Church, near which is a very handsome mural monument (see Church Monuments). His wife is also buried in this vault. [In “ Crouse’s History of Norwich,” vol. I, page 350, he is B TOO RAP HIES. 351 mentioned as an Alderman (for St. Stephen’s Ward) past the Chair. Elected May 25, 1759, with this foot-note.—“The twenty-four Aldermen are chosen for the twelve smaller wards, two for each ward, whose office it is to keep the peace in their several divisions. When any one of them die, or be displaced, the freemen of that great ward, in which the lesser ward is included, for which he is to serve, must elect another in his room, within five days after the death of his prede¬ cessor.”] Sheriff, 1757. Mayor, 1761. His portrait hangs in St. Andrew’s Hall. lie left considerable charitable legacies, which are recorded on his memorial monument. He was Knighted in 1761, during his Mayoralty, on the occasion of presenting the city address of congratulation to King George III. on his marriage. The coronation of Their Majesties was afterwards celebrated in Norwich by a general illumination, and a grand display of fireworks from a triumphal arch erected in the Market Place. CLAYTON, REV. WILLIAM RAY. Died 1858. Aged 80 years. Buried in Norwich Cemetery. Resided at “ Churchman House,” in Upper St. Giles’s Street, following his brother, Mr. Samuel Clayton, who had previously lived there, and died in 1831, and who was buried in the vault of Sir T. Churchman. Was formerly, for thirty-eight years, Rector of Great and Little Ryburgh, in this county. His wife, and daughter (Mrs. Loftus, wife of Rev. A. Loftus, Rector of Fincham, and Vicar of Rainham-cum- Helhoughton, Norfolk), are buried at the Cemetery. His grand-daughter, Miss Loftus, is buried in a grave at the east end of the Church, over which the new chancel was after¬ wards built. 352 ST. GILES’S. Several other members of Mr. Clayton’s family have lived in St. Giles’s parish. Thus, one sister, Miss Rebecca Clayton, resided for many years in Upper St. Giles’s Street, at the house now 95 ; at first with Miss Elizabeth Ray, and after¬ wards by herself. Also a married sister, Mrs. Win. Ray, relict of Mr. William Ray, of Tannington, Suffolk, lived first in Willow Lane, and afterwards in the house adjoining “ Churchman House,” now No. 69, Bethel Street. Mr. Eaton and Mr. Damant formerly of Willow Lane; and Mr. Barker, of Chapel Field, were also family connections of Mr. Clayton. On stones in the north cloister of Norwich Cathedral are these inscriptions:— 1. —Lydia Ray, daughter of William Ray, of Tannington, Suffolk. Died Novr. 13th, 1818. Aged 80. 2. —Elizabeth, Daughter of William Ray, died June 15, 1837, aged 86 . COBBE, ELIZABETH. Died 1698. Buried (see Blomefield) near the font in St. Giles’s Church. She was the relict of Colonel Cobbe, of Sandringham Hall, and daughter of Sir Henry Bedingfield, of Oxburgh. Colonel Cobbe died in 1665 ; and it appears that he had be¬ come so much impoverished during the civil wars, that it was found necessary after his death to sell Sandringham, which had been in the possession of his family for two hundred years. Mrs. Cobbe’s eldest son, Geoffrey, sold the estate in 1686. Her second son, William, settled in Norwich, in St. John’s Maddermarket, and his wife, a Browne of Norwich, was buried in St. Michael-at-Plea, in 1710. [Mrs. Herbert Jones, Authoress of “ Sandringham,” &c., who has kindly furnished me with much of the above infor¬ mation, adds that “ Frances ” is such an often recurring name in the Bedingfield family that Franckca Bedingfield , also buried in St. Giles’s Church, was probably one of them. A BIOGRAPHIES. 353 brass to her memory, size I7j inches by 7£ inches, still exists. [For inscription, see chapter on Church Monuments.] COLE, JOnN HAMMOND. Died 1828. Aged 72 years. Buried in a vault near the middle of the South Aisle of the Church. His wife, Ann Cole, who died in 1848, aged 81 years, was also buried in this vault. He was Churchwarden of St. Giles’s in 1824. He served the office of Sheriff of Norwich in 1799, and was Mayor in 1811. He was Treasurer to many of the Charities of Norwich. He mainly founded the Norwich Savings Bank,* was for long its Treasurer, and drew up the tables of interest which were used in it at that time, as well as subsequently (with necessary modifications) by his successors. In 1820 the Trustees of the Bank offered him the choice of a present of his portrait—to be hung in St. Andrews’s Hall—or a piece of plate. He selected the latter, and accordingly he was presented with a silver soup tureen, on which is this inscrip¬ tion engraved with his crest: — 1820 This piece of Plate was presented by the Trustees and Directors of the Norfolk & Norwich Savings Bank To John Hammond Cole Esqp.e. in testimony of the Valuable Services which for several years he rendered to that Institution. * The Norwich Savings Bank was originated in 1816, Robert Fellowes, Esq., being its first President, and Mr. J. II Cole its first Treasurer. It was first held at St. Andrew’s Hall, in a room over the porch, and afterwards at No. 57, St. Giles’s Street. The present building in the Haymarket was opened in 1844. It occupies a portion of the site of the residence of Sir Thomas Browne. In 1818, on the death of Mr. Cole, Mr. Wm. Herring was appointed Treasurer, and the Rev. E. Cole, son of the above, its Honorary Secretary. The acting Secretaries or Superintendents of the Bank since Mr. Herring's time have been Captain Blakiston, Mr. W. C. Hotsou, and Major H. A Cubitt. Mr. John Hartt was, for a time, its Actuary. S54 ST. GILES'S. He held the office of Distributor of Stamps from 1793 until his death. The stamp office was at his own house, No. 71, St. Giles’s Broad Street, now No. 36. The Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary Bible Society was instituted during his mayoralty. A monument to his memory hangs upon the wall of the north aisle of St. Giles’s Church. It formerly hung over the vault on the wall near the middle of the South aisle, but was removed at the the restoration of the Church. (See Church Monuments.) COPEMAN, EDWARD, M.D., F.R.C.P. and S. Died 1880. Aged 70 years. Buried in Norwich Cemetery. He first practised as a general Surgeon at Coltishall, Norfolk. In 1848 removed to Norwich, and resided first in Post Office Street; then at No. 53, Bethel Street; then in Upper King Street; and finally in the Upper Close, where he died. Was Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1851 to 1878. On his resignation of this office in 1878, was elected Consulting Physician. At various periods held the offices of Physician to the Norwich Eye Infirmary, to the Norwich Magdalen, to the Jenny Lind Infirmary for sick children, and to the Lying-in-Charity. In his practice he more particularly devoted himself to Obstetrics and Gynoecology, and designed a special instrument known as Copeman’s Yectis. Was author of a “ Treatise on Apoplexy,” “ Records of Obstetric Consultation Practice,” “ Diphtheria,” and “ Illustrations of Puerperal Fever,” as well as a “ Brief History of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.” He also edited Crosse’s “ Cases in Midwifery.” Was President in 1874 of the British Medical Association, on the occasion of its visit to Norwich. Was a magistrate for Norwich. For several years sat as Alderman in the Norwich Town Council, and was for some years Deputy-Governor of the Court of Guardians. BIOGRAPHIES. 355 Was an excellent musician and performer on the violin and violoncello, playing at several of the Norwich Musical Festivals. Was for several years Chairman of Committee of these Musical Festivals. For some years was a member of the outer circle of Directors of the Norwich Union Life Office. Was also a Director of the Norwich and London Accident Office. A crayon portrait of him is placed in the Board-room of the Hospital. CROSSE, JOHN GREENE, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.S. Died 1850. Aged 59 years. Buried within the cloisters of Norwich Cathedral, and a memorial window to his memory placed in St. Luke’s Chapel in that building. Son of Mr. William Crosse, Finborough, Suffolk. 1813-4 was Demonstrator of Anatomy, under Dr. Mac- arthy, at Dublin. Settled in Norwich in 1815, residing first in St. Giles’s Street, and afterwards, and until his death, at Orford Place. For several years he also possessed a charming country residence at Thorpe, near Norwich. In 1823, was elected Assistant Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. In 11 CM OC T-1 I> CO 1820 Starling Day, Junr. 1789 1808 1815 Thomas Starling Day 1822 1825 1871 BIOGRAPHIES. 359 Besides these, Thomas Starling, a family connection, was Sheriff of Norwich in 1765, and Mayor in 1767; and Sir William Foster, Bart., avho married a daughter of Mr. Starling Day, was Sheriff in 1832 and Mayor in 1844. DEAYE, REUBEN— Manufacturer. Resided in St. Giles’s parish. Was Common Councillor for Mancroft Ward in 1768. Bequeathed £200 for the poor of St. Giles’s parish. His wife was buried in St. Giles’s Church, having died in 1787 (see Church Monuments). In 1769 Mr. Deave is said to have drawn a prize of twenty thousand pounds in a lottery (see Bayne’s “ History of Norwich,” p. 308). FIRTII, GEORGE WARREN WATTS, F.R.C.S. Died 1S78. Aged 64 years. Buried at Crostwick, near Norwich. Lived in the large house No. 48 (formerly No. 65), St. Giles’s Street (since and until recently used as the Judge’s Lodgings; and quite recently purchased by the Young Men’s Christian Association). Was Assistant-Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 1847 to 1854; Surgeon to it, 1854 to 1878; Surgeon to the Norwich Eye Infirmary, 1839 to 1878; Consulting Medical Officer to the Thorpe County Asylum, 1841 to 1878; also Consulting Medical Officer to the City Infirmary Asylum. A crayon portrait of him hangs in the Board-room of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Was made a Magistrate for Norwich in 1871. Mr. Firth was the son of William Firth, Serjeant-at-Law, to whose memory a brass exists in the Church of St. George’s Colegate, with a coat of arms, and this inscription :— In memory of William Firth, Esq., Serjeant at Law, son of Wm. and Elizth. Firth of this Parish, born July 21st, 17G8 made Steward of Norwich 1803. Attorney General of Upper Canada 1S07 and 3C>0 ST. GILES'S. Serjeant at Law 1817. He married Anne youngest daughter of Kobert Watts Esqre. of Horstead in the county of Norfolk and died February 25th 1838, aged 70 years. FLOWERDEW, JOSEPH— Surgeon. Who practised iu St. Giles’s, was the first pupil entered at the Norfolk aud Norwich Hospital, soon after its establish¬ ment. He died in 1812. Mr. C. Williams says a portrait of him has been published. FOSTER, SIR WILLIAM, Bart. Died 1874, aged 76 years. Buried at Kirby Bedon. The first Baronet, created 1838. Resided first in Oueen Street, then in Thorpe Hamlet, and finally and until his death at “ Churchman House,” now No. 68, Tipper St. Giles’s Street. A member of the eminent firm of Solicitors, Foster, Unthank, Burroughes, and Robberds. Sheriff, 1835. Mayor, 1844. Long a member of the Norwich Town Council, and for some years an Alderman. For a long period the leader of the Liberal party in this city. Director and first Chairman of the Law Union Fire and Life Insurance Company, and formerly a Director of the Norwich Union Fire Office. GOODWIN, JAMES— Solicitor. Died in 1854. Aged 79 years. Having lived in Willow Lane for fifty years. Author of “ The Rules and Practice of the Guildhall Court of Norwich,” 1822. Buried in a vault in St. Giles’s Church, where also his wife, Elizabeth Goodwin, was buried in 1867 by special license; access to the vault being obtained by making an BIOGRAPHIES. 3G1 arched entrance from the Churchyard on its north side. This archway still remains. The Church-entrance to this vault is, or was, originally near the top of the nave, just above the left row of pews then existing. It was covered with a large leger stone, on which was this inscription :— “Entrance to Mr. James Goodwin’s Vault.” Mr. Goodwin for many years advised the Churchwardens and Parishioners in legal matters, and in 1837, when the parish books were missing and lost, he reduced to writing, from memory, the chief facts which had been contained in them. He also conducted the Chancery suit of 1854, which resulted in freeing a portion of the parish charities from its long and inequitable lease. A brass, with an inscription to his memory, and a plaster mould of the Goodwin arms are placed on the East wall of the Church, near the present reading-desk. HALES, JAMES— Solicitor. Died 1831. Aged 46 years. Buried in the cloisters of Norwich Cathedral. Resided at No. 70, Upper St. Giles’s Street, and afterwards in the Upper Close, where he died. He practised first in the firm of Taylor and Hales, and afterwards as Hales and Cole. Ilis father-in-law, John G. Baseley, Esq., of St. Saviour’s, served both the offices of Sheriff and of Mayor of Norwich : and his widow, a daughter of the above, lived for some years in Bethel Street. His brother, John Turner Hales, was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1812. IIAMPP, JOHN CHRISTOPER— Merchant. Died 1825. Buried in St. Giles’s Church, beneath a stone with an inscription. (See Church monuments.) Y 362 ST. GILES'S. He bequeathed a small legacy of £19 19s. to the parish, which is referred to in the Parish Committee’s Report of 1856. HARCOURT, JERMY. Died 1768. Aged 59 years. Buried in St. Giles’s Church, along with his wife. Alderman of Norwich. Sheriff of Norwich 1760. Mayor of Norwich 1762. HERRING, WILLIAM. Died 1827. Aged 74 years. Resided in the house in St. Giles’s Broad Street, formerly Firth’s, and now the Home of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Sheriff of Norwich 1786. Mayor of Norwich 1796. His brother, John Herring, also lived in St. Giles’s parish (in Bethel Street), and was Sheriff in 1786, and Mayor in 1799. Robert Herring, another brother who lived at Bracondale, was Sheriff of Norwich in 1791, and Mayor in 1807. HOOK, EDMUND —Barrister-at-Law. Died 1811. Aged 61 years. Buried at Mulbarton. Resided at No. 59 (old style, “Churchman House”), St. Giles’s Street, at the close of the last, and beginning of the present century. One of his daughters married the late Sir W. Bellairs, of Mulbarton. Was the son of Edmund Hook (or Hooke), barrister— Sheriff of Norwich, 1744 (died 1784)—and grandson of John Hooke, a Norwich Surgeon. Also cousin to Dr. Peter Hook. HOOK (or Hooke), PETER, M.D, Died 1804, aged 73 years, at his residence in St. Stephen’s. Was one of the first Physicians appointed to the Norfolk and BIOGRAPHIES. 363 Norwich Hospital on its foundation in 1771, which appoint¬ ment lie held until his death. The poll-books show that at the Norwich elections in 1768 and 1780, he was resident in St. Giles’s, and voted for a freehold in St. Andrew’s ; but at the election in 1784 he voted as a freeholder in St. Giles’s. The “ Norwich Directory ” for 1783 gives his residence as No. 26, St. Giles’s Broad Street. Was a grandson of Mr. John Hooke (born at Weyborne, and died 1744), who practised as a Surgeon in Norwich; and whose son, Dr. Peter Hooke, was believed to be his father. Both Dr. P. Hook, and Mr. E. Hook, belonged to the old family of Hooke or Hook, for many centuries resident at Weyborne, Sherringham, and Beeston Regis.* JOHNSON, JOHN GODWIN, F.R.C.S. Died 1874. Aged 77 years. Buried at Norwich Cemetery. Son of Mr. Johnson, who for many years held the post of governor of the county gaol. Resided first at No. 50 (formerly No. 64), and afterwards, and until his death, at No, 36 (formerly No. 71), St. Giles’s Street. A stained glass window, with a monumental brass, has been placed to his memory at the east end of the south aisle of St Giles’s Church by several of his fqrmer pupils. (See Church monuments.) He was at first in partnership with Mr. P. N. Scott, and afterwards with Mr. A. Master, and was the last of that series of Surgeons and partners who, first as Rigby and Scott, then as Scott and Johnson, and later still as Johnson and Master, so long conducted a lucrative and successful practice in St. Giles’s Street. Was elected assistant Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in 1830, and full Surgeon in 1839; but he resigned this office in 1847. Was long a Particulars kindly supplied by Mr. G. B. Jay. 8G4 ST. GILES'S. leading member of tbe Norwich Town Council, and served the office of Mayor in 1855. Was a magistrate for tbe City of Norwich. For many years acted as Churchwarden of the parish of St. Giles, and took an active part in the legal proceedings which were undertaken in 1856 in regard to the parish charities. He was a governor of the Norwich Grammar School, and founded the Johnson prize, now annually given at the school. Possessed a very pretty suburban river-side residence known as the “ Woodlands,” Earlham, where, of late years, he spent a good deal of time. This is now the property of Robert Fitch, Esq. KINGHORN, REV. JOSEPH. Died 1832. Aged 66 years. Buried under the vestibule of St. Mary’s Meeting House. Resided temporarily at Cossey; and afterwards on St. Benedict’s Plain, at the house now No. 104 and 106, Potter- gate Street (see plate). From 1789 to 1832 the eminent minister of St. Mary’s Baptist Chapel—succeeding the Rev. Mr. David, and being followed by the Rev. W. Brock, and the Rev. George Gould. A man of fine presence and of great ministerial power. His countenance and manner, his dress and tall slender frame, were so striking (says Wilkin) as to make an indelible im¬ pression on all who had once seen him. Amongst his numerous friends and acquaintances were such well-known Norwich names as Messrs. Wm. Martin Hood and Simon Wilkin, the Rev. W. Hawkins, Rev. J. Alexander, W. Taylor, Joseph John Gurney, Bishop Bathurst, and Mrs. Amelia Opie. He assisted, along with J. J. Gurney, Esq., and others, in forming the Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary Bible Society • also contributed to establish the Norfolk Benevolent Society, for the relief of aged dissenting ministers and their widows; BIOGRAPHIES. 3G5 and was an active supporter of the Public Library and the Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution. He published a large number of works, chiefly of a religious character; for a list of which, as well as further details of his life, see “Joseph Kinghorn, of Norwich,” a Memoir by Martin Hood Wilkin, 1865. The following tributary lines by Mrs. Opie on his death, and hearing it said that he was “ fit to die,” are extracted from this volume, page 457 :— Hail words of truth, that Christian comfort give ! But then, the “ fit to die,” how fit to live ! To live a bright example to mankind, “ Feet to the lame and eyesight to the blind ! ” To lift the “ Lamp,” the Word of God on high ; To point to Calvary’s mount the sinner’s eye; To tread the path the first Apostles trod, And earn that precious name,—“A man of God ” He lived, whom Christian hearts deplore. And hence the grief—he lives for us no more. But Faith exulting, joins the general cry, He fit to live, was greatly fit to die! An engraved portrait of him has been published. LING, HENRY— Solicitor. Died 1870. Aged 67 years. Buried in the Cemetery. Lived first in St. Giles’s Street, and afterwards in Willow Lane. For some years partner in the firm of I. 0. Taylor and Ling. For several years an active member of the Norwich Town Council. LUBBOCK, EDWARD, M.D. (Son of Dr. Richard Lubbock.) Died 1847. Aged about 44 years. Lived at No. 65, St. Giles’s Street, now No. 48; and previously to this in Bethel Street. SG6 ST. GILES’S. He enjoyed for several years a very large consulting practice. Physician to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 1832 to 1847. An engraving of him hangs in the Board-room of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. LUBBOCK, RICHARD, M.D. Died 1808. Aged 49 years. Buried at Earlham Church. Educated at the Norwich Grammar School, under Mr. Lemon. A pupil of Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Rigby, and one of the first pupils who attended the practice of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Resided at No. 76 (old style), St. Giles’s Street. Was the father of Dr. E. Lubbuck, and of the eminent Norfolk Naturalist, the Rev. Richard Lubbock, who was the author of the well-known “ Eauna of Norfolk.” Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1790 to 1808. He is said to have possessed the public confidence in an unexampled degree. Was the author of papers on “ Diabetes,” “Catalepsy,” and “Apoplexy.” He also wrote a “Memorial on Vaccination,” in 1805. The following lines on his death (quoted from the “ Norfolk Garland ”) were written by Elizabeth Bentley, and published in a volume of poems, date 1821 :— The voice of public sorrow bursting forth, Mixt with the widow’s sighs, the orphan’s tears, Speak the departure of a man of worth, In realms of bliss to live immortal years. Ah 1 were there aught in medicine’s balmy power, So mortals could prolong their fleeting breath, When Heaven decrees the irrevocable hour, Or from its aim repel the shaft of death ; Then had not he, in practice skilled to save, From joys domestic immaturely torn, Thus drooped a lingering victim to the grave, Nor left mankind a public loss to mourn. BIOGRAPHIES. 367 MASON, ROBERT HINDRY. Died 1885, whilst writing a History of the County of Norfolk. Resided for a time at No. 39, St. Giles’s Street, formerly No. 20, and carried on the business of a photographer there. He then went to London, and engaged in literary pursuits. MASTER, ALFRED, F.R.C.S. Died 1883. Aged 67 years. Buried at Norwich Cemetery. Son of Colonel Master, of Catton. Resided at No. 61, St. Giles’s Plain (Bethel Street). For many years a partner in the firm of Johnson and Master, Surgeons; and afterwards in that of Master and Robinson. Surgeon to the Norfolk County Gaol from 1848 to 1878. For several years a Churchwarden of the parish of St. Giles’s. For many years, and until his death, was a Director of the Norwich Union Life Office, also of the Norwich and London Accident Office, and of the Hailstorm Insurance Office. Was an ornithologist, and possessed a large and valuable collection of stuffed birds. Was also a good botanist, and published a little catalogue of the very large collection of Sedums and other fleshy plants which he had accumulated. Was a magistrate for Norwich, and a Trustee of the Norwich Charity Trust (General List). NINHAM, HENRY. Died 1874. Aged 81 years. Resided in his house facing Chapel Field. Buried at the Norwich Cemetery. Son of John Ninham, whom he succeeded in his business of heraldic painter and copper-plate printer. lie was much employed by the principal coach-builders of the city to paint the armorial bearings on the panels of their patrons’ carriages. 368 ST. GILES'S. He inherited his father’s artistic talents, and was a frequent contributor to the Norwich art exhibitions, both in oil and water colours. He was a good etcher, and published, but with¬ out letterpress, eight etchings of “ Antiquities of Norwich,” including the “ Strangers’ Hall,” “ Sir Benjamin Wrench’s Court,” &c.; also twenty-three “ Views of the Grates of Norwich,” from drawings made by Kirkpatrick about 1720. He also etched some “ Views in Norwich and Norfolk,” the illustrations of “ Blome’s Castleacre,” and “ Gregor’s Eastern Arboretum,” The “ Kemnants of Antiquity in Norwich,” and “ Norwich Corporation Pageantry,” published by Huskett, were illustrated in lithography by him from his own drawings. NORGATE, ELIAS— Surgeon. Resided at No. 17, St. Giles’s Broad Street (old style). Sheriff of Norwich 1781. Mayor of Norwich 1785. Councillor for Mancroft Ward, 1768; and, for a term, Speaker of the Norwich Common Council. He was Treasurer and Secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society, which was established in 1829, and wrote a short history of this. He also wrote a book of poems, and some political feuilletons. OFFLEY, WILLIAM, M.D. Died 1767. Aged 75 years. Buried in a vault near the centre of St. Giles’s Church, and there is a tablet on the north wall, placed there to his memory. (See Church Monuments.) His pedigree, traced upwards, runs thus :—• Rev. William Offley (wife Susan Offley) b. 25th March, 1660 d. 1724, aged 64. William, of Woodley, married Anne, d. of John Harrison, of Hurst, Co. Berks. in the Par. of Sonning, Berks., D.C.L., of Middleton Stoney, Oxford, d. 1702. BIOGRAPHIES. 369 William, 16 in 1623. married Susanna, d. and co-b. of — Wardell. William, of Putney, married Margaret, d. and b. of Ralph Crewe, of Co. Chester, widow of — Ashton. William, of London, Merchant, of St. Lawrence, Pountney, William, of Chester, Sheriff of the City in 1517, married Anne, d. of William Beswick, of London. married-d. of — Cradock, and Elizabeth, d. of — Wright. had 26 children. Collaterally, one member of the family (Thomas Offley) was Lord Mayor of London, 1566 ; another (Sir John Offley) was Sheriff of Stafford, 1617; another (Thomas Iv. Offley) was common Sergeant of London, d. 1601; and the present Lord Crewe is a descendant of the William Offley, of Chester (named above), who appears to have been the founder of the family.* PATIENCE, Mr.—Builder. Resided near the lower end of Cow Hill, in a house which he built, and called “ Holkham House” (see plate), from its resemblance in miniature to Holkham Hall. He built the Willow Lane Roman Catholic Chapel, and also the first Norwich Corn Exchange. PAYNE, ADRIAN. Died 1686. Buried in a vault in St. Giles’s Church. A very hand¬ some monument to his memory hangs on the north wall. (See Church Monuments.) Alderman for the City, and Sheriff of Norwich, 1670. He left £120 to St. Giles’s parish, for the clothing of poor men and women. (See Norwich Charities.) Particulars kindly supplied by Mr. Vincent. 370 ST. OILES’S. PITCHFORD, JOHN— Surgeon. Died 1803. Aged 66 years. Lived at No. 26, St. Giles’s Street (old style), and was buried in St. Giles’s Church. A stone was placed over the grave, inscribed with his name, and that of his wife, also buried there. He was one of the members of the Managing Committee of the Norwich Savings Bank, on its establishment in 1816. PURDAUNCE, RICHARD. Died 1436. Buried in the nave of St. Giles’s Church. There is a brass* to his memory and that of his wife near the altar step. (See Church Monuments; also Cotman’s Brasses.) From him descended Thomas Purdaunce, or Spurdaunce, or Spurdens, Sergeant-at-law, who also resided in St. Giles’s, and was burnt at Bury, as a heretic, by Queen Mary. Sheriff of Norwich in 1405. Mayor of Norwich in 1420 and 1433. Cotman (“ Sepulchral Brasses of Norfolk ”) says :— “ Reft as is the inscription from this Brass, the following memorandum, given by Blomefield (in vol. iv., p. 240) leaves no doubt as to the individuals whom it is designed to illus¬ trate.” After quoting from Blomefield the Latin inscription (see St. Giles’s Church Monuments), Cotman adds:— “We further learn from Mr. Chambers (History of Norfolk, Yol. ii., 1151) that the Richard Purdaunce here mentioned was the progenitor of the Thomas Purdaunce, or Spurdaunce, or Spurdens, sergeant-at-law, who also resided at Norwich, and in this same parish, and was burned at Bury, as a heretic, by Queen Mary. The family, now extinct at Norwich, is at present represented by the Rev. Wm. Spurdens, of North * One of the heads of this brass was formerly much injured, but has been skilfully replaced by the late parish clerk, Mr. Culyer. BIOGRAPHIES. 371 Walsham, to whom the learned public have lately been indebted for a translation of “Longinus,” one the most masterly versions of a Greek Classic in our language. It will not fail to be observed as remarkable in this Brass, that the Mayor is represented with a beard, no other example of which, at about the same period, occurs to me, except the plate to Wm. Chicele, a.d. 1425, in Higham Ferrers Church, figured by Gough II., p. 80; for the slight indication upon the chin of Robert Baxter (supra p. xxx.) can hardly be called a beard. In all other respects, the plate of Richard Purdance bears the closest resemblance to that of his con- temporar}", just mentioned, in the same Church.” See also Kirkpatrick’s account of him, who says:— “ lie was one of the last of 4 Baliffs of Norwich 1403- Maior of the same 1420 & 1433.” RANKING, WILLIAM HARCOURT. M.D. Cantab., and M.D. Oxon. (ad eundem). A native of Hastings. Educated at Cambridge. First settled in practice at Bury St. Edmunds, whence lie removed in 1847 to Norwich, living at the house now No. 94 in Upper St. Giles’s Street. Died 1867. Aged 54 years. Buried in Norwich Cemetery. Physician to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1850 to 1864; and also Physician to the Norwich Infirmary for the Blind. Translator of, “ Lugol on Scrofula.” Author of “ Lecture on Diphtheria.” For many years Editor of Ranking’s half-yearly “ Abstraot of the Medical Sciences.” He was for many years a Director of the Norwich Union Life Assurance Society; and was, from 1854 to the time of his death, a partner with Messrs. Nichols and Watson, in Heigham Hall private Lunatic Asylum. He was a man of fine presence, and enjoyed a large and increasing consulting practice. 372 ST. GILES’S. A portrait of him hangs in the Board-room of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. An engraving of him has been published. RIGBY, EDWARD, M.D., F.L.S. Also a Fellow of the Horticultural Society of London. Born 1747. Died 1821, aged 74 years. Buried at Framingham Earl, in which parish he had a country residence, with many handsome cedar trees upon the lawn. Resided in St. Giles’s Street, opposite to Willow Lane. He still gives his name (Rigby’s Court) to the passage-way from St. Giles’s Street to Bethel Street, formerly known as Pit Lane. Was grandson, by the maternal side, of Dr. John Taylor, of Norwich, well known as the author of a Hebrew Concord¬ ance, &c. He was uncle to Captain Parry, R.N. (afterwards Sir E. Parry), and is noted (“Norwich Remembrancer,” p. 197) as having been present when the freedom of the City of Norwich was presented to this gallant officer for his services as Commander of the Expedition towards the North Pole, in 1819 and 1820. Was the father of twelve children, amongst whom were the late Dr. E. Rigby, an eminent Obstetric Physician, of Berke¬ ley Square, London ; and Lady Eastlake. He is remarkable in that Mrs. Rigby bore him four living children at one birth, all of whom are buried in Framingham Churchyard (see inscription). The Corporation of Norwich presented him and Mrs. Rigby with a piece of plate on the occasion. He was an eminent man, taking a leading position as a citizen as well as in his profession. Was attached to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for fifty years. Was appointed one of its first Assistant-Surgeons in 1771. Was elected full Surgeon in 1790, and Physician to the Hospital in 1814. Was also (from 1814) Physician to the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum. BIOGRAPHIES. 373 Was elected an Alderman of Norwich, in 1802, for the Great Northern Ward ; and served the office of Sheriff of Norwich in 1803, and of Mayor of Norwich in 1805, when he gave the usual civic feast. In 1786 he mainly established the Norfolk Medical Bene¬ volent Society. In 1789 was in Paris at the commencement of the French Revolution. In 1783 became a Member of the Norwich Corporation of Guardians, and, by his services as such, was afterwards presented with a piece of plate, subscribed for by citizens. Was also presented with the freedom of the city. He was the first to introduce Vaccination into the city, and published a report upon it in 1812-13. Was, for seven years following 1815, President of the Norwich Philosophical Society. Author of “Essay on Uterine Haemorrhage,” another on “Animal Heat,” and others on “Chemical Observations on Sugar,” on “ Ilolkham and its Agriculture,” and on “ Fram¬ ingham and its Agriculture.” For a life of Dr. Rigby, with a complete list of his works, see an “Eulogy,” by John Cross (J. G. Crosse), Surgeon, Norwich, 8vo, 1825. An oil portrait of him hangs in the Board-room of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. There is also a portrait of his son, Dr. Edward Rigby, of London, in the Hospital. A mural tablet to his memory is placed in Framingham Earl Church, with the following inscription :— M. S. EDWARD RIGBY, 1M.D. Egregii . ingenio . viri . disciplinis . Omnibus . bonis . Ornati . Qui . ab . Agro . Lancestriensi . Oriundus . Norvicum . Adolescens . Commigravit . In . Eaque . civitate . quum . per . Multos . Annos . Arte . Cliirurgica . Praecipue . Autem . in Puerpuris . Curandis . inclarvisset . Ingravescente . Aetate . integro . Mentis . Yigore . Medicandi. quoque . Artem . Pari . Solertia . ac . felicitate . Exercuit. S74 ST. GILES'S. Anno . m.d.ccc.ii . in . Decurionum . Ordinem . Cooptatus . Triennius . Post . Muneris . Prsetorii . Administrationem . Muuicipibus . Fidi . et . Constantia . Probavit . Libertatis . Patriae . Propugnator . Semper . erat . Acerrimus . Apud . Exteros . Quoscunque . Nascentis . Haud . Lentus . Spectator . Sic . Tamen . ut. Partium . Studium . Voluntatem . in . amicos . non . comminuerit . Sunt . in . Manibus . Eruditorum . Multa . Eius . de . rebus . Ad . Propriam . Artem . Spectantibus . Gravissime . Disputata . Sunt . et . Levioris . Qusedam . Argumenti . in . Publicos . Usus . Acute . Provisa . Nempe . ad . Supremum . Usque . Spiritum . id . Unice . Agebat . Ut . in . Omni . Genere . quam . Plurionis . Prodisset . Nonnibil . Denique . Curse . ut . Gravioribus . Officiis . Districtus . In . Suburbano . rure . Colendo . Ornando . que . Posuit . Natus v. id. Deer, m.dcc.xl.vii. Decessit. vi. Kal. Novr. m.dccc.xx.j. Ou a tomb in the churchyard is tlie following inscription :—• EDWARD RIGBY, M.D. Born 9 Novr. 1747 at Chawbent in Lancashire Died 27 Oct. 1821* A Monument for Rigby do you seek ? On every side the whispering woodlands speak. Also to the Memory of ANNE RIGBY his Wife Daughter of William Palgeave, Esq. Born 28tli July 1777. Died 2nd Sepr. 1872. Another tomb in the churchyard bears the following — The four Infants here interred The extraordinary production of a single Birth were born in this Parish on the 15 of August 1817. Their Parents were Edward Rigby, M.D. and Ann his Wife. * There is a discrepancy between these dates and those of the tablet, but these appear to be correct. BIOGRAPHIES. 375 Primus JOHN RIGBY Died Novr. 3rd 1817 Aged 11 weeks & 3 days. Tertius ROBERT PALGRAVE RIGBY Died Sepr. 2nd 1817 Aged 10 Days. Secundus CHARLES HENRY RIGBY Died Octr. 12th 1817 Aged 8 weeks & 2 days. Quarta CAROLINE SUSAN RIGBY Died Novr. 5th 1817. Aged 11 weeks & 5 days. ROE, NATHANIEL. Alderman of Norwich. Sheriff in 1767. Mayor 1777. SCOTT, PAGE NICOL— Surgeon. Died 1848. Aged 66 years. Lived in St. Giles’s Street; at first in the house No. 50, where Mr. Burton now lives, and later at No. 47, nearly opposite, in the house now used as the Masonic Hall. He was Assistant-Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1814 to 1819, and was, for a term, a partner with Mr., afterwards Dr., Rigby. At a later period Mr. J. G. Johnson was associated as partner with him. He was for many years Surgeon to the County Gaol. lie was attached to the Ilaslar Hospital during a portion of the war with France, and attended to the French prisoners located there. He was specially eminent as an Accoucheur. There is a portrait of him in the Board-room of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. A mural monument to his memory hangs upon the North wall of S. Peter Mancroft Church, with this inscription :—■ Sacred To the Memory of PAGE NICOL SCOTT, Esqre., M.R.C.S., Of this City, Who died April 27th, 1848. Aged 66. 376 ST. GILES'S. He was a great enthusiast as to Admiral Lord Nelson ; was a great collector of all Nelsonian relics, and was acquainted with Sir W. Beattie, who, as Dr. Beattie, was attached to Lord Nelson’s ship, the Victory, and attended to Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, when he received his fatal wound. He erected a small lobby in his Entrance Hall, the door¬ way of which was said to he the door of Nelson’s cabin on board the Victory. An obituary notice of Mr. Scott in the Norfolk Chronicle of 1848, speaks of his “ warm benevolence of heart, generous energy of mind, and social courtesy of manner ”; and says that his “ public spirit aud private beneficence will cause his loss to be felt by many, and his memory held in sincere regard by a numerous circle of friends and correspondents, comprising individuals of every rank, profession, and con¬ dition—a circle extending far beyond the limits of this local community of ours.” SNELL, ROBERT— Attorney-at-Law. Died 1720. Aged 59 years. Resided in upper part of St. Giles’s Street. Buried in St. Giles’s Church, in front of the Altar, with his wife and two of their children. Here also is buried Dr. Edward Snell, who died in 1733, aged 40. He gave to the Church its present handsome gilt service of sacramental plate. (See Church monuments; also sketch of this plate.) STANNARD, PHILIP. Died 1777. Aged 74 years. Buried in St. Giles’s Church, with his wife and daughter. A monument exists here to their memory. (See Church Monuments.) Was Sheriff of Norwich in 1747. Other members of the Stannard family have, in more recent times, lived in St. Giles’s parish (Willow Lane, &c). BIOGRAPHIES. 377 TAYLOR, JOHN ODDIN— Solicitor. Died 1874. Aged 69 years. Buried at nardingliam, Norfolk. Resided for many years in St. Giles’s Street, at the house next Fisher’s Lane, which now forms part of Messrs. Gilman’s offices; and afterwards in the Upper Close, where he died. For several years was a member of the firm of Taylor and Ling, and afterwards of that of Messrs. I. 0. Taylor and Sons, with offices at the Old Bank Buildings. Was for many years an active member of the Norwich Town Council, for several years an Alderman, and in 1861—2 served the office of Mayor of this city. Took a leading part in promoting the alteration and enlargement of the Norwich Cattle Market, and was the promoter of the Company which formed the Prince of Wales’s Road. Was a Deputy-Lieutenant for Norfolk. Was for many years Liberal Agent for East Norfolk. Was solicitor for many years to the Great Eastern Railway; and was chief promoter of the East Norfolk Railway (Norwich to Cromer), and solicitor to it until his death. Was Churchwarden of St. Giles’s. Was a governor of King Edward the Sixth’s Grammar School, in the Close. YALLOP, SIR JOHN HARRISON. Died 1835. Aged 72 years. He lived in Chapel Field, in the house afterwards long occupied by Mr. Pilgrim (Coroner for one division of Norfolk), and was a partner in the firm of Dunham and Yallop, silver¬ smiths, of the Gentleman’s Walk. Sheriff of Norwich 1805. Mayor in 1815 and 1831, in which latter year he received the honour of knighthood, and also gave a grand dinner in St. Andrew’s Hall. Buried in the Bolingbroke Yault in St. Peter’s Mancroft z 378 ST. GILES'S. Churchyard, on the tomb covering which is this inscription to his memory :— In the vault beneath are interred the Remains of Sir John Harrison Yallop, Knt., who died at Brighton, on the 14th June, 1835, aged 72 years. In St. Peter’s Church is a mural monument, with his crest and the following inscription :— To the Memory of Sir JOHN HARRISON YALLOP, A native and Magistrate of this City, who died at Brighton , on the 14th day of June 1835 in the 73rd Year of his Age, and whose remains are interred in the family vault near to the spot where this stone is erected. He was a person of few pretensions and many merits, In his nature and disposition unaffected and kind, as a Magistrate upright and just. He served the office of Sheriff in the year 1805, in 1809 was elected an Alderman, and was twice called to the office of Mayor in 1815, and 1831. In the latter of these years with a felicity of fortune which his devotion to liberal principles of Government entirely deserved, he received the honour of Knighthood on presenting to the King the petition of his native City in favour of Parliamentary Reform. WATTS, JOHN LANGLEY— Merchant. Died 1774. Hesided at No. 61, Bethel Street. Sheriff of Norwich 1771. Mayor of Norwich in 1774, and died during his year of office. The thoroughfare just beyond his residence is now called Watts’ Court. A sketch of the flat archway leading into it is given at the end of this chapter. WILKINS, WILLIAM, Junr., M.A.— Architect. Eldest son of William Wilkins, Architect, of St. Benedict’s. Born in the parish of St. Giles, in the year 1778. BIOGRAPHIES. 379 Educated at Norwich Grammar School. Took his degree at Cambridge as sixth Wrangler in 1800. Was Architect to the East India Company, and built their College at Haley- bury; also built King’s College, Corpus Christi and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge; University College, London; and also Nelson’s Column at Yarmouth in 1817. Author of “ Magna Grecia,” “ Atheniensia,” and translated or edited several other works. (From Chambers’ History.) WOODCOCK, HENRY. Resided at No. 38 (new style) St. Giles’s Street. For many years a prosperous Dentist. Was Sheriff of Norwich 1838, and Mayor of Norwich in 1849 and 1850. He presented to the city the clock which has been placed at the top of the Eastern face of the Guildhall. 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54 C/3 0 0 0 to g>S I 3 OMSK 0 rO 0 o3 a 0 .3 ’>4 0 pq 43 c3 .5 0 S £3 O o c^i§! a w rl 0 H 3 43 C3 43 0 42 d 0 C« rt .2 -S -§ P O c3 c6 O 1 CO J 0 c3 ^ c5 |iP ^ Q O w ^ i-s 33 0 fc „0 5i •—' tX 43 0 0 s a *=q 0 -T- O C3 -rH 0100 SS ci ’ ', P S p o q 0 0 Jg cs o cZ 35 n n Eh & Tt« > 0 CD I> CO »rj »o >0 m *0 O000 GO 05 O H (M CO -f O in o o 0 o o co co co co co co o co C N X O O H -M C O O O h o co co co CO 0 co CO -f O Cl> X o GO O O GO GO CO GO 392 ST. GILES’S. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS POLL BOOKS. The following gives the names of the St. Giles’s voters who polled at the various elections for Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich, from 1712 to 1871, together with the title-pages of the various Poll-books in which they are re¬ corded. It is believed that the list is a complete one, and the record is full of local interest. For the books, and permission to make extracts from them, I am indebted to the kindness of J. J. Colman, Esq., M.P., and Mr. James Reeve. The Parliamentary elections held during the above period were as follows 1710 . List given. 1799 . List given. 1713 . ? Published. 1802 . 5? 1714-5 . List given. 1806 . 5) 1722 . Uncontested. 1807 . J) 1727 . ? Published. 1812 . 5? 1734-5 . List given. 1818 . 1734 . 1820 . Uneontested. 1741 . ? Published. 1826 . 5? 1747 . Uncontested. 1830 . List given. 1754 . J J 1831 Not published, except 1755 . 5) of Northern Ward. 1756, June . .. 1832 . List given. 1756, Decembei 1835 . >> 1760 . >> 1841 . Uncontested. 1761 . List given. 1847 . List given. 1768 . >5 1852 ... ... yy 1774 . Uneontested. 1854 ... ... yy 1780 . List given. 1857 . yy 1784 . ?? 1859 . yy 1786 . ?? 1860 ... ... yy 1787 . 5? 1865 . yy 1790 . 1868 . yy 1794 . 1870 . yy 1796 .. 1871 .. » EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 393 The Alphabetical Draft of the Poll of ROBERT BENE, Esq., and RICHARD BERNEY, Esq., taken the 18th October, 1710. ST. GYLES. B D E F G H John Bathe, freeholder Thomas (John) Bone, freeholder William Brooks, wor¬ sted-weaver James Brooks, worsted weaver William Burnett, wor¬ sted weaver William Bush, worsted weaver Thomas Carr, smith ... Thomas Churchman, freeholder Edmund Cock, hot- presser Thomas (John) Con¬ stable, freeholder ... John Critewood, wor¬ sted weaver Henry Croskin, worsted weaver Edmond Dilletson, car¬ penter John Earle, worsted weaver James Edmonds, free¬ holder George Fenn, carpenter (Shing) ... Wm. Forster,jun.,mason James Friend, worsted weaver Henry Friend, jun., wor¬ sted weaver John Garey, jun., wor¬ sted weaver John Garey, sen., wor¬ sted weaver Samuel Garwood, wor¬ sted weaver Thomas Giddings, wor¬ sted weaver Nathaniel Gray, carpen¬ ter William Hassakle, wor¬ sted weaver W Edward Harper, mason Robert Hindmarsh, wor¬ sted weaver Bartholomew Hunton, Innholder Thomas Hunton, wor¬ sted weaver William Jefferys, taylor William (Jefferys) Jeffers, taylor James Ireland, worsted weaver Francis Julin, worsted weaver John Mason, smith John Norgate, worsted weaver Timothy Parish, free¬ holder (Jefferys) ... Richard Packett, wor¬ sted weaver John Packett, taylor, (senr). John Peckett (Beckwith), worsted weaver Thomas Pickles, hot- presser Wm. Ralph, freeholder W. Rookwood, carpenter Thomas Sadd, mason Stephen Sagon, cord- wainer Robert Snell, gent Samuel Sturgeon, free¬ holder William Taylor, worsted weaver John Taylor, smith ... William Taylor, worsted weaver John Thompson, barber John Watson, worsted Timothy Wymore, glazier John Whitefoot, clerk David Yell (Earl), taylor In all 54 | Berney 994 ST. GILES’S. An Alphabetical Draught of the Poll in the City of Norwich of WALLER BACON \ AND L ESQS. ROBERT BRITLFF i Taken the second of February, 1714. Norwich: printed by Henry Cross-grove, 1714. ST. GILES’S. 6 -L3 0$ PQ B Nicholas Berwick, cord- wainer Lancelot Brettingham, Iv mason — — James Brook, worsted L weaver — — John Brook, worsted wvr. _ Wm. Brook, worsted wvr. Richard Burrell — — (Nicholas), comber — — C William Copeman, wor¬ sted weaver — — M D Joseph Darwin, free¬ holder John Darwin, worsted — — N weaver — — William Dun ton, barber Lancelot Duckett, wool- — — P comber — — E J. Earle, worsted weaver — S T Earle, worstedweaver — — F John Fenn, freeholder, T St. Stephen’s — — George Fenn, carpenter Henry Fenn,w.w., freeh., — — St. Stephen’s — — John Fisher, mason — — Wm. Foster, mason ... — — G Robert Gamble, free¬ holder — — W Nathaniel Geary, wor¬ sted weaver — — Thomas Grimes, worsted weaver — — H Edward Hewett, worsted weaver — — Joseph Hierom, free¬ holder, Heigham ... — — J John Jarrum, worsted weaver — — Matthew Johnson, wor¬ sted weaver Richard Kett, freehold., St. Gregory’s Robert Lawson, worsted weaver George Lincolne, taylor John Love, freeholder John Low, worsted weaver Matthew Low, carpenter Edward Mollett, worsted weaver James Nicholls, free¬ holder ... o* o3 m William Norman, wor¬ sted weaver Robert Pettitt, worsted weaver Robert Spencer, free¬ holder William Tapper, lock¬ smith Nathaniel Thaxter, f.h., St. Mart. Oak William Thaxter, freeh., St. Mart. Oak William Tills, worsted weaver Henry Wallman, lath- driver Robert Watlin, worsted weaver Charles Watson, worsted weaver Nathaniel Winns (Wales), baker Henry Woods, freeholder John Worlington, barber In all, Totals:—Bacon, 1,G62 ; Britiffe, 1,G32; Bene, 1,32G; Berney, 1,319. Brit. EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 395 An Alphabetical Draught of the Poll, in the City of Norwich, of ROBERT BENE AND RICH. BERNEY . Esqrs. Taken the second of February, 1714. Norwich: printed by Henry Cross-grove, 1714. ST. GILES’S. Bene fl U V A Josiah Agges, worsted weaver _ B John Baker, worsted weaver _ Thos. Bateman, mercer _ L Daniel Barrett, tayler George Budwell, wor¬ — sted weaver Joseph Burton, Esq., sheriff _ _ M John Butcher, worsted weaver _ W. Bush,worsted weaver _ _ C Thomas Copping (Cock- sen), barber _ _ N Henry Crosskill, wor¬ sted weaver Thomas Churchman, — P freeholder _ _ R D Thomas Duplack, wor¬ sted weaver, freeli. _ E David Earl, taylor John Earl, worsted — — S weaver — James Elmy, freeli., Heigham ... — _ T F Henry Friend, worsted weaver — James Friend, worsted weaver G Richard Gilling, free¬ hold, St. Pet. Mane. U H Edmund Harper, wor¬ sted weaver Bartho. Hunton (Hunt¬ ing), coachman Thomas Hunton (Hunt¬ W ing), worsted w. Joshua Hutton, free¬ hold., Heigham Y J William Jefferey, taylor Wm. Jefferey jun., taylor James Ireland, worsted weaver Francis Julians, worsted weaver Robert Lancaster, wor¬ sted weaver Thomas Lemon, wor¬ sted weaver George Lincoln, taylor John Mallet, taylor ... William Mallet, glover Edward Mayes, worsted weaver John Mayes, grocer ... John Norgate, worsted weaver Thomas Pickalls, sheer- man Edmund Riches, free¬ hold. St. Stephen’s William Rookwood, car¬ penter Robert Snell, gent, free¬ holder Thomas Stagg, mason William Taylor, worsted weaver William Taylor, worsted weaver John Thompson, barber John Thompson, barber Roger Unday, baker ... Roger Unday, junr., baker Arnold Walwin, comber John Whitefoot, Cl., freeholder Timothy Wymar, wor¬ sted weaver Robert Yallop, worsted weaver In all Bene Bern. 306 ST. GILES’S. An Alphabetical Draught of the POLLS of THO: YE RE Esqre ; and M. BRANTHWAYT Esqre., for a Member to serve in Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 19th of Feb. 1734-5. Wherein every Ward and Parish is distinguished by itself. j Norwich. Printed by W. Chase, in the Cockey-Lane. MDCCXXXV. An Alphabetical Draught of the Poll of *THO. YERE, Esq. ST. GILES’S. Freeholds or Callings. Vere Aldhouse Frauds, worsted F Fenn Henry, worsted weaver — weaver Amyss Joseph, hot presser — Fransham John, gentleman Brettingham Robert, free¬ G Gamble Thomas, worsted holder, St. Giles’s — weaver Bradcock James, worsted H Hanmore Matthias, hot weaver — presser Beals Robert, Twisterer — Howse John, Esq.; F. H., Buddie George, worsted St. Geo., Tombland ... weaver — J Isaac John, worsted weaver Browne Henry, worsted Jackson Thomas, worsted weaver — weaver Barnard Matthew, barber — Indervill Daniel, worsted Claxton John, worsted weaver weaver — Jarrom. John, worsted Crow William, senior, wor¬ weaver sted weaver... — K Kett Henry, wool comber Clayton Timothy, gun¬ Kett Thomas, wool comber smith — Kett Richard, wool comber Durrant Nathaniel, sen:, Kiddle William, worsted worsted weaver — weaver Davy John, worsted weaver — L Lillington Samuel, worsted Earl Thomas, worsted weaver weaver — M Mayes Thomas, worsted Ellington John, freehold, weaver St. Giles’s ... — Miller Edward, pavior ... Ellington Leonard, wor¬ N North Henry, worsted sted weaver ... — weaver Emperor John, worsted 0 Offley William, M.D., free¬ weaver — hold, St. Giles’s Elmy William, worsted P Pearse Edward, w r ool weaver — comber Elmy William, junior, wor¬ Parkin William, worsted sted weaver ... — weaver * Mr. Vere was Mayor of Norwich in this year. EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 397 Pitts Benjamin, worsted Vere Smyth Isaac, worsted weaver — weaver Reeman Nicholas, senior, Simpson Solomon, inn¬ worsted weaver — holder Reeman Nicholas, junior, Symonds Thomas, wor¬ worsted weaver — sted weaver ... Rackham Simon, freehold, T Taylor William, wool St. Gregory’s — comber Randall William, worsted Taylor Joseph, carpenter weaver Taylor James, clerk Stannard Joseph, worsted W Warner William, baker ... weaver Woods Henry, worsted Spencer Robert, worsted weaver weaver 1 In all Staff John, worsted weaver I An Alphabetical Draught of the Poll of MILES BRANTHWAYT, Esq. ST. GILES’S. rP +3 a P c3 Freeholds or Callings. Allen George, whitesmith — Dewing William, taylor ... — Andrews Tlios., carpenter Davy Robert, wool comber — Baldwin Isaac, fearnothing — E ElmyJas., worsted weaver —, maker — Earle David, taylor _ s Bush Wm, worsted weaver — Earle Thomas, worsted Butcher John, worsted weaver — weaver — Earle John, worsted weaver — Cork Thomas, cordwainer — F Forster William, mason ... — Churchman Thomas, juu., Friend James, worsted Fh., St. Giles’s — weaver —. Croskin Henry, worsted Friend Henry, worsted weaver weaver — Churchman Thomas, aider- Fenn Thomas, worsted man weaver — Cullyer Robert, worsted G Greenwood Erasmus, weaver blacksmith ... — Cole Francis, worsted Goodson Francis, black¬ weaver smith Clapliam Jeremiah, free¬ H Harcourt Jermy, freehold, hold, Colegate Mancroft Cross-grove Henry, printer ,T Jeoffreys William, taylor Dixon John, mason L Lee John, fearnothing Dixon Timothy, mason ... maker Vere 398 ST. GILES'S. M N P Lane Rich, worsted weaver | Branth. S Scott Ed., worsted weaver Law Henry, tajdor — Snell Robert, freehold, St. Love John, worsted weaver — Giles’s Matthews William, free¬ Smyth Richard, baker ... hold, St. Andrew’s — T Tompson Thomas, barber Nicholls Samuel, black¬ Tompson John, worsted smith — weaver Norgate John, worsted W WattsThos.,worsted weaver weaver — Waller Thomas, worsted Norgate John, carpenter — weaver Preston Jacob, freehold, Wheeler James, freehold, St. Mary’s ... — St. Giles’s ... T,-. oil a c3 H w 46 A Supplement to the POLLS: containing the names of all those Freeholders and Freemen which are in the Polls for the Eight Honourable HORATIO WALPOLE and WALLER BACON, Esq. ; and Sir EDWARD WARD and MILES BRANTHWAYT, Esq., and were not in the last Polls for Thomas Yere and M. Branthwayt, Esq., which will make as compleat a Poll as can be desir’d. Also, the correction of a great many names, which through haste were taken wrong by the clerks in the original. Norwich. Printed by W. Chase , 1735. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE POLLS. ST. GILES’S. £ A Arnold John, worsted weaver ... _ B Brooke James, worsted weaver — — Bateman Thomas, carrier — Bateman William, Fh., S. Pet., M.A. ... — C Crow William, jun., worsted weaver — — F Fransham William, woolcomber — — G Goddard William, linen draper — H Hewitt Thomas, worsted weaver — — Ilemblin Thomas, worsted weaver — — Harwin John, worsted weaver ... — Holland Samuel, sugar baker ... — N Nichols James, hotpresser — — S Smyth Christopher, cordwainer — w Wales Nathaniel, worsted weaver — — Errata .—In the Polls for Thomas Vere, Esq., for Matthias Han- more, read Matthew ; for Parian , read Perleins, in St. Saviour’s. EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 399 An Alphabetical Draught of the Polls of Sir EDWARD WARD, Bart., MILES BRANTHWAYT, Esq., AND OF HORATIO WALPOLE, j E WALLER BACON, J For Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken May the 15th, 1734. AND OF MILES BRANTHWAYT, Esq., AND THOMAS VERE, EsQ. r Taken February the 19th, 1734. Incorporated in one list. Norwich. Printed and sold by L. Goddard, 1735, by whom such Gentlemen as please may have them bound at 6d. each, and all other Binding work done very reasonably. ST. GILES’S Aldhouse Francis, worsted weaver Allen George, locksmith Ames Joseph, hotpresser Andrews Thomas, carpenter ... Arnall John, worsted weaver ... Baker John, worsted weaver ... Baldwin Isaac, fearnothing maker Barnard Matthew, barber Bateman Thomas, gent. Bateman Win., freeh., St. Pet. Mancr. ... Beales Robert, twisterer Bradbrook James, worsted weaver Bretmgham Robert, freeholder, St. Giles’s Brooke James, worsted weaver Browne Henry, worsted weaver Budwell George, worsted weaver Bush William, worsted weaver Butcher John, worsted weaver Churchman Thomas, alderman ... Churchman Thomas, junr., freeh., St. Giles Clapham Jeremiah, freeh., St. Geos. Colegate Claxton John, worsted weaver... Clayton Timothy, gunsmith Cole Francis, worsted weaver ... Cork Thomas, cordwainer Croskill Henry, worsted weaver Brant. 400 ST. GILES'S. Cross-grove Henry, printer Crowe William, sen., worsted weaver ... Crowe William, junr., worsted weaver ... Cullyer Robert, worsted weaver Davey John, worsted weaver ... Davey Robert, wooll comber ... Dewing William, tailor Dixon John, mason Dixon Timothy, mason Durrant Nathaniel, sen., worsted weaver Earle David, freeh., St. Giles’s, tailor ... Earle John, worsted weaver ... Earle Thomas, worsted weaver Earle Thomas, worsted weaver Edgar George, worsted weaver Elmy James, worsted weaver Elmy William, senr., worsted weaver ... Elmy William, junr., worsted weaver ... Ellington Leonard, worsted weaver Ellington John, freeholder, St. Giles’s Emperor John, worsted weaver Fenn Henry, worsted weaver ... Fenn Thomas, worsted weaver Foster William, mason Fransham John, gent. Fransham William, wooll comber Friend Henry, worsted weaver Friend James, worsted weaver Gamble Thomas, worsted weaver Goddard William, linnen draper Goodson Francis, blacksmith ... Greenwood Erasmus, blacksmith Hanmer Matthew, hot presser Hansell John, wooll comber Harcourt Jermy, gent., fh., St. Pet. Mancr. Harwin John, worsted weaver Hembling Thomas, worsted weaver Hewitt Thomas, worsted weaver Holland Samuel, sugar baker ... Howes John, Esq., freeh., St. Geo. Tombland Jackson Thomas, worsted weaver Jarrom John, worsted weaver ... Jefferies William, tailor Inderwill Daniel, worsted weaver Isaac John, worsted weaver Keable Robert, worsted weaver Kett Henry, wooll comber Kett Richard, wooll comber Kett Thomas, wooll comber Kiddell William, worsted weaver Lane Richard, worsted weaver Law Henry, tailor Brant. EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. Law Henry, tailor Lee John, fearnothing maker ... Lillington Samuel, worsted weaver Love John, worsted weaver Matthews William, freeh., St. Andrew’s Maultby Joshua, worsted weaver Mayes Thomas, worsted weaver Miller Edward, paver Nichols James, hot presser Nichols Samuel, blacksmith Norgate John, worsted weaver... Norgate John, carpenter North Henry, worsted weaver Offley William, M.D., freeh., St. Giles’s Pearse Edward, wooll comber Perkin William, worsted weaver Pitt Benjamin, worsted weaver Preston Jacob, Esqre., freeholder, St. Mary’s Backham Simon, freeholder, St. Gregory’s Randall William, worsted weaver Reeman Nicholas, seur., worsted weaver Reeman Nicholas, junr., worsted weaver Scott Edward, cordwainer Simpson Solomon, innholder ... Smith Christopher, cordwainer Smith Isaac, worsted weaver ... Smith Richard, baker Snell Robert, gent., freeholder, St. Giles’s Spencer Robert, worsted weaver Staff John, worsted weaver Stannard Joseph, worsted weaver Symonds Thomas, worsted weaver Taylor James, clerk ... Taylor Joseph, carpenter Taylor William, wooll comber Tompson John, worsted weaver Tompson Thomas, barber Wales Nathaniel, baker Waller Thomas, worsted weaver Warner William, baker Watson Thomas, worsted weaver Wheeler James, freeholder, St. Giles’s Woods Henry, worsted weaver TOTAL VOTES. T Ward Branthwayt Walpole Bacon ... 1,620 ... 1,5G8 ... 1,786 ... 1,752 Branthwayt Vere ... 1,487 ... 1,820 401 402 ST. GILES'S. The Poll for Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 27th day of March, 1761. Candidates. HARBORD HARBORD, Esq. EDWARD BACON, Esq. ROBERT HARVEY, Esq. NOCKOLD TOMPSON, Esq. Norwich: printed by William Chase , mdcclxi. (Price One Shilling.) The numbers upon the Declaration were, for Mr. Harbord, 1729 ; Mr. Bacon, 1507 ; Mr. Harvey, 499 ; Mr. Tompson, 718. ST. GILES. Allen George, locksmith Allen Henry, carpenter Amias Thomas Kempis, twisterer Andrews Thomas, carpenter Atkinson Samuel, worsted weaver ... Beevor John, M.D. Bradbroke Thomas, worsted weaver Bradford Richard, worsted weaver ... Brettingham Robert, mason Bristow Jacob, cordwainer ... Bristow Jacob, junior Brooks George, worsted weaver Burcham John, clerk Butcher Henry, worstead weaver Butcher Hezekiah, wool comber Butcher John, worsted weaver Cady William, worsted weaver Cawdell William, wool comber Churchman Thomas, Esq., Alderman ... Clapham Jeremiah, junior, worsted weaver ... Clapham Jeremiah, worsted weaver ... Codd Charles, merchant Cork Thomas, innholder Dack Robert, physician, freehold in St. Giles Davy Robert, printer, freehold in St. Giles Davey Robert, wool comber Dewing William, taylor Dewing William, junior, gentleman ... Earle James, worsted weaver Elmy James, gentleman Elmy William, gentleman ... Fawcet Henry, worsted weaver Field Robert, worsted weaver Fleming Wm. Hen., Esq., freehold in Geo. Colegate Frary James, wool comber ... EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. Frary William Osley, wool comber ... Friend James, worsted weaver Gamble William, worsted weaver Godfrey Thomas, cordwainer Grimwood Erasmus, blacksmith Green John, taylor Harcourt Jenny, Esq., Sheriff and Alderman Harper Edward, worsted weaver Hill Charles, barber Hott John, worsted weaver Houghton George, butcher ... Huggins John, worsted weaver Jenkinson Sam., worsted weaver Indeville Daniel, worsted weaver Ireland Stephen, worsted weaver Juniper Jonas, worsted weaver Lane Thomas, worsted weaver Laws Thomas, worsted weaver Laws Edward, worsted weaver Lillington Isaac, merchant ... Lindsey William, worsted weaver Miller Isaac, freehold in St. Giles Miller Thomas, paviour Mills Daniel, worsted weaver Molden George, clerk Money John, worsted weaver Money Thomas, clerk Moy John, merchant Norgate John, carpenter North Nathaniel, gentleman Offiey William, M.D., freehold in St. Giles Ownswortli William, mason lleeman George, worsted weaver Reeman Nicholas, worsted weaver ... Routh Francis, gent., freehold in Tiniborhill Slack James, blacksmith ... ... Smith James, senior, gentleman Spencer Robert, worsted weaver Swift Robert, w r orsted weaver Symonds Thomas, worsted weaver ... Tallowin Samuel, last maker Tallowin Stephen, wool comber Thompson Thomas, barber... Trappet Beuj., gentleman, freeli. in St. Giles "Vincent John, bricklayer Walsby John, bookbinder ... Warner William, baker White John, worsted weaver Wild James, worsted weaver Wright Francis, gentleman... 404 ST. GILES'S. By Permission of the Sheriffs. The Poll for Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 18th day of March, 17G8. Alphabetically digested in the several parishes and places of abode. Candidates. HARBORD HARBORD, Esq. EDWARD BACON, Esq. THOMAS BEEVOR, Esq. Norwich: printed by TV. Chase. (Price One Shilling). ST. GILES. Allen George, locksmith Atkinson William, worsted weaver Allen Henry, carpenter Ames Thomas Tempest, twisterer Burcham John, clerk Browne James, worsted weaver Bowman Simon, joiner Buck Ralph, waggoner Butcher John, worsted weaver Butcher Henry, worsted weaver Bacon Leonard, merchant Beales William, barber Brettingham Robert, gent. Burroughs John, gent. Beevor John, M.D. Cork Thomas, cord wainer Cady William, merchant Codd Charles, merchant Churchman Sir Thomas, lint., alderman Carver George, worsted weaver Catheral Joseph, tallow chandler Culyer John, whitesmith Clapham Jeremiah, worsted weaver, freeh. Dack Robert, M.D., freeh. Davy Robert, printer, freeh. ... Davy Robert, worsted weaver Deave Reuben, merchant, freeh. Dewing William, gent. Earl James, worsted weaver ... Fleming William Henry, Esq. Fielding Robert, worsted weaver, freeh. Flowerdew John, surgeon Faslett Henry, worsted weaver Fell Laurence, worsted weaver Frary William, Asley, woolcomber EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 405 Greenwood Erasmus, sen., blacksmith Greenwood Erasmus, jun., blacksmith ... Gray James, hotpresser Godfrey Thomas, cord wainer Gamble William, worsted weaver Harcourt Jermy, Esq., alderman Hill Charles, barber ... Hooke Peter, physician, freeh. St. And. Hay ton William, baker Juniper Jonas, gent. ... Inderville Daniel, worsted weaver Ireland Stephen, worsted weaver Linsey Richard, worsted weaver Lane Thomas, worsted weaver Lillington Isaac, merchant Lawes Edward, worsted weaver Lawes Thomas, publican Mills Daniel, worsted weaver ... Moy John, gent., freeh. Money John, worsted weaver ... Moye Francis, glazier Money Thomas, clerk Nichols James, worsted weaver Norman Benjamin, barber Norgate John, carpenter North Nathaniel, gent. Offley John, clerk, freeh. Earlham Ounsworth William, bricklayer Robinson John, gent. Smith James, gent. ... Stannard Philip, merchant Swift Robert, worsted weaver Stone Charles, cabinet maker ... Sancroft Thomas, worsted weaver Steward Thomas, carpenter, freeh. St. And. Symonds Thomas, worsted weaver Turner David, worsted weaver Thompson Thomas, barber Taylor Philip, merchant Tliurloe John, merchant Taylor Daniel, worsted weaver Weaver Stephen, manufacturer Warner Joseph, baker, freeh. ... Wenn Charles, worsted weaver Wild James, worsted weaver ... TOTAL VOTES. Ilarbord Bacon Beevor 1,812. 1 , 596 . 1,136. GO 51 20 40G ST. GILES’S, The POLL for Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich, taken eleventh day of September, 1780, alphabetically digested in the several Parishes and Places of Residence. Candidates. Sir HARBORD HARBORD, of Gunton, Bart. WILLIAM WINDHAM, of Felbrigg, Esq. EDWARD BACON, of Earlham, Esq. ... JOHN THURLOW, of Norwich, Esq. ... 1,382 1,069 1,199 1,103 Norwich: printed by John Crouse, for J. and C. Ber m,dcc,l xxx. ry, Stationers. ST. GILES. Amies Tho. Kempis, w. w. ... Amies Simon, ditto ... Bacon Leonard, merchant ... Beales William, barber Beevor John, M.D. Beevor John, clerk Bretingham John, gent. Burcham John, clerk Butcher Henry, w. w. Buttivant James, merchant... Carver Joseph, carpenter, freeh. St. Mary Catherall Jos., tallow chandler Churchman Sir Thomas, Ivnt., Alderman Codd Charles, merchant Cole John, mace-officer Cook Jacob, wool comber ... Cooke William, w. w. Croskill James, ditto Crosskill John, w. w. Cullyer John, whitesmith ... Dack Robert, M.D., freeholder St. Giles Deave Reuben, gent. Dewing William, gent. Dixon William, w. w. Dye John, ditto Flowerdew John, Surgeon ... Foster William, gent. Franklin John, oatmeal-maker, freeh. in Etheldred Ganning Daniel, gent., freeh. in St. Giles Gay John, jun., gent. Gay Benjamin, surveyor of window lights Gray James, hotpresser Greenwood Wm., wheelwright Greenwood Erasm., blacksmith Hay ton William, baker Hayton William, ditto ... ... Hewitt Edward, cordwainer EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 407 Hitchin Thomas, wool comber Holden Thomas, w. w. Hook Peter, M.D., freeh. in St. Andrews Howes Thomas, clerk, freeh. in St. Giles Indervill William, w. w. Johnson Arnold, w. w. Kett Henry, merchant Lawes Edward, w. w. Lay Charles, jun., gent., surveyor of window lights Lodge Thomas, gent. Miles Jacob, w. w. Miles Jacob, ditto ... Mills Daniel, ditto Norgate John, carpenter Ollyet Robert, coach master, fr. Ownsworth William, bricklayer Page William, carpenter Parr Robert, clerk, freeh. in Lawrence Sabberton James, w. w. Smith Tho., cabinet maker Smith Eli, duffield maker ... Stagg Thomas, w. w. Stannard Isaac, ditto Stebbing Rob., wool comber, fr. Swift John, w. w. ... Taylor Daniel, w. w. Taylor Philip, throwsterer ... Tillett William, w. w. Thompson John, w. w. Vincent William, w. w. Weaver Stephen, manufacturer Wild James, w. w. Wilson Jonn, gatekeeper Wilsea William, glazier Wright Edward, carpenter ... w « — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 32 22 41 By Authority of the Sheriffs. The Poll for Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 5th day of April, 1784. Candidates. Sir HARBORD HARBORD, of Gunton, Bart. ... The Right Hon. WILLIAM WTNDHAM, of Felbrigg The Hon. HENRY HOBART, of Intwood Votes. ‘2,305 1,297 1,233 409 ST. GILES'S. GILBERT BROWNSMITH, Esq. \ Sheriffs and JOHN DAY, Esq. J Returning Officers. Norwich : printed lg J. Crouse , for J. and C. Berry, Booksellers, Dove Lane. ST. GILES. Amis Simon, worsted weaver ... Amis Thomas Kempis, throwsterer Bacon Leonard, merchant Butcher Henry, worsted weaver Burcham John, clerk ... Buttivant James, jun., manufacturer Baldwin Michael, coach maker Buttivant James, manufacturer Briston Jacob, scrivener Bates Andrew, carpenter, freeholder Beevor John, M.D. Beevor John, jun., clerk Bell Thomas, carpenter, freeholder Baily Thomas, gent. ... Beales William, barber Croskill John, worsted weaver Cole John, ditto Chapman Spinkes, grocer Cooke William, worsted weaver Codd Charles, merchant Catherall Jos. gent. Cullier John, whitesmith Cook Jacob, wool comber Carver Jos., carpenter, freeholder Dewing William, gent. Dring John, baker Dye John, worsted weaver Day John, Esq., sheriff Dack Robert, M.D., freeholder Dixon William, worsted weaver Deave Reuben, Esq. ... Fletcher James, dyer Foster William, gent. Flowerdew John Garthon John, worsted weaver Ganning Daniel, gent, freeholder Greenwood Erasmus, whitesmith Gray James, hotpresser Herring John, throwsterer Howard Thomas, worsted weaver Hay ton William, baker Hitchen Thomas, wool comber Hibgame Bacon, flour merchant Holden Thomas, worsted weaver Howes Thomas, clerk, freeholder Hob. EXIRACTS FROM POLL BOOItS. 409 Hooke Peter, M.D., freeholder Indervill William, worsted weaver Lane Thomas, jun., ditto Miles Daniel, ditto Parr Robert, clerk, freeholder Reeve Robert, worsted weaver Rudledge William, chair maker Stebbing Robert, wool comber, freehold Sabberton James, worsted weaver freeh. Swift John, ditto ... Sabberton John, wool comber Stannard Abraham, musician, freeholder Stagg Thomas, worsted weaver Thompson John, ditto Taylor Daniel, ditto Tuthill Henry, baker Taylor Philip, throwsterer Thompson Stackhouse, Esq. ... Thompson Timothy, beer brewer Unthank William, gent. — Vincent William, worsted weaver Wyat James, ditto Wild James, ditto Willsea William, plumber Wilson John, corclwainer Weaver Stephen, manufacturer 31 04 38 The POLL for a Member of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 15th and 10th days of September, 1786. Candidates. Votes. The Hon. HENRY HOBART, of Intwood ... ... 1,450 Sir THOMAS BEEVOR, Bart., of Hethel ... ... 1,383 CHARLES WESTON, Jiinr., Esq., i Sheriffs and JOHN PATTESON, Esq., J Returning Officers. Norwich: printed and sold by Chase and Co., in the Cockey Lane, 1786. (Price One Shilling). ST. GILES. 23 Addey John, Esq., Aider- Amis Thomas Kempis, man ... — jun., ditto — Amis Simon, worsted wea¬ Amis Joseph, worsted wea¬ ver ... — ver ... Amis Thomas Kempis, Bacon Leonard, merchant throwsterer ... — Beales William, barber ... 2 B 410 ST. GILES’S. CQ a Beevor John, M.D., free¬ Howes Rev. Thomas, clerk, holder — freeholder Beevor Rev. John, clerk ... — Jenkinson Samuel, w. w. _ Bell Thomas, carpenter, Johnson Arnold, ditto freeholder — Lacey William, ditto — Bircham Rev. John, clerk — Lane Thomas, ditto Brewer Mark, worsted Lane Thomas, jun., ditto — weaver — Le Fabuer Philip, school¬ Butcher Henry, w. w. — master Buttivant James, manu¬ Mack William, carrier — facturer — Mallows Daniel, w. w. Buttivant James, jun., Martins William, w. w. ... — ditto... — Matchet Henry, collar Carr Isaac, ditto — maker, freeholder — Chapman Spinkes, wine Mills Daniel, w. w. merchant — Page William, carpenter ... Cook Jacob, wool comber — Parkinson Joseph, w. w. ... — Cooke William, w. w. — Reeve Robert, ditto Copping George, ditto — Rigby Edward, surgeon, Croskill John, ditto — freeholder Cullyer John, whitesmith — Rodwell Robert, w. w. — Dack Robert, M.D — Roe Nathaniel, Esq., aider- Day John, wool factor — man ... — Dewing William, gent. — Sabberton John, wool Dixou William, w. w. — comber Dring John, baker — Say Thomas, glazier Dye John, w. w. — Smith Thomas, w. w. — Fletcher James, scar leu Stebbing Robert, wool dyer ... — comber, freeholder Flowerdew John, surgeon — Taylor Daniel, w. w. — Foster William, jun., gent. — Taylor Philip, throwsterer Foulsham William, car¬ Thompson John, w. w. penter — Thompson Stackhouse, geut. Friend Martin, w. w. — Tuffield Edward, w. w. ... Ganning Daniel, gent., Tuthill Henry, baker freeholder — Unthank William, jun., Gray James, hotptesser ... — gent. _ _ ... Greenwood Erasmus,white¬ Vincent William, w. w. ... — smith — Watson Joseph, ditto — Hay ton William, baker ... — Weavers Stephen, mer¬ Hibgame Bacon, gent. — chant Hitching Thomas, wool Wild James, w. w. comber — 34 The POLL for a Member of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 15th day of March, 1787. Candidates. Votes.. The Hon. HENRY HOBART, of Intwood ... ... 1,398 Sik THOMAS BEEVOR, Bart., of Hethel ... ... 1,313 Majority 80 EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 411 WM. HERRING, Esq., ) Sheriffs and JOHN HERRING, Esq., J Returning Officers. Together with the Voters in 1786, for the same Candidates. By Permission of the Sheriffs. Norwich : printed hj Chase and Co., and can he had only at the Bar of the King's Head. (Price Two Shillings.) 1786. ST. GILES. 1787. b* K — Addey John, Esq., alderman Amiss Simon, worsted weaver __ Amiss Joseph, ditto Amis Thomas Kempis, throwsterer Amis Thomas Kempis, junr., worsted w. — Baldwin Michael, coach maker _ Bacon Leonard, merchant _ Basey Robert, worsted weaver _ — Beales William, barber — Beevor John, M.D., Fr., St. Giles’ — Beevor Rev. John, clerk ... — Bell Thomas, carpenter, fr., St. Giles’ Bircliam Rev. John, clerk _ — Brewer Mark, worsted weaver Butcher Henry, ditto _ Buttivant James, merchant _ Buttivant James, junr., worsted weaver _ Carr Isaac, ditto _ Chapman Spinks, wine merchant ... _ — Cook Jacob, wool comber Codd Charles, merchant ... _ — Cooke William, worsted weaver ... _ — Copping George, ditto Croskell John, ditto _ — Cullyer John, whitesmith Hack Robert, M.D., fr., St. Giles’ ... _ Day John, beer brewer ... De Cleve William, wool comber — Dewing William, gent. Deave Reuben, gent. Dixon William, worsted weaver ... Dring John, baker Dye John, worsted weaver Fletcher James, scarlet dyer Flowerdew John, surgeon — Foster William, junr., gent. i Foulsbam Richard, carpenter _1 Ganning Daniel, gent., fr., St. Giles’ 412 ST. GILES'S. 17S6. Gray James, hotpresser ... Greenwood Erasmus, whitesmith ... Hayten William, baker Hibgame Bacon, gent. Hitching Thomas, wool comber Howes Rev. Tho , clerk, fr., St. Giles’ Jenkinson Samuel, worsted weaver Johnson Arnold, ditto Lacey William, ditto Lane Thomas, junr., ditto Lane Thomas, ditto Le Fabuer Philip, schoolmaster Mack William, London carrier Mallowes Daniel, worsted weaver ... Martins William, ditto Matchett Henry, gent., fr., St. Stephen’s .. Mills Daniel, worsted weaver Ownsworth Jn., bricklayer, fr., St. Giles’ .. Page William, carpenter Palmer Abraham, gent., fr., St. Greg. Parkinson Joseph, worsted weaver Parr Rob. Rev., cl., fr., Rect., St. Law. Rant Richard, woollen draper Reeve Robert, worsted weaver Rigby Edward, surgeon, fr., Bracondale Rodwell Robert, worsted weaver ... Roe Nathaniel , Esq., alderman Sabberton John, wool comber Sabberton James, worsted weaver Say Thomas, glazier Smith Thomas, wmrsted weaver ... Smith Thomas, ditto Seaman Anthony, ditto Stebbing Rob., wool comber, fr., St. Giles’ .. Smyth Gee, jun., Rev., cl., fr., Vic., Eaton ... Taylor Daniel, worsted weaver Taylor Philip, throwsterer Tompson John, worsted weaver ... Tompson Stackhouse, gent. Tuffield Edward, worsted weaver ... Tuthill Henry, baker Unthank William, junr., gent. Vincent William, worsted weaver ... Watson Joseph, ditto Withers Henry, gent. ... ... . .. Weavers Stephen, merchant Wilde James, worsted weaver EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 413 From the Sheriff's Boohs. The POLL for Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 18th day of June, 1790. Candidates. The Hon. HENRY HOBART, of Intwood ... ... 1,492 The Right Hon. WILLIAM WINDHAM, of Felbrigg ... 1,391 Sir THOMAS BEEVOR, of Hethel, Bart. ... ... 656 STARLING DAY, Junr., Esq. \ Sheriffs and J. G. BASELEY, Esq. j Returning Officers. Norwich: printed and sold hxj J. Bowen, No. 10, Cocheg Lane, 1790. ST. GILES. Ames Simon, worsted weaver Ames Thomas, ditto ... Bacon Leonard, merchant Bell, Thomas, carpenter, fr. Beevor John, M.D. Brewer Mark, worsted weaver Brittan Henry, gent., freeholder Brunton James, upholder Butcher Henry, worsted weaver Campis Thomas, throwsterer Chapman Spinkes, merchant’s clerk Cole John, worsted weaver Cook Jacob, wool comber Cook William, wool comber Culyer John, whitesmith Dack Robert, M.D , freeholder Day Starling, jun., Esq., sheriff Day John, gent. Day John, junr., gent., fr. Decleave William, wool comber Deeve Reuben, gent., freeholder Dewung William, gent. Dixon William, worsted weaver Drake John, cordwainer Dring John, baker Eastaugh Nathaniel, bellman Fletcher James, dyer Flowerdew John, surgeon Foulsham Richard, carpenter Garthon John, worsted weaver Gray Michael, heel maker Hibgame Bacon, gent. Hitchin Thomas, wool comber Howlett Richard, servant 414 ST. GILES'S. Howes Thomas, clerk, fr. Jenkiusou Samuel, worsted weaver Iveymer Erasmus, ditto Kirk William, ditto ... Lane Thomas, ditto ... Lane Thomas, jun., ditto Lindsey Richard, ditto Mack William, gent. ... Martin William, worsted weaver Mallows Daniel, ditto Martin Richard, ditto Marklay William, taylor Middleton James, worsted weaver Mills Daniel, ditto Mills William, ditto ... Nichols James, ditto ... Onsworth John, bricklayer Parr Robert, clerk, freeholder Priest Robert, gent., freeholder Reeve Robert, worsted weaver Rigby Edward, surgeon Roe Nathaniel, Esq., fr., alderman Sabberton James, worsted weaver Sabberton John, wool comber Sabberton Thomas, ditto Smith Thomas, worsted weaver Smith Thomas, ditto Spurgeon John, ditto Sudbury Samuel, ditto Taylor Philip, tlirowsterer Thompson John, worsted weaver Thompson Stackhouse, gent. ... Tillett William, ditto Tuffield Edward, worsted weaver Watson John, merchant Weaver Stephen, manufacturer Withers Henry, upholder Wigg James, barber ... Vincent William, worsted weaver Wymer William Francis, merchant Youngman Peter, barber 37 47 21 The POLL for a Member of Parliament for the City of Norwich. Taken the 12th day of July, 1794. Candidates. Votes. The Right Hon. WILLIAM WINDHAM, of Felbrigg ... 1,236 JAMES MINGAY, Esq., of Thetford . 770 Majority—466 EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 415 JOHN WELLS, Esq. 1 m 7 _ ^ CHA: REYNOLDS, Esq. f Shenffs and Retu ™ n 9 ° ffl cers - By permission of the Sheriffs. Printed by Richard Bacon. Price Eighteen Pence. ST. GILES. Addey John , Esq., alderman Amis Simon, worsted wea¬ ver ... Amis Thomas Kempis, thrcrwsterer Amis Thomas Kempis, worsted weaver Bacon Leonard, wine mer¬ chant Beevor John, M D. Boardman Philip, tailor ... Brewer Mark, worsted weaver Brown Rev. Michael, clerk, freeholder Brunton James, upholder Butcher Henry, worsted weaver Clapham Charles, mill¬ wright Cook Jacob, wool comber Day Starling, jun., mer¬ chant Deeker Rev. Thomas, clerk, freeholder De Cleve William, wool comber Dixon William, worsted weaver Dring John, baker Eastaugh Nathaniel, bell¬ man ... Fletcher James, dyer Foulsham Richard, carpen¬ ter Ganuing Daniel, gent., free¬ holder Hatch P'rancis, tailor Hitching Thomas, wool comber Howes Rev. Thomas, clerk, freeholder £ 3 > Jenkinson Samuel, worsted weaver _ — Keymer Onesimus, worsted weaver _ — Lane Thomas, worsted weaver _ — Lane Thomas, jun.,worsted weaver _ — Lane Thomas, jun., worsted — weaver _ — Lindsey Richard, worsted weaver _ — Mackley William, tailor ... Martin Charles, worsted -- — weaver _ — Mills Henry, worsted wea¬ ver ... _ — Nicholds James, worsted weaver _ — Parr Rev. Robert, clerk, — freeholder _ Priest Robert, gent. _ — Rigby Edward, surgeon ... Roe Nathaniel , Esq., aider- — man ... _ Smith Thomas, worsted — weaver Spurgeon John, worsted — weaver — Stoddart John, coach maker Taylor Rev. Thomas, clerk — Vincent William, worsted — weaver Ward Isaac, cordwainer ... Watling James, tailor Watson Joseph, worsted — weaver Yallop William, haber¬ dasher Youngmau Peter, barber ... I 1 J7 416 ST. GILES'S. THE POLL for Members of Parliament for the City and County of Norwich. Taken the twenty-fifth of May, 1796. (Theparishes and names of the Voters alphabetically arranged; and carefully copied from the original poll-books.') Candidates. Votes. The Hon. HENRY HOBART, of Intwood ... ... 1,622 The Right Hon. WILLIAM WINDHAM, of Felbrigg ... 1,159 BARTLETT GURNEY, of Norwich, Esq. ... ... 1,076 PETER CHAMBERLIN, Esq. 1 , „ . EDWARD COLMAN, Esq. J Shen f s and Returning Officers. By permission of the Sheriff's. Norwich. Printed by and for Crouse, Stevenson and Matchett, and R. Bacon. Price Two Shillings. ST. GILES. Addey John, Esq., Alderman ... Amis Simon, w. w. Bacon Leonard, gent. Beevor John, M.D. Boardman Philip, tailor Boulter Thomas, baker Bretingham John, gent. Brewer Mark, W. W.... Brittan Henry, gent., fr. Browne Rev. Michael, clerk, fr. Browne John, gardener Brunton James, upholder Chesnutt Philip, throwsterer ... Coke Jacob, woolcomber Cook William, w. w. Cook William, junr., grocer Culyer John, whitesmith Day Starling, junr., gent. Dixon William, w. w. Dring John, baker Fletcher James, dyer Foster Harper, brazier Foulsham Richard, carpenter ... Freshfield John, merchant Freshfield Robert, merchant ... Ganning Daniel, gent. Hampp J. C., merchant EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 417 Hitcken Thomas, woolcomber... Houndswortli John, bricklayer Howse Rev: Thomas, clerk, fr. Jenkinson Samuel, w. w. Johnson Arnold, w. w. Kempis Thomas, throwsterer ... Keymer Onesimus, w. w. Lane Thomas, w. w. Lane Thomas, w. w. Lawter Robert, cordwainer Lindsey Richard, w. w. Lindley Rev. T. O., clerk, fr. ... Mack William, gent. ... Martin Charles, gent. Money James, baker ... Nichols James, w. w. Parr Rev. Robert, clerk, fr. Rayner Rev. William, clerk Rigby Edward, surgeon Smith Thomas, w. w. Spurgeon John, w. w. Stoddart John, coachmaker Taylor Rev. Thomas, clerk Tompson Stackhouse, gent: ... Tuthill John, brewer ... Vincent William, w. w. Watson John, merchant Watson Joseph, w. w. Watling James, tailor Weaver Stephen, gent. Willins Rev. James, clerk Wild Samuel, w. w. ... Wilson Robert, servant Youngman Peter, barber THE POLL for a Member of Parliament for the City and County of Norwich. Taken the twenty-seventh of May, 1799. (The parishes and names of the Voters alphabetical!ij arranged; and carefully copied from the original poll-books.) Candidates. JOHN FRERE, of Roydon, Esq. ... ... ... 1,345 ROBERT EELLOWES, of Shotesham, Esq. ... ... 1,186 418 ST. GILES'S. THOMAS TAWELL, Esq. ) T. A. KEBEISON, Esq. } Sheriffs and Returning Officers. By permission of the Sheriffs. Norwich. Printed by and for R. Bacon, and Stevenson and Matchett. Price Two Shillings. ST. GILES. Arnold JoEnson, w. w. Ames Simon, w. w. Ames Thomas Kempis, throwsterer Bacon Leonard, wine mer¬ chant Brewer Mark, w. w. Browne Eev. Michael, clerk Brunton James, upholder Bretingham John, gent. ... Boardman Philip, tailor ... Cook William, grocer Coke Jacob, w. c. Corbould John, gent. Culyer John, whitesmith Day Starling, junr., Esq.... Dring John, baker Fletcher James, dyer Foulsham Eichard, car¬ penter Foster Harper, brazier ... Howes Eev. Thomas, clerk, fr. Hampp John Christopher, merchant Kitchin Thomas, banker’s clerk CD "3 CD ?H — Hatch Francis, tailor — Hook Edmund, gent., fr. Jenkinson Samuel, w. w. — — Kay James, tin-plate worker Lawter Eobert, cord wainer _ — Lindsey Eichard, w r . w. ... — — Lane Thomas, w. w. — — Mack William, gent. — — Mingay Mark Bean, brazier — — Nichols James, w. w. — — Ownswortli John, bricklayer — — Parr Eev. Eobert, clerk ... — — Priest Eobert, gent. — Eigby Edward, surgeon ... — Say Thomas Pull, glazier — — Sewell Eobert, callico — glazier — Stanuard Abraham, waiter — Stoddard John, coachmaker — — Spurgeon John, w. w. — — Smith Thomas, w. w. — Taylor Eev. Thomas, clerk — — Tuthill John, gent. Warren Serjeant, w. w. ... — _ Wilson Eobert, coachman, fr. — — Watling James, tailor j 31 THE POLL for Members of Parliament for the City and County of Norwich. Taken the fifth of July, 1802. The Parishes and Names of the Voters alphabetically arranged, and carefully copied from the Original Poll Boohs. EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS, 419 Candidates. Votes. ROBERT FELLOWES, Esq., of Shotesham ... ... 1,532 Wsi, SMITH, Esqre., of Parndon, Essex ... ... 1,439 The Rt. Hon. Wm. WINDHAM, of Felbrigg ... ... 1,356 JOHN FRERE, Esq., of Roydon ... ... ... 1,328 By permission of the Sheriff's. THOMAS BACK, Junr., Esq., ROBERT WARD, Esq. Sheriffs and Returning Officers. Norwich. Printed <0 sold hy Bacon & all other Booksellers. Price Two Shillings. ST. GILES. Ames Simon, w. Ames Thomas-a-Kempis, w. Amiss William, cordwainer Amis Joseph, w. Bacon Leonard, merchant ... Beevor John, M.D. Beevor Rev. John, clerk Beevor Henry, M.D. Brewer Mark, w. ... Browne Thomas, printer Brunton James, upholder ... Brettingham John, attorney Boardman Philip, tailor Cook William, grocer Coke, Jacob, vinegar merchant Copeman Edward, merchant, f. Cubit Samuel, w. ... Culyer John, whitesmith Culyer John, jun., whitesmith Day Starling, jun., Esq. Darkiu James, cabinet maker Deeker Rev. Thomas, clerk Dring John, baker Fletcher James, dyer Foster Harper, brazier Grand John, gent. Howes Rev. Thomas, clerk, f. Hitclien Thomas, banker’s clerk Hatch Francis, tailor Hook Edmund, Esq., f. Kay James, tin plate worker King Thomas, carpenter Landy James, apothecary ... Lane Richard, chair maker 420 ST. GILES'S. Lindsey Richard, w. Lane Thomas, w. ... Mack William, gent. Money John, w. Nichols James, w. Ownsworth John, bricklayer Parr Rev. Robert, clerk Read Nicholas, w. Rigby Edward, Esq. Say Thomas Pull, glazier ... Seaman James, w. Sewell Bartholomew, manufacturer Simpson William, gent. Stannard Abraham, marker Stoddart John, coach maker Spurgeon John, w. Smith Thomas, w. Styleman Nicholas, Esq., f. Tuthill John, gent. Vincent William, w. Ward Isaac, cordwainer Warren Serjeant, labourer ... Watling James, tailor Watson John, merchant Wilkinson Henry, sawyer ... > p w Allen John — Moore William — — Ames Simon John — Ninham Teasdill — Bean Francis — Olley William — Blackmore Benjamin ... — — Pilgrim John — Boardman Benjamin ... — Pilgrim John, jnn. — Bolingbroke Charles N. — — Priest Henry Raven — Bolingbroke George E. — — Reeve Simms Bolingbroke Horatio ... — — Ringer James .. Borking Thomas — Sampson William — Chesnutt Gilbert — — Starling Edmund A. ... — Cock Edmund — — Thouless James — Corrick William — Thouless Samuel James — Corrick William, jun. ... — Warner William — Corsbie Dennis Tooke — Watson James — Cullyer George — Watts Thomas — Dalrymple Arthur — — Willement Richard — Daveney Charles Burton Foulger Horatio — _ Wright George Freeman Wm. Philip B. — — Occupiers. Garthon James Slapp — — Gilman Charles Rack- Amos William — ham — Atkins Richard — Goodwin Charles — Bridgman William K. ... Harbord Joseph Mas- Boulger Joseph Patrick _ singham ... — — Brightwell Thomas — Harbord William — Beart Robert Hayward — Hart Philip Woodrow — — Browne George — Hawkes Robert William — Burrage Edward — Hewett William — — Cooper Samuel — Houghton David — Cooke William — Joy Matthew _ — Crosse Thomas William — Johnson John Godwin — Copeman Edward — Lucas William - Chapman Samuel — Maycake Henry — Dalton Samuel — EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 441 Freeman James Fox Isaac George William Morris Gardiner Thompson Goodwin William Goggs William Hart Charles Hill Richard Hill James Frederick Holmes Robert Lawes James Ling Henry ... Long Edmund S. D. May James ... Master Alfred Mayhew James Parr William Burrell Rix Robert Rigg Richard Ranking William Har- court Sharp William Robert Townshend Samuel Woodcock Henry Whitehead George Woodrow Joseph Freeholders. Bloomfield John Cullyer Christmas Daveney Henry Finegan Thomas William George Robert Harvard Samuel Taylor George Taylor John Oddin Womersly Joshua Copy of the Entire Register of Electors with THE POLL for two Members to serve in Parliament for the County and City of Norwich, taken on the 30th day of April, 1 859 Candidates. VISCOUNT BURY H. W. SCHNEIDER, Esq. Sir SAMUEL BIGNOLD, Knt. C. M. LUSHINGTON, Esq. Numbers. 2,154 2,138 1,966 1,900 The names are alphabetically arranged with the parishes, and shew the voters and the neutrals, with a table of the voting in each ward every hour. IT. S. PATTESON, Esq., Sheriff, Returning Officer. F. E. WATSON, Esq., Under Sheriff. Norwich. Printed at the Mercury office. ST. GILES. X n X Allen John Ames Raymond, W. _ Ames Simon J. Aldrod James — 2 d 442 ST. GILES'S. Amos William Atkins Rickard Bean Francis Bean James Bell John Blackmore Benjamin Boardman Benjamin Bolingbroke Ckas. N. Bolingbroke Geo. E. Bolingbroke Horatio Borking Tbomas ... Baker James Booking Tbomas ... Beart Robert H. Bloomfield Jobn Boulger Joseph P. Bridgman W. K. Brightwell Tbomas Browne George Burrows Jobn Bramwell D. K. Cbesnntt Gilbert ... Cock Edmund Corrick Win., junr. Cullyer George Chapman Samuel ... Cooke William Cooper Samuel Copeman Edward Crosse Tbomas Wm. Culyer Chrismas Daveney Charles B. Daynes Sheridan S. Dye Jobn Dalton Samuel Davy William Downes Tbomas ... Daveney Henry English .Joseph Firth George, W. W. Foster Jobn, junr. Foulger Horatio Freeman Wm. P. B. Fairweatker Henry Farrow Wilbam Foster George Fox Isaac Freeman James Fox Jobn Finegan Tbomas Wm. Gartbon Jamas Slapp Gilman Cbas. Suckling EXTRACTS FROM POLL ROOKS. 443 Goodwin Charles ... Goodwin G. Septimus George Wm. Morris Girdlestone Reuben Goggs William Grimes John George Robert Harbord Joseph M. Hart P. Woodrow ... Hawkes R. W. Hill Henry Holtaway Alfred ... Houghton David ... Hubbard Robert Hart Charles Hill James F. Hill Richard Holmes Robert Hawkes Wm. Haward Samuel Jessup Thomas, w. Johnson J. G. Ivett Henry Laflin Joseph Lucas William Ling Henry Laws James Lincoln James Maycake Henry Master Alfred Mayhew James May James Muriel Charles E. ... Mackay John Nicholson Abraham Ninham Teasdell ... Nobbs John Nursey Richard Ninham Henry Olley William Pilgrim John Priest Henry Raven Parr John Parr William Burrell Porter Robert Ringer James Rigg Richard Rogers Charles Rix Robert Sampson William ... Say Frederick Say Horace 444 ST. GILES'S. Say Thomas Robert SayerJohn Sharp William Robert Skelton John Smith Slack Robert Hugh Taylor George Wm. Truman James Taylor George Taylor John Oddin Warner William Warner Wm., junr. Watson James Watts Thomas Whitehead George Wicks Charles Wurr William Womersley Joshua Woodcock Henry ... THE POLL for two Members to serve in Parliament for the County and City of Norwich. Taken the 29th day of March, 18G0. With a list of the Elections which have taltcn place in Norwich from 1688 to the present time. Candidates. EDWARD WARNER, Esq. ... 2,083 Sir WILLIAM RUSSELL, Bart., C.B. ... 2,045 W. FORLONGE, Esq. ... 1,636 W. D. LEWIS, Esq., Q.C. ... 1,631 GEO. JAY, Esq., Under Sheriff , (In the absence of J. UNDERWOOD, Esquire, Sheriff’,) Returning Officer. Norwich. Samuel Daynes, Printer , St. Stephen's Street. ST. GILES. Freemen. Allen John Ames Raymond William Bean Francis £ Ph' 4 i EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 445 Bean James Bell John Blackmore Benjamin Bolingbroke O. E. ... Bolingbroke Horatio Borking Thomas ... Chesnutt Gilbert ... Corrick William, jun. Cullyer George Dalrymple Arthur ... Daveney Charles Burton Firth George Warren Watts Foster John, jun. ... Foster Sir William, Bart. Foulger Horatio Garthon James Slapp Gilman Charles Suckling Goodwin Charles ... Gray Richard Harbord John Massingham Hawkes Robert William Houghton David Hubbard Robert Jessup Thomas William Johnson John Godwin Kett Henry Lucas William Marrison William Keeler Maycake Henry Nicholson Robert Abraham Obey William Pilgrim John Priest Henry Raven Ringer James Sampson William ... Say Horace Say Thomas Robert Truman James Warner William Warner William, jun. Watling James Watson James Watts Thomas Cock Edmund Dye John Freeman W. P. B. Goodwin George Septimus ... Hart Philip Woodrow Holtaway Alfred ... Mason Alfred Mason Henry John 44G ST. GILES'S. Ninlaam Teasdill Say Frederick Occupiers. Atkins Rickard Baker James Borking Thomas ... Beart Robert Hayward Bloomfield John Bramwell Daniel Kellard Boulger Joseph Patrick Bridgman William Ivenccly Brightwell Thomas Brown George Culyer Christmas ... Chapman Samuel ... Cawdron Henry Cooke William Copeman Edward ... Crosse Thomas William Dalton Samuel English Joseph Fox John Farrow William Fitt Edward Fox Isaac George William Morris Goggs William Hawkes William ... Hill James Frederick Hill Richard Holmes Robert Ling Henry Laws James Lemmon Robert James Lincoln James Master Alfred Mayhew James May James Mortimer John Thursby Muriel Charles Evans Nursey Richard Parr John Parr William Burrell Porter Robert Ranking William Harcourt Rigg Richard Rogers Charles Sawyer John Sayer John Sharpe William Robert Slack Robert Hugh EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 447 Stark Michael John Whitehead George Wurr William Aldred James Burrows John Cooper Samuel Cobb James Downes Thomas ... Freeman James Freeman William ... Hart Charles Newton Edward John Skelton John Smith Wakerley George ... Freeholders. Daveney Henry Taylor George Taylor John Oddin Woodcock Henry ... Finegan Thomas William Mackay John THE POLL for two Members to serve in Parliament, for the City and County of Norwich. Taken on July 12th, 18G5. With a list of the Elections which have taken place in Norwich from 1G88 to tho present time. Candidates. Sir WILLIAM RUSSELL, Bart., C.B. ... 1,845 EDWARD WARNER, Esq. ... ... .1,838 AUGUSTUS GOLDSMID, Esq. ... ... ... 1,4G6 R. E. CHESTER WATERS, Esq. ... ... ... 1,363 C. JECKS, Esq., Sheriff, Returning Officer. Norwich. Samuel Dagnes, Printer, St. Stephen's Street. 44S ST. GILES’S. ST. GILES. Freemen. Ames Alfred Edward Bateman Frederick Beane James Bird Robert Boliugbroke George Errington Bolingbroke Horatio Borking Thomas ... Browne Henry Ckesnutt Gilbert ... Ckettleburgk Henry Cock Edmund Cook James Corrick William, jun. Culyer William Frederick ... Dalrymple Arthur Drake John, jun. ... Firth George Warren Watts Foster Sir William, Bart. Garthon James Slapp Gilman Charles Suckling Goodwin Charles ... Hardesty Robert ... Hatch Alfred Augustus Hawkes Robert William Houghton David ... Kett Henry Miller Arthur Russell Nicholson Robert Abraham Olley William Plumstead Charles, jun. Ringer James Sampson William ... Say Horace Say Thomas Robert Seggins Stephen ... Smith William Solomon Joshua Edward Solomon William ... Truman James Warner William ... Watts Thomas Allen John Ames Raymond William Collins Albert John Corrick William Daveney Charles Burton Foster John, junior Holtaway Alfred ... Jenner Henry EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 44«J Nicholson Abraham Say Frederick Taylor Clement Warner Frederick ... Watling James Occupiers. Atkins Richard Baker George Balls Frederick Barnard Alfred G. Beart Robert Hayward Booking Thomas ... Boulger Joseph P. Bramwell Daniel K. Buttifant John Clarke William Cadge William Cooke W illiam Crosse Thomas William English Joseph Fitt Edward Fitt William Fox Isaac Fox John ... Freeman James George William Morris Goggs William Grimes John Hall Samuel Hart Charles Hibbett Amos Hill James Frederick Holmes Robert Hornor Wyatt Hutson James Ling Henry Master Alfred May James Mortimer John Tliursby Muriel Charles Evans Osborne John Francis Parr John Rix Benjamin Rogers Charles Rudd Robert Gray Savage James SayerJohn Whitehead George Wurr William 450 ST. GILES'S. Bridgman Wm. Kencely Bowen William Campling Robert ... Childs John Robert Downes Thomas ... Grand John Hill Richard Lincoln James Mitchell William ... Nicholls Edward ... Nursey Richard Ninham Henry Peacock George Porter Robert Riches John Freeholders. Bloomfield John Daveney Henry Dashwood Lancelot Moy George, junior Taylor George Taylor John Oddin Woodcock Henry .. 6 THE POLL for two Members to serve in Parliament for the City and County of Norwich. Taken on November 17tli, 1868. Candidates. Sir HENRY JOSIAS STRACEY, Bart. .4,521 Sir WILLIAM RUSSELL, Bart., C.B. .4,509 JACOB HENRY TILLETT, Esq. ... ... ... 4,364 JOHN ROBINSON, Esq., Sheriff, Returning Officer. Norwich. Matcliett and Stevenson, Printers, Marjfet Place. ST. GILES. Freemen. c/5 H c/5 Abel Frederick — Bird Robert ... — — Bailey Frederick Charles — Bolingbroke George Er- Bateman Frederick — rington — EXTRACTS FROM POLL ROOKS. 451 Bolingbroke Horatio Borking Thomas Browne Henry Cliesnutt Gilbert Cock Edmund Collins Albert John Corrick William Culyer William Frede¬ rick Daveney Charles Burton Edwards Arthur Welling¬ ton ... Firtli George Warren Watts Foster Sir William, Bart. Gartbon James Slapp ... Gilman Charles Suckling Goodwin Charles Gostling George Charles Hewett Henry Holtaway Alfred Houghton David Jenner Henry Johnson John Godwin ... Kett Henry ... Mackley George William Mackley Thomas Joseph Martin William Barnard Olley George Robert ... Olley William Sampson William Seggins Stephen Say Frederick Say Thomas Robert ... Solomon Joshua Edward Solomon William Stevens William Horace Taylor Clement Truman James Warner William Watson John Puxley ... Ames Raymond 'William Bird George William ... Chettleburgh Henry ... Church Alfred Cook James ... Corrick Benjamin Drake John, junior Hardesty Robert Barber Hawkes Robert William Nicholas Robert Abra¬ ham H Ringer James Say Horace ... W arner Frcderick Occupiers. to Atkins Richard — Amies Samuel — Andrews E. Mack — Balls Henry ... Barber John ... — Barnard Alfred George — Barber James — Bacon Edward — Bacon George Bauham George Bloomfield John Boddy Thomas Bowen William Boulger Patrick Joseph Brown Ambrose Brown Thomas Henry Bridgman William Kencely ... — Burch Charles — Buttifant John Borking Thomas — Burch Henry ... Brown Henry Chapman Daniel Chambers Jacob Clarke John ... Clayton James Cook William Copley George Cooper "Walter Costell Edmund Patrick Colman William Cutlock John Cullurn Henry Crosse Thomas WTlliam Campling Robert Cadge William Cawdron Henry — Drane Walter — Dawson William — Day Christopher Dawson John Eade Peter Fairhead Charles Fitt W r illiam ... Field Edward Fletcher Joseph 452 ST. GILES'S. Fox Jolm Freeman James George William Morris Girdlestone Reuben Goggs William D. Goodwin John Gostling Edward Gostling William Grant John Hall Samuel ... Hazel Richard Hall Henry ... Hewett Edward Hill Richard ... Hill James Frederick ... Hill Robert ... Hutson James John Iverson William Juler Joseph ... Kiddle Henry Lee Henry Leggatt Benjamin Linstead George Ling Henry ... Lincolne James . . Lowe James ... Lovewell James Mackley William Mayhew Robert May James ... Mann James ... Mallett Nicholas Mallett William Mallett John ... Metcalf Francis Metcalf Francis, junior Metcalf John ... Minns William Muriel Charles Mounser William Mortimer John Thursby Meadows William Nash William Ninham Henry Norman James Nursey Richard Oaks Alfred ... Pearce William Peacock James Pope George ... Rackham James Ringer James Rodgers Charles Rodley Jolm ... Rodgers Robert Savage James Scarles Thomas Scarlet John ... Shildrake Plenry Slipper William Armine Stimpson Benjamin Suffolk William English Stebbiugs Charles Spooner William Shipp William Smith Paul Perry Snelling Gordon Snelling Samuel Smith James ... Smith Jacob ... Sursham William Taylor George Timbers Matthew Tuck Frederick . . Whitehead George Woodcock Henry Almond William Brown William Bullard James Bunn David ... Buttifant John Broadwaters ... Carr Robert ... Chettleburgli ... Clarke Boaz ... Clarke William . . Colman William Collins Benjamin Cannell James Carpenter Philip Samuel Correll Mark ... Daniels William English Joseph Flemming William . . Fox Henry Gurney David Green John ... Hart Charles ... Hamley Osbertus Ship- ton Harvey Robert Hall Henry ... Howes John ... Horner Wyatt Irwin William EXTRACTS FROM FOLL BOOKS. 453 Moore James ... Master Alfred Maycake Henry Newby William Peck John Peck Edward Reeve Sims ... Reeve Edward Ripley William Nottidge Rountree Thomas Scott Frederick Smith Richard Stimpson Benjamin Starling Thomas CO 1 Sporne William Sutton William Raynor Willament Howlett Whitaker William Wurr William Yallop Noah ... CO Freeholders. Daveney Henry Loftus George William — Ferrer Dasliwood Lancelot Moy George, junior i Sapey John ... THE POLL for a Member to serve in Parliament for the City and County of Norwich. Taken on July 12th, 1870. Candidates. JACOB HENRY TILLETT, Esq. ... ... ... 4,236 JOHN WALTER HUDDLESTON, Esq., Q.C.3,874 HENRY MORGAN, Esq., Sheriff, Returning Officer. Norwich. Samuel Daynes, Printer, St. Stephen's. ST. GILES. Freemen. Abel Frederick ... Ames Raymond William Bailey Frederick Charles Bateman Frederick Bird Robert Boiiugbroke George Erring ton Boiiugbroke Horatio Borking Thomas Chesnutt Gilbert Chettleburgh Henry Collins Albert John Colman William Robert . Corrick William Culyer William Frederick x 1 Daveney Charles Burton 1 1 Edwards Arthur Wellington 1 Firth George Warren Watts — Garthon James Slapp Goodwin Charles — Hewitt Henry ... — — Ploltaway Alfred Jenner Henry Johnson John Godwin — Kett Henry Nicholson Robert Abraham — Oiley George Robert — Olley William — — ; Sampson William Seggins Stephen _ 454 ST. GILES'S. Say Frederick ... Say Thomas Robert Solomon Joshua Edward Solomon William Stephens William Horace Taylor Clement Truman James ... Warner Frederick Warner William Bird George William Browne Henry ... Campling James Joseph ... Church Alfred ... Cook James Cock Edmund ... C orrick Ben j amin Drake John, jun. Foster Sir William, baronet Gostling George Charles ... Hardesty Robert Barber ... Hawkes Robert William ... Houghton David . . Langton Edward Mackley Thomas Joseph Martin William Barnard ... Ringer James Watson John Puxley Occupiers. Alden Mark Atkins Richard ... Balls Henry Barber John Barber James Bacon Edward ... Bacon George Banham George Bloomfield John Booking Thomas Boddy Thomas ... Bowen William ... Boulger Patrick Joseph ... Bowhill Henry Lovett Bridgman William Kencely Candron Henry ... Cadge William ... Campling Robert Chapman Samuel Clarke John Clayton James ... Clarke Boaz a EH — Clarke William. — Cook William — Copley George ... — _ Colman William _ — _ Cooper Walter ... Crosse Thomas William ... — Cutlock John — Cullum Henry ... Dawson William Daniels William Day Christopher Daniels Benjamin Drane Walter Eade Peter Fairhead Charles Fitt William — Fletcher Joseph — Fox Henry — Fox John Freeman James — Girdlestone Reuben — Goggs William ... Goodwin John ... - Gostling William Gostling Edward Hall Samuel Hazel Richard ... Hewett Edward Hill J ames Frederick — Hutson James John Iverson William — Jtiler Joseph — Kiddle Henry — — Lee Henry — Leggett Benjamin — — Linstead George — — Livock James ... — Lovell James — Mackley William Master Alfred Mase Henry _ _ _ Mayhew Robert May James — Mann James — — Mallett Nicholas Malett John — Maycake Henry — Meadows William _ Metcalf Francis ... Metcalf Francis, jun. — Metcalf John — — Mounser William Mortimer John Thursby ... — W EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 455 Muriel Charles Evans EH a Burch Henry Nash William — Costello Edmund Patrick Newby William ... — Dawson John Ninliam Henry ... — English Joseph ... Norman James ... — Field Edward Nursey Richard — Flemming William Oaks Alfred — George William Morris ... Peacock James ... — Hamley Osbertus Shipton Peck John — Hall Henry Penfound Charles — Howes John Pope George — Lincoln James ... Rackham James — Lowe James Riches James — Mason Walter ... Ringer James — Parr William Rogers Charles ... — Peachmau William Rogers Robert ... — Peck Edward Rudd James — Reeve Edward ... Savage James ... — Ripley William Nottidge... Shipp William ... — Saunders Robert Snelling Samuel — Smith James Slipper William Armine ... — Starling Thomas Smith Thomas Edward ... — Stephens William Horace Smith Paul Perry — Whittaker William .. 1 Snelling Gordon Spooner William — Lodger. Suffolk William English ... Sutton William Raynor ... — Smith James David Hirst Sursham William Taylor George ... — Freeholders. Tuck Frederick ... — Ling Plenry Whitehead George — Loftus George William Williment Howlett, senior _ Ferrer Worm an William Woodcock Henry — Bloomfield John Wurr William ... — Clarke Samuel Royal Yallop Noah Daveney Henry ... Amies Samuel ... Bacon David Browne Ambrose Browne Thomas Henry .. Burch Charles ... Buttifant John ... Fletcher Joseph Fox John Moy George, junior Ninham Henry ... Taylor George ... Taylor John Oddin Woodcock Henry THE POLL for a Member to seive in Parliament for the City and County of Norwich. Taken on February 21st, 1871. ST. GILES'S. 456 II ith a list of the Elections which have t alt en place in Norwich from 16S8 to the present time. Candidates. JEREMIAH JAMES COLMAN, Esq .4,637 Sir CHARLES LEGARD, Bart. ... ... ... 3,389 WILLIAM BUTCHER, Esq., Sheriff, Returning Officer. Norwich. Samuel Daynes, Printer, St. Stephen's. Freemen. Abel Frederick ... Ames Raymond William Bailey Frederick Charles Bateman Frederick Bell James William Bird George William Bolingbroke George Erring- ton Bolingbroke Horatio Borking Thomas Chesnutt Gilbert Chettleburgh Henry Cock Edmund ... Colman William Robert ... Corrick William Culyer William Frederick Paveney Charles Burton Firth George Warren Watts Foster Sir William, Baronet Goodwin Charles Hewitt Henry ... II oltaway Alfred Jenner Henry ... Jessup Thomas William ... Kett Henry Nicholson Robert Abraham Olley George Robert Sampson William Seggins Stephen Say Frederick ... Say Thomas Robert Solomon Joshua Edward. Solomon William Stephens William Horace Taylor Clement Warner William Bolingbroke Nathaniel ... Campling James Joseph d d d Collins Albert John Gilman Charles Suckling Gosling George Charles ... Johnson John Godwin Langton Edward Mackley Thomas Joseph Martin William Barnard Olley William ... Ringer James ... Warner Frederick — Watson John Puxley - Occupiers. _ Adams John _ — Atkins Richard ... — Amies Samuel ... — Anderson Francis — Balls Jonas — Barber John — — Barber James ... — Bacon Edward ... — Bacon George ... Baxter John _ Bessey John, Chapman’s — yard — — Borking Thomas — Boddy Thomas ... — — Bowen William ... — Boulger Patrick Joseph ... — — Bowhill Henry Lovett — — Bransby Alfred ... — — Browne Thomas Henry ... — Bridgman William Ivencely — Bunn Charles Victor — Chambers Henry Jacob ... — Clarke John Clarke George ... — Clayton James ... — Clarke Boaz 1 EXTRACTS FROM POLL BOOKS. 457 d -i d Clarke William ... — Nursey Richard... Cooke William ... — Peacock James ... Copley George ... — Peacliman William Colman William — Peck John — Cooper Walter ... — Pope George — Crosse Thomas William ... — Rogers Robert ... Crowe Stephen ... — Sadd George Cutlock John — Savage James ... — Cullum Henry ... — Shearing James Holliday — Dawson William — Snelling Samuel —- Delf Thomas William Albert — Slipper William Armine, Dawson John — Rev. Daniels Benjamin — Smith Thomas Edward ... Drake John Richard — Smith Paul Perry — Drane Walter ... — Spooner William — Eade Peter — Suffolk William English ... Fitt William — Sutton William Rayner ... Gibson Robert Edward ... — Thompson George Girdlestone Renben — Trett William Goggs William ... — Timbers Matthew Gostling Edward — Tench James Gostling William — Whitehead George Gunn Thomas Edward ... — Williment Howlett, sen. ... — Hall Samuel — Woods William ... Hazell Richard ... — Yallop Noah Hewett Edward — Hill James Frederick — Allen John Houghton George — Andrews William Iverson William — Bacon David Juler Joseph — Bessey John, Bateman’s Kiddle Henry ... — court Kerry Edward ... — Blake Samuel Lee Henry — Browne Ambrose Leggett Benjamin — Burch Charles ... Linstead George — Buttifant John ... Lincoln James ... — Cadge William ... Lovell James — Campling Robert Mackley William — Chapman Samuel Master Alfred — Chapman George Walter Matchett Daniel Henry ... — Cooper William John Matcliett Henry Daniel ... — Costello Edmund Patrick May James — Daniels William Mann James — Day Christopher Mallett Nicholas — English Joseph ... Mallett William — Fairliead Charles Meadows William — Fox Henry Metcalf Francis — Freeman James Metcalf Francis, junior ... — George William Morris ... Metcalf John — Hamley Osbertus Shipton Mortimer John Thursby ... — Hall Henry Muriel Charles Evans — Howes John Nash William — Hutson James John Norman James ... — Jay Thomas h4 2 E 458 ST. GILES'S. Jennings Thomas Long James Mase Henry Mayhew Robert Mounseer William Penfound Charles Hicks Reeve Edward ... Rogers Charles ... Shipp William ... Snelling Gordon Stowers Robert ... Stowers Thomas Tuck Frederick ... Woman William Wright William Buttle b b Wurr William ... b Freeholders. Bloomfield John Fletcher Joseph Fox John Loftus George William Ferrars Taylor George ... Woodcock Henry Ninkam Henry ... — Lodger. Smyth James David Hirst — CHAPTER XIX. VARIOUS RATING AND OTHER LISTS. (The following are from Corporation Records.) ST. GILES. RATE FOR THE POOR MADE If,60. John Hobart, Esq. 18 d. Richd. Birdie ... Id. John Earle, Esq. 12 d. Anne Chambers ... ... Id. William Stinet, clerk 4 d. Robt. Colman ... 2d- William Locke, the eldr , Thos. Loades ... Id. clerk 3 d. Mr. Barnard ... Id. Mr. Thos. Baleston 4 il. James Scarfe ... Id. Mr. Robt. Cotwyn 4 d. Wm. Robins ... Id. Mrs. Watts, wid. 3d. John Aggs ... Id. Mrs. Hunn, -wid. 3d. Wm. Locke, clerk, junr. ... 2d. Mr. Wm. Gargrave 3d. — Norton ... Id. Mr. Lambert 3d. John Lowe ... Id. Mrs. Leverington, wid. 2d. Mrs. Edgely, wid. 3d. Quarterly. William Tompson 4 d. Lady Hobart ... 18d. John Wright 2d. Mr. Robt. Skottowe ... 4 d. Thomas Southgate 3d. Mr. Jo. Hobart ... ... 6 d. Stephen Cooper ... 2d. Thos. Southgate ... 6 d. Willm. Simonds 2d. Edward Smiter ... 12 d. John Baker 2d. George Dye ... 3d. Robert Giddings Id. Mr. Paine 6 d. ROBERT COLMAN THOMAS SUGGIT Churchwardens. THEOPHILUS BARNARD ROBT. GIDDINGS Overseers. 460 ST. GILES'S. Methusalem Amis Ami Stacy Ralph Dexter Wid. Sparke Wid. Tompson Franc. Farman John Gedny Wid. Tush Ireland’s childn. John Sad Rivet’s boy POORE. John Cler’s child Hunt’s child Harris, her child Heary Cob Knights Howcroffc Wid Simonds Edw. Simonds Ann Watlin Freestone’s wife ST. GILES. WINDOW TAX, 1708 (? 1703). No. of lights. The Right Worshipful John Freeman, Esq. ... 20 Rev. John Whitfott ... 20 Robert Snell, gent. ... 20 Mr. Thos. Southgate ... 20 Mr. Robt. Browne ... 20 Gilbert Low ... 20 John Fenn ... 20 Madm. Haws, wid. ... 20 John Lock ... 20 John Fiddeman ... ... 20 Isaac Chambers ... ... 20 Joseph Derwin ... ... 20 Roger Unday .... — Wm. Rookwood ... ... — Edwd. Hewett ... 10 John Love ... 10 Sami. Watey ... — Ann Walgrave ... 20 Wm. Stallome ... 10 Nat. Thaxter ... 10 Sarah Laws ... — Edwd. Mallett ... Widdow Taylor ... ... 10 Erasmus Grinolds No. of lights . ... 10 Thomas Spark ... 20 Thomas Pinching ... 20 John Tompson ... ... 10 John Peckett ... 10 Thos. Rookwood ... ... — Anthony Earle ... 10 Plenry Woods ... 10 Barth. Hunton ... 10 Wm. Mathews ... 20 Wm. Jeffery ... — Fra. Gillians ... 10 Edwd. Bond ... 10 Thos. Churchman ... 20 Wm. Elmy ... 20 Nat. Wales ... 10 Tho. Giddings ... 10 Crispian Turner ... ... 20 Tho. Pickles ... 10 Eliz. Robinson, vid. ... — Stephen Reynolds ... 10 Susan Thacker, vid. ... 10 Wm. King ... 10 Robert Gamble ... ... 10 WINDOW TAX, 1708. 401 No. of No. of lights. lights. Phil: Bassett ... 10 Wm. Bush .... 20 John Claxton ... 10 Henry Croskill ... 20 John Low ... 10 John Hilyard ... 20 James Verdeer ... ... — Sami. Garwood ... ... 10 Mr. Tlio. Love ... 10 Danl. Upland ... 20 Eliz. Curtis, vid. ... ... 10 John Briant .. 10 Mrs. Judith Heacon ... 20 Adrian Parmenter ... — Riclid. Banks ... 20 Sami. Gooding ... ... — Richd. Burwell ... ... — Wm. Copeman ... 20 Robert Spencer ... ... - Jo. Brooke ... 20 Thomas Sadd ... 10 John Bond ... 10 Edmd. Salter ... 20 Charles Watson ... ... 10 John Annison ... 20 Martin Booth ... — Mrs. Nevill, vid. ... ... 10 Widdow Column ... ... 10 Abell Curhy ... 10 Mrs. Dalton, vid. ... 10 Edward Cock ... — Tlio. Hunton ... 10 Steph. Amids ... 10 Eliz. Southgate, vid. ... — Mary Newton, vid. ... 10 JOHN HILYARD, Assessor. CRISPIAN TURNER 1 Collector ^ JOHN TOMPSON ) ST. GILES. Assessment for ye aid to her Majesty by a Land Tax, 1714. REAL ESTATES. £ Austin wid. T.* ... ... 6 Arminger T. ... ... 3 Aylmer L. Cooper T. ... 10 Banks L. Booth T. ... 9 Burton L. ... ... 17 Brown L. ... ... 45 Crosking L. ... ... 17 Churchman L. ... ... 48 Chambers L. Browne R. T. 11 Darwyn L. ... ... 80 £ Dolton W. L. -T. ... 29 Dyer L. Segings T. ... 14 Durrant L. Hunton T. ... 40 Dye L. Fenn T. ... 50 Doyle L. ... ... 35 Earl W. L. ... ... 4 Fideman L. Ellington T. 21 Fick L. Annison T. ... 38 Flight L. ... ... 16 Gardner Field ... ... 3 * It is presumed that L means Landlord and 1 Tenant. 4G2 ST. GILES’S. £ £ Gamble L. 7 Rookwood L. 6 Gamble T. 7 Rookwood T. 5 Hewett T. 9 Snell L. Gent. 20 Hosbart L. 12 Southgate L. 22 Huffligbt L. Earl T. 15 Southgate L. Bateman T. 23 Julians L. 17 Spencer L. 30 Jefferies T. 15 Sadler L. Knott T. 28 Jefferies L. Pinching T. ... 22 Stolton T. 4 Lowe W. L. 3 Thompson L. Copeman T. 46 Lowe L. Kett T. 44 Thaxter (18) & Fisher (20) T. 38 Lowe John L. 15 Unday L. 11 Love John L. 9 Unday L. Slack T. 8 Nicbolls L. 10 Whitefoot Gent. L. 16 NevillL. GareyT. 5 Wasey W. L. Roddell T. 28 Peckett L. 4 Woods L. 10 Pickles L. 5 Wales T. 6 Riches L. Lock T. 15 Willson L. ElmyW. T. ... 18 Total £1,029 at 2/- £102 18/-. PERSONAL ESTATE. £ Tax. £ Tax. Annison ... ... 175 21/- Hewett ... ... 50 61- Brown Hen. ... 100 12/- Hyron ... 50 61- Bush ... 50 6/- Plindmarsh ... 25 3/- Bond ... 75 9/- Julians ... ... 25 31- Bateman ... 75 9/- Kett ... 100 12/- Brown Rich. ... 75 9/- Lawson ... ... 100 12/- Burton ... 75 9/- Love ... 50 61- Copeman ... 100 12/- Lowe ... 25 8/- Crosking... ... 100 12/- Mayes ... 25 3/- Churchman ... 175 21/- Norman ... ... 50 61- Claxton ... ... 50 6/- Nicbolls ... ... 50 61- Darwyn ... ... 100 12/- Pinching ... ... 50 61- Ellington ... 75 9/- Rookwood ... 25 3/- Elmy Wm. ... 75 9/- Spark ... 25 3/- Elmy Jam. ... 50 61- Thaxter ... ... 75 9/- Fenn John ... 100 12/- Tayler ... 50 6/- Fenn Hen ... 75 9/- Unday ... 33 4 1- Gamble ... ... 81 9/9 Woods ... 50 61- Hylyard ... ... 75 9/- MUSTER ROLL, 1595. 403 J£ s. d. Real Estate ... ... ... ... ... 102 18 0 Personal ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 4 9 Total 118 2 9 ROB. HINDMARSH \ Assessors d WM. BUSH f Collectors. TRANSCRIPT OF A MUSTER ROLL IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE NORWICH CORPORATION. A Generali muster taken within this cittie the xtli clay of Auguste 1595 in the xxxvij yeare of her Mats. Reigne Mr. Thomas Layor then being Maior by vertue of letters from Sr Edward Clere & Sr Arthur Hevenyngham Knights as well of the names & surnames of all soche persons as are chargeable to fynde armor and the diversites of their armor As also the names of all souche persons as ar able and mete to serve heying above the age of xvj yeares and under the age of lx yeares. St. GYLES. Willm. Tompson j j Willm. Tomson his sonno Henry Claydon his st Widdowe Rix 1 ca Charles Bratliutt 1 ca Richarde Sotherton 1 car & pyke Martyu Stepkinson 1 ca Thomas Stephinson his sone Robt True John Ancell carpenter 1 ca Bartilmawe Reacle bocher ! * cor * (1 ca Sergeant Whipde his st Thomas Goodwyn mason 1 ca. Thomas Walters laborer 1 ca&pyke Widdowe Crome 1 ca John Bcamonde her st Daniell Dennys Ambrose Kinge Robt. Michell fishmonger 1 ca 4C4 ST. GILES’S. Thomas Robinson his st Thomas Ovenge Edmonde Lockwood Thomas Fcrman weaver John Hobert surgeon Richard Hemhling Frannces AVarde weaver Thomas Crue tayler PRESENTMENTS TO THE QUARTER SESSIONS FROM ST. GILES’S CONSTABLES. 1623. Mrs. Washington “ for not keeping her parish church by 3 months.” The wife of Henry Brett for the like offence. The wife of Mr. Lankaster for the like offence. 1G93. AA r idow of late Counsellor Hancell for not paving her street before her dwelling house. 1698. Stephen Brook and Sami. Cauell, ‘ for entertaining inmates.’ 1698. The Chamberlain presented for not mending the wall about St. Giles’s pitt. 1700. Mr. Roiley, Chamberlain, for not repairing the lane from St. Giles’ gates to Chaplyfield gate. 1700. Mr. Robert Doughty of Hannar for not mending street against the White Lion. Justice Francis Long tenant. 1701. John Wilson dornack weaver for not paving street before his house against the church. 1701. Margaret Southgate widow for not paving the street next door to St. Andrew’s ground. 1702. Joseph Howard for suffering of gameing in his house. 1706. Mr. Robert Browne the chamberlain for a dangerous wall between St. Giles’ gates & Chaplyfield. 1706. Bernard Tooley gent, landlord & Joseph Thorpe tenant for street defective next the black Swan Inn. 1707. ‘ The Sun ’ mentioned as a sign in St. Giles. 1715. The Chamberlain for not repairing the street where the pit was—against Mr. Snell’s. 1718. John Fisher at the AVhite Lion for keeping a disorderly house. 1Vote. Abbreviations :— cor. —corselette. cal. —ealyver. st.— servant. fur. —furnished. car. The weapons, &c., mentioned in this Muster roll are, Almon-ryvet, Bow, Bill Calyer, Corselette, Curate, Dagger, Halbert, Musket, Pyke, and Sword. RECIPIENTS OF OUT-DOOR RELIEF, 1818. 465 1722. Nathl. Durrant for not repairing the Street belonging to the White Lion. 1723. The black Swan—The 3 Fishes—The Cock—taverns in St. Giles. 1740. The King’s Head—mentioned as a tavern. 1775. Rev. Thomas Howes for certain posts in St. Giles’s Back Lane leading to St. Benedict’s gates standing in a dangerous manner. 17S2. Mr. James Hudson banker opposite St. Giles church wall. A LIST OF THE PERSONS RESIDENT in the Great Ward of Mancroft receiving Out-door Relief, from the Corporation of Guardians, on the 25th of March, 1818. G. Wright, Printer, Bach of the Inns, Norwich. ST. GILES’S. Children Per under IVeek. Age. ten years. S . d. Barker Thos., and Wife ... 4 Cordwainer 2 0 Brady Ann 64 ... ... 3 6 Beare, Widow ... 80 ... 2 6 Bull, Widow 64 ... ... 1 6 Browne John 56 ... ... 1 0 Callighan John, and wife 3 Labourer & Pensioner 5 6 Dinn Jeremiah ... 31 ... ... i 6 Frary, Widow ... ... i 6 Frary Wm. Sick ... 2 6 Haylett, Widow 68 ... ... 2 0 Jackson James, and Wife 76 ... ... 4 0 Key James, and Wife 80 ... ... 3 6 Lane, Widow 65 ... 2 0 Lane Hannah 82 ... 2 6 Money, Widow ... 80 ... Lame ... 3 0 May hew Martha 56 ... 1 6 Nobbs Wm. 4 Cordwainer o 6 Nockolds Robt. & Daughter Infirm ... 4 0 Olley, Widow 77 ... 2 0 Osborn Francis, and Wife 76 ... ... 4 0 Osborn Henry ... ... 4 6 4G6 ST. OILES'S. RATING LISTS. Paving Rate and Frontage Rate of S. Giles parish, for the year 182 th PAVING EATE, Charged at 3/- in the Pound on Half Rcntall for the Year. PERRY H. QUINTIN, Assessor. £ s. d Self ... Beaseley Margaret ... 30 0 4 10 0 Self ... Bolingbroke Natlil. ... 20 0 3 0 0 Self Bolingbroke Chas. ... 40 0 6 0 0 Self Do., late Flowerdew ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self Do., late Browne 2 0 0 6 0 Burt Wm., Esqre. ... 28 0 4 4 0 Self ... Brettingham Robt. ... 5 0 0 15 0 Self Bolton Jno. ... 15 0 2 5 0 Brettingliam Bussey Mary ... 2 0 0 6 0 Self ... Boardman Thos. ... 13 0 1 19 0 King Thos. Borrow Thos. ... 6 0 0 18 0 Self ... Bennett Jas. ... 13 0 1 19 0 Cooper Bolingbroke Jno. ... 4 0 0 12 0 Saul Bassett ... ... 4 0 0 12 0 Patteson & Co. Brett Robt. ... 8 0 1 4 0 Eagleton Carbold Mrs. ... 14 0 2 2 0 Stracey Sir Edwd. Corbold Miss ... 11 0 1 13 0 Self ... Capon Wm. ... 10 0 1 10 0 Self Cannell Nunn ... 14 0 2 2 0 Self Cole Hamd., Esqre. ... 25 0 3 15 0 Dixon ... Camball ... 3 0 0 9 0 Self ... Culyer Jane ... 5 0 0 15 0 Taylor Mrs. Curtis Miss ... 19 0 2 17 0 Self Clayton Sami. ... 37 10 5 12 6 Youngs & Co. Browne ... 5 0 0 15 0 Cooper ... Browne ... 4 0 0 12 4 Back Miss Bush ... 2 0 0 6 0 Self ... Cliesnutt John ... ... 5 0 0 15 0 Dixon ... Culyer Wm. ... 6 0 0 18 0 Self ... Chapman Thos. ... ... 20 0 3 0 0 Self ... Cross Jno. ... 20 0 3 0 0 Self ... Cox James ... 2 0 0 6 0 Self ... Cooper M. 0. ... 13 0 1 19 0 PAVING RATE , 1826. 467 £ S. a. Self . Deeker ... ... 16 0 2 8 0 Manning Dament Thos. ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self . Devare Jno. ... 6 0 0 18 0 Self . Drake Jno. ... 7 0 1 0 0 Morse & Son Daynes, stable 2 0 0 6 0 Turner ... Daniels Thos. 22 0 3 6 0 Cooper ... Durrint ... ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self ... Elvin James 9 0 1 7 0 Bolton ... Durrint, hotel ... 14 0 2 2 0 Cbesnutt Fairhead Chas. ... ... 7 0 1 1 0 Hook ... Foulger Henry ... ... 10 0 1 10 0 Self . Fox Mrs. 2 0 0 6 0 Cooper ... Griffith ... ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self . Goodwin James ... ... 12 10 1 17 0 Chapman Grinling 2 0 0 6 0 Finch ... Grimson 5 0 0 15 0 Self Hubbard Wm. ... 20 0 3 0 0 Kirridge Hughen ... ... 3 0 0 9 0 Self . Hales James ... 28 0 4 4 0 Aldridge Harcourt ... 9 0 1 7 0 Self . Harbird ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self Hanw'orth ... 2 0 0 G 0 Self . Hall Mary ... 13 0 1 19 0 Stracey Sir Edwd. Herring Wm., Esqre. 45 0 G 15 0 Clayton Sami. ... Jenkenson ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self . Kinghorne Revd. ... 10 0 1 10 0 Self . King Thos. ... 7 0 1 1 0 Chesnutt Kiddle Miss 2 0 0 G 0 Self . Kerridge ... 5 0 0 15 0 Self ... Kent Thos. 2 0 0 G 0 Davey Wm. Ladbrooko ... 6 0 0 18 0 Taylor Mrs. Lawton, Robt. ... 4 0 0 12 0 Shickle Lambert Frances ... 10 0 1 10 0 Manning Love ... 4 0 0 12 0 Taylor ... Lord ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self Lane ... 3 0 0 9 0 Self . Landy ... 22 10 3 7 G Clayton Lacon Mrs. ... 4 10 0 13 G Brettingliam Money Thos. ... 4 0 0 12 0 Self Mack Thos. ... 30 0 4 10 0 Turner ... Mackintosh ... 13 0 1 19 0 Self Murry Wm. ... 16 0 2 8 0 Gidnev Mitchell Robt. 2 10 0 7 G 408 ST. GILES'S. Manning Aldridge Self ... Davey Win. Davey ... Self Back Miss Brettingham Sewell ... Bolton -John Self Self ... Tompson, Esqre Finch ... Brettingham Self Wright... Mallett... Davey ... Self ... Self Cooper ... Self ... Self Davey ... Hook Mr. Taylor Mrs. Self Back Miss Eagleton Shickle Chesnutt Goodwin Davey ... Saul Self ... Dixon ... Self ... Hook ... Manning Brettingham Say Brettingham Mays Wm. Mayston Sami. Ninham Orsborue Ogilvey ... Parr Mr. Perowne Patiance Preston ... Rollistone Kay Mrs. Rogers Mrs. Rickirson Ed wan Riches ... Rudd John Ray Lydia Roach Mrs. Riches Mr. Ravingroft Say Thos. Scott P. N. Smith John Binnitt ... Saul Wm. Story Wm. Saul Thos. Shinfield Mrs. Sadler Wm. Seggins Isaac Shenfield Saffrey Mrs. Spanton Wm. Sharpe Edwd. Sheppard Tinkler Mrs. Tompson Wm. Do., stable Taylor Mrs. Thurtle Chas. Tunwell Wm. Wilkin ... Wilkins Mrs. Worlden £ s. d. 4 0 0 12 0 8 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 12 0 6 0 0 18 0 6 0 0 18 0 10 0 1 10 0 2 0 0 6 0 10 0 1 10 0 4 10 0 13 6 12 0 1 16 0 7 0 1 1 0 22 0 3 6 0 5 0 0 15 0 6 0 0 18 0 4 0 0 12 0 10 0 1 10 0 6 0 0 18 0 8 0 1 4 0 8 0 1 4 0 9 0 1 7 0 30 0 4 10 0 12 0 1 16 0 6 0 0 18 0 12 0 1 16 0 9 0 1 7 0 7 0 1 1 0 8 0 1 4 0 8 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 6 0 7 0 1 1 0 11 0 1 13 0 4 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 6 0 8 0 1 4 0 8 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 18 0 3 0 0 9 0 36 0 5 8 0 18 0 2 14 0 4 10 0 13 6 4 0 0 12 0 7 10 1 2 6 5 0 0 15 0 PAVING RATE, 182G. 4G9 £ S. Davey ... Wright Miss ... G 0 0 18 Taylor Mrs. Watson John 8 0 1 4 Self . Wright Christ. ... 8 0 1 4 Youngs & Co. Wilson ... ... G 0 Self . Watts ... ... 2 0 0 6 Hook ... Webster ... 3 0 0 9 Self . Walters ... ... 20 0 3 0 Walker ... 2 0 0 G 1,238 185 14 Empty. Brettingham Hart ... 5 0 0 5 Green ... 10 0 0 10 Hinds ... 13 0 0 13 Cully ... Cully’s stable ... 5 0 0 5 Crook ... Hampp, Esq. ... 24 0 1 4 Day, Esqre. Mitcheal ... G 0 0 6 Stracey Sir Edwd. Gibbs Mrs. ... 15 0 0 15 78 0 3 18 ST. GILES COTTAGE RATE Charged at 16d. in the Pound for the year 182G. £ s. d. £ s. Kerridge ... 1 15 0 2 4 Goodwin Jas. 5 0 0 G Aldridge ... 8 0 0 10 8 Cliesnutt John 17 0 1 2 Brettingham 12 5 0 1G 4 King Thos. ... 5 0 0 G Scott ... 5 0 0 6 8 Starling 9 0 0 12 Oakeley . ■ ■ 8 5 0 11 0 Lane 2 5 0 3 Bell ... 10 5 0 13 8 Betts 10 10 0 14 Murry ... 3 0 0 4 0 Morris 21 0 1 8 Housagoo ... 3 0 0 4 0 Hopson 22 15 1 10 Plummer ... 3 0 0 4 0 Riches Thos. 17 0 1 2 Cannall ... 14 0 0 18 8 Ninham 2 10 0 3 Browne ... 4 0 0 5 4 Sadler 15 0 1 0 Wilsea Sami. 4 10 0 G 0 Sewell 18 15 1 15 Chapman ... 16 5 1 1 8 Johnson 2 10 0 3 Dixon ... 10 0 0 13 4 Watts Miss ... 2 0 0 2 Cully ... 12 0 0 1G 0 Tooley Mrs. 3 10 0 4 Cook ... 8 0 0 10 8 Hook Thos. 3 15 0 5 Go ward ... 2 15 0 3 8 Wilkinson ... 3 15 0 5 Hales James 7 10 0 10 0 Smith Ben. .. 4 0 0 5 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 d 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 4 8 4 0 0 4 8 8 0 0 4 470 ST. GILES'S. £ .9. £ S. d. £ s . £ s. d. Kiughorne Rev. 2 10 0 3 4 Smith Thos. 6 0 0 8 0 Cooper N. 0. 4 0 0 5 4 Lancaster ... 2 10 0 8 4 Fox Tlios. ... 2 0 0 2 8 Hastings ... 12 0 0 16 0 £327 15 £21 16 0 ST. GILES FRONTAGE RATE Charged at 2d. per foot for the year 1826. Ft. £ s. d. Ft. £ s. d. Bennett Jas. 163 1 7 2 Manning 45 0 7 6 Hopson 22 0 3 8 Tooley 16 0 2 8 Bell 44 0 7 4 Finch Esqre. 24 0 4 0 Wilkinson 17 0 2 10 Ray Lydia ... 39 0 6 6 Bennett 27 0 4 6 Harbord 59 0 9 10 Hastings 17 0 2 10 Betts Wm. 94 0 15 8 Youngs & Co. 35 0 5 10 Goward 55 0 9 2 Ckesnutt John 153 1 6 6 Oakeley 74 0 12 4 Smith Thos. ... 39 0 6 6 Johnson 81 0 13 6 Riches Chas. 18 0 3 0 Day Esqre. ... 27 0 4 6 Murry—Oake 42 0 7 0 Youngs & Co. 23 0 3 10 Housagoe 14 0 2 4 Bolingbroke C. 104 0 17 4 Plummer 23 0 3 10 Alldridge 61 0 10 2 King Thos. ... 61 0 10 2 Sadler Wm. ... 49 0 8 2 Lane 16 0 2 8 Patteson & Co. 27 0 4 6 Lancaster 18 0 3 0 Parr 24 0 4 0 Watts 17 0 2 10 Hales 57 0 9 6 Kent 18 0 3 0 Chapman 93 0 15 6 Cocks 18 0 3 0 Clayton Sami. 92 0 15 4 Starling 34 0 5 8 Sewell 76 0 12 8 Browne 28 0 4 8 Taylor Elzh. 126 1 1 0 Tompson 36 0 6 0 Capon 28 0 4 8 Saul Wm. ... 54 0 9 0 Beasley Mrs. 77 0 12 10 Kinghorne 45 0 7 6 Morse & Son 30 0 5 0 Brettingham 234 1 19 0 Tompson Wm. 17 0 2 10 Scott 15 0 2 6 Murry 33 0 5 6 Deveare 18 0 3 0 Turner late Gidney 34 0 5 8 Cully 105 0 17 6 Shickle 57 0 9 6 Stracey Sir Boardmau 50 0 8 4 Edwd. ... 403 3 7 2 Elvin 29 0 4 10 Landy Mrs. ... 37 0 6 2 Cook Wm. ... 32 0 5 4 Deeker Mrs. ... 43 0 7 2 PAVING AND FRONTAGE RATE , 1833. 471 Ft. £ s. cl. Ft. £ s. d. Walters Jas. 28 0 4 8 Goodwin Jas. 134 1 2 0 Hubbard 49 0 8 2 King Thos. ... 39 0 6 6 Cole H., Esqre. 42 0 7 0 Culyer Mrs. ... 41 0 6 10 Mack Thos. ... 12 0 2 0 Finch Esqre. 47 0 7 10 Bolton John ... 25 0 4 2 Burt Esqre. ... 41 0 6 10 Say Thos. 28 0 4 8 Cross Jno. 21 0 3 6 Cannall 40 0 6 8 Mallett 118 0 19 8 Cooper 39 0 6 6 Smith Ben. ... 26 0 4 4 Crook 120 1 0 0 Browne Edwd. 68 0 11 4 Collier Rev. ... 31 0 5 2 Do. Do. 97 0 16 2 Cross John ... 39 0 6 6 Bolton John 149 1 4 10 Scott 37 0 6 2 Churchwarden 525 4 7 6 Burt 48 0 8 0 Kerridge 112 0 18 8 Green 38 0 6 4 Drake 22 0 3 8 Hall 52 0 8 8 Wright Christ. 66 0 11 0 Hinds 40 0 6 8 Davey Wm. ... 107 0 17 10 Cottages 32 0 5 4 Do. Do. ... 83 0 13 10 Coachhouse ... GO 0 10 0 — Bolingbroke Esq 80 0 13 4 5,989 £49 18 2 Paving Rate, with Cottage Rate, and Frontage Rate for the parish of St. Giles for the year 1833.* 1833. PAVING RATE for a half year at 4/- in the Pound for the year. Assd. £ s. d. Assd. £ s. d. Angell Robt. 2 0 0 4 0 Bennett Jas... 13 0 1 6 0 Atkins Richard 2 0 0 4 0 Bush Hy. 2 10 0 5 0 Allen, widw. 2 0 0 4 0 Bates Thos. .. . 5 0 0 10 0 Bell 2 0 0 4 0 Bennett Wm. G 0 0 12 0 Bardwell Geo. 8 0 0 16 0 Bacon H. . 8 0 0 16 0 Basely Mrs. ... 30 0 3 0 0 Bush . 4 10 0 9 0 Bolingbroke N. 20 0 2 0 0 Barnes J. . 2 0 0 4 0 Bolingbroke II. Briggs Wm. .. 2 0 0 4 0 T. 12 0 1 4 0 Butler Miss .. 2 0 0 4 0 Burt Wm. 22 0 2 4 0 Barnard 2 0 0 4 0 Browne Corn. 5 0 0 10 0 Bacon John .. . 4 0 0 8 0 Borrows Mrs. 4 0 0 8 0 Brett (out of theGates) Kindly given me by Mr. C. Goodwin. 472 ST. GILES'S. A. 'sd. £ s. Bolton 15 0 1 10 Coleman Mrs. 8 0 0 16 Corbold Miss 12 0 1 4 Corbold Mrs. 1G 0 1 8 Capon 'Win. ... 10 0 1 0 Canned 14 0 1 8 Cole Revd. 25 0 2 10 Cullyer Chritr. 5 0 0 10 Curtiss Miss 19 0 1 18 Clayton Revd. 37 10 3 15 Crow Mary ... 3 0 0 6 Child (out of tlie gates) Cuddon Jas. ... 13 0 1 6 Chalmers Tlios. 4 0 0 8 Cook, late Saun¬ ders 4 0 0 8 Clitheroe Mrs. 23 0 2 6 Cook Mrs. 2 0 0 4 Crane Miss ... 2 10 0 5 Colkett 4 0 0 8 Copeman Miss 6 0 0 12 Chase 8 0 0 16 Cook G 0 0 12 Darly 2 10 0 5 Deeker Mrs. ... 1G 0 1 12 Durrant Wm. 1G 10 1 13 Do., late Waite G 0 0 12 Devear Mrs. ... G 0 0 12 Drake John ... 7 0 0 14 Danils Mrs. ... 22 0 2 4 Dalton 8 0 0 16 Driug & Ander¬ son 9 0 0 18 Dailies Roht. 3 0 0 6 Dent Sami. ... 2 10 0 5 Do. 3 0 0 6 Daveny 8 0 0 16 Edwards Miss 6 0 0 12 Fisk 2 0 0 4 Fairliead Clias. 7 0 0 14 Foulger & Elliss 5 0 0 10 Gailey 2 0 0 4 Gurney R. 2 0 0 4 Assd. £ s. d. Girdlestone ... 4 0 0 8 0 Goodwin Jas. 12 10 1 5 0 Gardner Tliomp son 4 10 0 9 0 Glover Mrs. ... 8 0 0 16 0 Howlett 2 0 0 4 0 Hales Mrs. 28 0 2 16 0 Hubbard Wm. 20 0 2 0 0 Hare Edwd. ... 2 0 0 4 0 Harcourt 9 0 0 18 0 Herring Wm. 45 0 4 10 0 Harmer 8 0 0 16 0 Harbord Jno. 4 0 0 8 0 Hook 8 0 0 16 0 Horstead 6 0 0 12 0 Hart (bank) ... 13 0 1 6 0 Howes Jas. ... G 0 0 12 0 Hart Cbas. ... 9 0 0 18 0 Jackson 2 0 0 4 0 Johnson G. ... Jordon 15 0 1 10 0 Johnson 4 0 0 8 0 King Thos. ... 7 0 0 14 0 Kiddle Elizh. 2 0 0 4 0 Kerridge Jno. 2 10 0 5 0 Keith Mrs. 11 0 1 2 0 Kitton 21 0 2 2 0 Kingsbury Landy Mrs. and 4 0 0 8 0 Miss 22 10 2 5 0 Lawes Jas. ... 4 0 0 8 0 Larke Miss ... 13 0 1 6 0 Lowter Robt. 4 0 0 8 0 Lambert Fras. 10 0 1 0 0 Lacon Sarah 5 10 0 11 0 Lancaster Jno. 2 0 0 4 0 Lacey Mrs. ... 4 0 0 8 0 Mann Revd. ... 36 0 3 12 0 Mack Mrs. 30 0 3 0 0 Mutton Riclid. G 0 0 12 0 Morrison 4 0 0 8 0 Norman Benjm. 2 0 0 4 0 Ninham Hy.... 5 0 0 10 0 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P AVI NO RATE, 1833. 473 Assd. £ s. Nolley & George (out the gates) Plumstead 2 0 0 4 Parland G 0 0 12 Preston 4 10 0 9 Parker 8 0 0 16 Playford Geo. 2 0 0 4 Parr W. B. ... 10 0 1 0 Priest 7 10 0 15 Parkinson Wm. 11 0 1 2 Potter 3 0 0 6 Pettett 9 0 0 18 lloper Mrs. ... 8 0 0 16 Richardson Ed. Riseborough 5 0 0 10 Mrs. 8 0 0 16 Ray Elizth. ... 12 0 1 4 Ray Lydia 5 0 0 10 Rogers Mrs. ... 22 0 2 4 Rainger G. ... 7 0 0 14 Rackham 6 0 0 12 Rowe Wm. 10 0 1 0 RuddJas. 2 0 0 4 Sandall 2 10 0 5 Say B. T. ... 9 0 0 18 Scott P. N. ... 30 0 3 0 Storey Wm. ... 12 0 1 4 Saul Wm. 12 0 1 4 Shonfield Jno. 8 0 0 16 Starling 2 0 0 4 Staff Mrs. 9 0 0 18 Srnirke 2 0 0 4 Spanton Wm. 4 0 0 8 Slialders Ed. 5 0 0 10 Seppings Geo. 18 0 1 16 Starey Miss ... 4 0 0 8 Saffry Miss ... 12 0 1 4 Sadler Wm. ... 8 0 0 16 Taylor I. 0. ... 14 0 1 8 Taylor Adam 12 0 1 4 Assd. £ s. d. Tunwell 6 0 0 12 0 Thompson Wm. 7 10 0 15 0 Tipple G. M. 4 0 0 8 0 Thouless 2 0 0 4 0 Thorold Wm. 8 0 0 16 0 Wright, late Caley 3 0 0 6 0 Watts 3 0 0 6 0 Wright Miss ... 5 0 0 10 0 Willson G. W. 8 0 0 16 0 Watts Sami. 2 0 0 4 0 Woods Jno. ... 8 0 0 16 0 Waters Mrs. ... 5 0 0 10 0 Woolterton ... 5 0 0 10 0 Wilde 2 0 0 4 0 Warne 8 0 0 16 0 Vieland 12 0 1 4 0 Wright Christr. 8 0 0 16 0 Woodcock Hy. 18 0 1 16 0 Yallop Sr. J. H. 16 10 1 13 0 Durrant Mattw. 2 0 0 4 0 1,378 10 137 17 0 Empties. Lacon Mrs. ... 4 0 0 2 8 Watts Miss ... 36 0 1 4 0 Carr 2 0 0 1 4 Batchelor 2 0 0 1 4 Smith Phil. ... 2 0 0 1 4 Saul Tlios. ... 7 0 0 4 8 Dent 2 0 0 1 4 Bateman Jn. 2 0 0 1 4 Blake Ann ... 5 0 0 3 4 Cox... 2 0 0 1 4 Kiughorn Revd. 10 0 0 6 8 Tan well G. 2 0 0 1 4 76 0 2 10 9 d 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Y 474 ST. GILES'S. 1833. COTTAGE RATE, at 1/4 in the Pound for the year. S. d. s . d■ Aldred John ... 4 0 2 8 Morrisso Mr. ... 21 0 14 0 Newton Frans. 12 5 8 2 Hopson Mr. 22 15 15 2 Kerriclge John 1 15 1 2 Riches Chas. ... 17 0 11 4 Skipper John 5 0 3 4 Sadler Wm. ... 15 0 10 0 Oakley Mr. 8 5 5 6 Sewell Mr. 1G 15 11 2 Storey Wm. ... 6 0 4 0 Johnson Mr. ... 2 10 1 8 Aldridge Mr. ... 8 0 5 4 Watts Miss 2 0 1 4 Pilgrim John ... 2 0 1 4 Harrison Mr. ... 3 10 2 4 Murry 4 & 5 6 0 George Mr. 3 15 2 6 Housego 3 0 2 0 Wilkinson Mr. 3 15 2 G Plummer Mr. ... 3 0 2 0 Smith Benjn. ... 2 0 1 4 Cannell Mr. ... 14 0 9 4 Wilkin Wm. ... 2 10 1 8 Brown Mr. 2 0 1 4 Cooper T. N. V. 4 0 2 8 Willsea Sami. 4 10 3 0 Coleman and Chapman Mrs. 12 5 8 2 Miller 2 0 1 4 Dixon Mr. 10 0 G 8 Niuham Hy. ... 2 10 1 8 Culley Mr., junr. 12 0 8 0 Hastings Mr. ... 12 0 8 0 Cook Wm. 8 0 5 4 Richardson Edwd. 6 0 4 0 Hales Mrs. 5 0 3 4 Lancaster Mr. 2 10 1 8 Bennett Wm. ... 2 15 1 10 Cullyer Mr. 3 0 2 0 Goodwin Jas. ... 5 0 3 4 Back Miss 9 0 6 0 Chesnutt John 2 0 1 4 Wm. Rackham, King Thos. 5 0 3 4 Esqre. 3 0 2 0 Starling Mr. ... 9 0 6 0 Lane Mrs. 2 5 1 6 323 £00 15 4 Betts Wm.Exrs. 10 10 7 0 for half year. 1833. FRONTAGE RATE, for half a year at 2 d. per foot for the year. Ft. £ s. d. Ft. £ s. d. Bennett Jas. 1G.3 0 13 7 Richardson Hopson Mr. ... 22 0 1 10 Edwd. ... 39 0 3 3 Pilgrim John 17 0 1 5 Riches Chas. 18 0 1 6 Aldred Mr. ... 28 0 2 4 Murry (Dye Wilkinson Mr. 17 0 1 5 Att. T. late) 42 0 3 6 Bennett Wm. 27 0 2 3 Ilousego Mr. ... 14 0 1 2 Hastings Mr. 17 0 1 5 Plummer Mr. 23 0 1 11 Youngs & Co. 35 0 2 11 King Thos. ... 61 0 5 1 FRONTAGE RATE, 1833. 475 Ft. £ s. d. Lane Mr. 16 0 1 4 Lancaster Mrs. 18 0 1 6 Watts Sainl. 17 0 1 5 Kent Tlios. ... 18 0 1 6 Cox Mr. 18 0 1 6 Starling Mr. ... 34 0 2 10 Brown Mrs. ... 14 0 1 2 Thouless Mr. Tompson Clias. 14 0 1 2 Esqre. ... 36 0 3 0 Wilkin Wm. ... 45 0 3 9 Saul Wm. 54 0 4 6 Newton Fras. 234 0 19 6 Skipper John 15 0 1 3 Ckosnutt John 144 0 12 0 Durrant Wm. 15 0 1 3 Skickle Jas. ... 57 0 4 9 Devere 18 0 1 6 Gidney Mr. ... 34 0 2 10 Boardman Mr. 50 0 4 2 Staff Mrs. ... 29 0 2 5 Cook Willm. 32 0 2 8 Manning Wm. 45 0 3 9 Harrison Mr. Finch Peter, 16 0 1 4 Esqre. ... 24 0 2 0 Ray Lydia ... 39 0 3 3 Harbord John Betts Wm. 59 0 4 11 Exrs. 94 0 7 10 Bennett Wm. 55 0 4 7 Oakeley Mr. ... 74 0 6 2 Johnson Mr. 81 0 6 9 Day S., Esqre. 27 0 2 3 Mann Revd. ... 59 0 4 11 Wine Company 39 0 3 3 Youngs & Co. 23 0 1 11 Aldridge John 61 0 5 1 Sadler Wm. ... 49 0 4 1 Patteson & Co. 27 0 2 3 Parr Tlios. ... 24 0 2 0 Hales Mrs. ... 57 0 4 9 Chapman Mrs. 50 0 4 2 Seppings Geo. Ft. 43 £ 0 s . 3 d. 7 Clayton Mrs. 92 0 7 8 Sewell Mr. ... 76 0 6 4 Taylor Mrs. ... 126 0 10 6 Capon Wm. ... 28 0 2 4 Baselcy Mrs. 77 0 6 5 Morse Geo., Esqre. ... 30 0 2 6 Tompson Wm. 17 0 1 5 Murry Wm. ... 33 0 2 9 Stracey Rev. Geo. 309 1 5 9 Landy Mrs. ... 37 0 3 1 Hart Mr. 26 0 2 2 Daniels Mrs. 39 0 3 3 Decker Mrs. 43 0 3 7 Shankes Mr. 28 0 2 4 Cole Revd. ... 42 0 3 6 Hubbard Wm. 49 0 4 1 Mack Mrs. 2 0 1 0 Bolton John ... 25 0 2 1 Say Tlios. 28 3 2 4 Cannell M. ... 40 0 3 4 Cooper J. N. V. 39 0 3 3 Turner Wm. 40 0 3 4 Marshall Mr. 120 0 10 0 Colyer Revd. 31 0 2 7 Cross John ... 39 0 3 3 Scott P. N. ... 37 0 3 1 Burt Mrs. 48 0 4 0 Wiseman Sami. 38 0 3 2 Hall & Larke 52 0 4 4 Cuddon Mr. ... 56 0 4 6 Scott Revd. ... 80 0 6 8 Bolingbroke N. Esqre. ... 80 0 6 8 Goodwin Jas. 134 0 11 2 King Thos. ... 39 0 3 3 Culyer Clias. 41 0 3 5 Finch P., Esqre. ... 47 0 3 11 Burt Mrs. 41 0 3 5 Cross John ... 21 0 1 9 470 ST. GILES’S. Ft. £ s. d. Ft. £ s. d. Mallett Wm. 118 0 9 10 Wright John 66 0 5 6 Smith Benjn. 26 0 2 2 Davey Wm. ... 76 0 6 4 Page Mr. 79 0 6 7 Parkinson Wm. 34 0 2 10 Coleman Mrs. 26 0 2 2 — — Chase Mr. 60 0 5 0 feet 5,812 £24 4 4 Bolton John 149 0 12 5 Frontaee for 1 hlf vear 24 4 4 Churchwardens 525 2 3 9 £48 8 8 Kerridge Mr. 112 0 9 4 Amount for the year Brake John ... 22 0 1 10 £ s. d. 275 14 0 Assessed. 5 1 4 Empties. 21 10 8 Cottage Rate. 48 8 8 Frontage. £350 14 8 Amount of St. Giles for the year. JOHN SHILDRAKE, Assessor, for PERRY ST. QUINTON. The following gives the names of the occupiers of the various houses in St. Giles’s, in the year 1850. PARISH OP SAINT GILES, NORWICH. February 21s£, 1850. At a Vestry Meeting held this day pursuant to Notice duly given, a Road Rate of One halfpenny in the Pound on all rated Houses, Lands and Tenements in the said Parish was made and agreed to WILLIAM COOKE j dmrchivardens HORATIO BOLINGBROKE j Load Surveyors. Abel John Amoss William Atkins Richard Allen M. s. d. Stable St. Giles’ Gates 11 0 H Public House Pottergate St. 141 0 7 * House Bethel Street 26 1 1 House St. Giles’ Gates 36 1 6 ROAD RATE , 1850. 477 s % cl. Barker Mrs. House Willow Lane 21i 0 103 Bennett Mrs. House Wellington Street 13i 0 6* Boliugbroke Chas. House Upper St. Giles 45 1 10* Bolingbroke Henry Warehouse Upper St. Giles G3 2 7* Boliugbroke G. E. House St. Giles’ Street 14* 0 7* Bolingbroke Horatio House St. Giles’ Street 63 2 7* Barnard Mrs. House Pottergate Street 16 0 8* Back Miss House St. Giles’ Street 3i 0 n Bloomfield John House Chapel Field 6 0 3 Borking Thomas House Willow Lane 9 0 4* Barker John House Chapel Field 27 1 1* Bridgman W. K. House St. Giles’ Street 45 1 10* Boulger Patrick J. House Willow Lane 31i 1 3* Beeston John House Upper St. Giles 13i 0 6* Burton St. C. House St. Giles’ Street 30 1 6 Brightwell Thos. House St. Giles’ Street 54 2 3 Bailey John Workshops Cow Hill 8 0 4 Blanchflower Wm. Public House Upper St. Giles 25 1 0* Bugg Isaac House St. Giles’ Hill 131 0 6* Bacon Edmund House St. Giles’ Street 23* 0 11* Bolton James Public House Wellington Street 12* 0 6* Bignold Edwd. S. House Willow Lane 16 0 8 Browne Mrs. House Upper St. Giles 13* 0 6* Corsbie Dennis T. House St. Giles’ Hill m 0 6* Corbould Mrs. House Chapel Field 36 1 6 Cott Thomas House St. Giles’ Hill 13* 0 6* Cooke William House St. Giles’ Street 31* 1 3* Cullyer Christmas House Cow Hill m 0 6* Cullyer George House Saul’s Yard 9 0 4* Cullyer W. Fredk. House Willow Lane 6 0 3 Clayton Revd. W. R. House Upper St. Giles’ St. 108 4 6 Campbell Joseph House Upper St. Giles 13i 0 o* Childs Stephen Workshops St. Giles’ Gates 3 s i 0 1* Chapman Samuel House St. Giles’ Gates 36 1 6 Cuddon James House Bethel Street 83* 3 r ,a Cushing William Yard St. Giles’ Gates 7 0 3* Cox William Public House Cow Hill 11 0 5 * Drane William House Bethel Street 9 0 4* De Year Miss House Cow Hill 12* 0 6* Dalrymple Arthur House St. Giles’ Street 48* 2 o* Drake John House St. Giles’ Street 221 "■“a 0 11* 478 ST. GILES'S. Durranfc William Dalton Sami. Daines Robt. Daines Robt. Dennington Miss Daveney C. B. Davy William Dade Mrs. Dixon F. B. Duckett James Davis Miss Duffield Mark Dodman Robt. Dixon F. B. Davy James Etheridge James Ellis Richard Ellis Richard Edgar Hy. Robert Eaton Miss Finnegan William Fuller Miss Freeman James Fox Isaac Flowers Isaac Firth Miss Ford W. Foster Feek William Fisher James George W. Morris Gostling Francis Girdlestone Reuben Goodwin James Gowing Charles Gardner Thompson Gedge Crispin Robt. Goodwin Revd. W. Griffin William Greaves Mrs. Goggs Mr. s. cl. House St. Giles’ Street 135 5 7* House St. Giles’ Terrace 25 1 0* Stable Bethel Street 5* 0 23 Stable Bethel Street 9 0 4* House Willow Lane 21 0 10* House Bethel Street 21* 0 10f House Upper St. Giles 15~ 0 74 House Upper St. Giles 27 1 1* House St. Giles’ St. 45 1 10* House St. Giles’ Hill ift 0 6| House Watts’s Court 9 0 4* House St. Giles’ Gates 4* 0 2-j House St. Giles’ Hill li 0 5* Stable Bethel Street 5* 0 2| House Cow hill 11 0 5* House Willow Lane 27 1 14 House Chapel Field 5J 0 2f House Chapel Field 9 0 44 House St. Giles Terrace 20 0 10 House Cow hill 9 0 44 House Cow hill 11 0 5* House Willow Lane 50 2 l House St. Giles’ St. 45 1 10* House Upper St. Giles 19 0 8 House St. Giles’ St. 63 7* House Bethel St. 58i 2 5* House Cow hill 8 0 4 Stable St. Giles’ St. 9 0 4* House Bethel Street 13i 0 6f House Pottergate St. 9 0 41 House Upper St. Giles 5* 0 2} House Upper St. Giles 10 0 5 House Willow Lane 45 1 10* House St. Giles’ Gates 5* 0 2| House St. Giles’ Gates 36 1 6 House Bethel Street 15 0 7* House Chapel Field 29 1 2* House Cow hill 14* 0 7* House Pottergate St. 8 0 4 House St. Giles’ Gates 27 1 H ROAD RATE , 1850. 47J s. d. Gilman Ckas. Suck- ling House St. Giles’ St. 54 2 3 Goggs Robt. Raven House St. Giles’ Hill 0 Of Hales Mrs. House Upper St. Giles G3 2 Hart Charles House St. Giles’ Street 23f 0 14 Howes Mrs. House Wellington St. 11| 0 5f Harrison Tlios. T. House Upper St. Giles •J 0 4/ Huggins John House St. Giles’ Gates 5f 0 9, i Hill Richard House Cow hill 11 0 5 i Houghton David House Upper St. Giles 9 0 4£ Hart Philip Workshops St. Giles’ Gates 18 0 9 Hull Dr. G. House St. Giles’ St. 112.1 4 8i Harcourt Anthony Workshop St. Giles’ Gates 8 0 4 Hill James Fredk. House Pottergate Street 18 0 9 Hale R. Douglass House St. Giles’ Street 3H 1 3f Hawkes Robert House Willow Lane ooa •'“2 0 14 Huggins John Shed & Yard St. Giles’ Gates 9 1 ‘'J 0 If Howlett Mary House St. Giles’ Hill 11 0 4 Harvey James Public House Cow hill 141 0 4 Hill Richard House Pottergate St. 5 0 24 Johnson John J. House St. Giles St. 45 1 10J Joy Matthew House Willow Lane 16 0 8 King Thomas House Cow hill 10 0 5 Keighley Mrs. House St. Giles St. 15 0 74 Kerr Robt. House St. Giles’ Terrace 24 0 10 f King Henry Public House St. Giles’ Gates 15 0 7f Kett Henry Warehouse St. Giles’ St. 18 0 9 Lamb C. H. House St. Giles’ St. 18 0 9 Laws James House Upper St. Giles 14 0 4 Larke Miss House Cow hill 22 J- 0 Ilf Ling Henry House St. Giles St. 58f 2 •4 Laxeon Miss House Bethel St. 27 1 4 Lynes Sami. House Cow hill 12 0 6 Lucas Chas. House St. Giles’ St. 221 0 Hf Mousir Robt. House Upper St. Giles 10 0 5 May James House St. Giles’ St. 11 0 4 May House St. Giles’ St. 9 0 4.1 Master Alfred House Bethel Street 49 2 Oi Master Alfred Stable Chapel Field 7 0 34 4 SO ST. GILES'S. $. cl. Mallows Mrs. House Willow Lane 8 0 4 McGregor J. House Upper St. Giles 21 0 10* Miller E. House St. Giles’ Terrace 22i- 0 Hi Motts John Shed & Yard Chapel Field Road 2* 0 H McKay Jolm House Watts’s Court 0 24 New Mills Proprs. Waterworks Chapel Field 45 1 101 Ninham Henry House Chapel Field 18 0 9 Notley William Workshop St. Giles’ Gates 2$ 0 u Norton Ufenia House Pottergate Street 9 0 41 Pearce Philip House St. Giles’ Gates 4i 0 2i Pilgrim John House Chapel Field 45 1 10* Parr W. B. House Upper St. Giles 27 1 11 Priest Hy. Raven House Pottergate Street m 6 6f Poole Mrs. House Pottergate Street m 0 u\ Powell Edward House St. Giles’ Gates 7 0 8* Paraman Mrs. House St. Giles’ St. 30 1 6 Parker House & Yard St. Giles’ Gates 41 0 or Puxley Miss House Bethel Street 18 0 9 Rigg Revd. Richd. House Bethel Street 54 2 3 Read Miss House St. Giles’ St. 29 1 2* Ranking Dr. W. H. House Upper St. Giles 72 3 0 Read Charles Shed & Yard St. Giles’ Gates 21 0 ii Robberds Stable St. Giles’ Gates 2 0 i Rogers Charles House Bethel Street 11 0 H Scales Samuel Yard St. Giles’ Gates 7 0 3.1 Smith Mrs. M. Garden Cow hill 21 0 ii Smith Mrs. House St. Giles’ St. 21 1 0 104 Seeley William House Pottergate St. G 0 3 Stebbings Henry House Hales’ Court m 0 64 Scott Benjamin House St. Giles’ Gates ii 0 6* Say Mrs. House St. Giles’ Street 36 1 6 Saul William House Pottergate Street 27 1 1* Slack Robert Hugh House Cow hill 11 0 5k Sayer John House Upper St. Giles 10 0 5 Smith Mrs. M. House Willow Lane 41 0 H Smith S. & H. Misses House St. Giles’ Street 27 1 ik Sturley George House Willow Lane 21 0 10i Shenfield John House Upper St. Giles 36 1 6 Shorten Mrs. House Chapel Field 18 0 9 Snape Mrs. House St. Giles’ St. 03 2 7* ROAD RATE, 1S50. 481 S. ( 1 . Sadler T. W. House Upper St. Giles 27 l n Snell George House St. Giles’ Hill 134 0 6-4 Seymour Miss House Rigby’s Court 11 0 54 Taylor George House Upper St. Giles 34 1 5 Taylor I. 0. House St. Giles’ St. 45 1 104 Townsliend Sami. House Bethel Street 154 0 74 Thouless James House Pottergate Street 54 0 23. Thirkettle House St. Giles’ Hill if 0 54 Thorpe Miss House Bethel Street 11 0 54 Toll House Upper St. Giles 18 0 9 Vincent House St. Giles’ Hill 11 0 54 Watts Samuel House Pottergate Street 54 0 2-1 Woodcock Henry House St. Giles’ Street G74 2 94 Webster Paul W. House Chapel Field 9 0 44 Wright George House Wellington Street 14 0 04 White Alfred House Pottergate Street 54 0 24 Warner William House Willow Lane 18 0 9 Whaites H. T. House St. Giles’ Hill 11 0 51 Empties. Brock Mrs. A. Stable Willow Lane 9 0 44 Brown Mrs. House Chapel Field 15 0 74 Campbell Mr. House Cow hill 144 0 74 Davis Mark House Rigby’s Court 9 0 44 Green Jeffry House St. Giles’ St. 404 1 84 Hill Richd. Olhce Bethel Street 7 0 31 Lawter Robert House Chapel Field 9 0 44 Pentin John House St. Giles’ Gates 24 0 14 Page John Gymer House St. Giles’ Terrace 20 0 10 Sheward William House Upper St. Giles 27 1 H Toll Elizabeth House St. Giles’ Hill 11 0 54 Thorpe Miss House St. Giles’ St. 9 0 44 Small Tenements. Aldred James 3 Tenements Wellington St. 2 0 1 Allen Rachel 1 Watts’s Court 1 4 0 04 Bennett Mrs. 13 Wellington St. i o a - l - J 4 0 64 Bloomfield John 1 Cow hill 2 0 l Bailey Anthony 3 Roach’s Court 54 0 24 Bray 3 Bell’s Yard 14 0 04 4S2 ST. GILES’S. S. (I. Cooke James 4 Tenements Crook’s Yard 3f 0 If Colmau Joseph 1 Long Thorofare 4 0 0i Chaplin Thomas 1 Long Thorofare 4 0 Of Chapman Revd. C. 5 Chapman’s Court 6.} 0 3f Clarke S. Royal 5 Bell’s Yard 4 l 0 2i Cooper J. N. V. 8 Roach’s Court 14 0 7 Dixon John 5 Bethel Street 8> 0 4f Dye George 4 Wellington St. 4 0 2 Freeman James 13 Freeman’s Yard 14* 0 7 George Robert 1 Pottergate St. U 0 Of George Robert 5 Pottergate St. 8* 0 4 Harbord Mrs. 1 Wellington St. Of 0 Of Hopson James 8 Wellington Square 10 0 5 Hopson James 2 Bell’s Yard If 0 Of Harrison J. J. 3 Harrison’s Yard 2f 0 If Harmer D. 4 Harmer’s Yard 6* 0 3 Hill Samuel 5 Long Thorofare 4| 0 01 "4 Hales Mrs. 2 Hales’ Court 3 0 4 King Thomas 5 Wellington St. 5 0 2f King Thomas 4 Cow hill H 0 2f Last Henry 2 Pottergate St. If 0 Of Lancaster Mrs. 1 Pottergate St. H 0 Of Lancaster Mrs. 3 Seeley’s Yard 4 0 Of Lane Richard 1 Pottergate Street 1 * 0 Of Lamb C. H. 2 Bethel Street If 0 Of Long J. P. 1 Bethel Street 2 0 1 New Mills Proprs. 1 Chapel Field 1 0 Of Hastings Mr. 7 Bennett's Yard Of 0 3 Norris Mr. 7 Wellington Square 104 0 5f Neale W. V. 5 St. Giles’ Hill Of 0 3 Ninham Hy. 2 Long Thorofare 3 0 H Newton’s Exors. 1 Pottergate Street n 0 Of Oakley Robert 5 Wellington Street 6 0 3 Perowne Thomas o Long Thorofare 8f 0 4f ROAD RATE , 1850. 483 A'. d. Rackham Matthew 4 Tenements Wellington Street 3 1 1 If Resteraux Joseph 7 Wellington Square n 0 3f Rackliam Wm. 1 Long Thorofare li 0 Of Riches Mrs. 2 Wellington Street If 0 Of Rouse Miss 2 Wellington Square 1 0 01 Starling E. A. 1 Seeley’s Yard Oi 0 01 Smith Mrs. M. 8 Cow hill 13 0 6 Sadler William 5 Cock Yard 8f 0 4 Sapey John 3 Watts’s Court 0 n Watts Samuel 1 Seeley’s Yard 0J 0 Of Wilde William 1 Long Thorofare li 0 Of Wicks 4 Long Thorofaro H 0 2 f Youngs & Co. 7 Cow Yard 5f 0 92 “4 Youngs & Co. 3 ,, Cow Hill 9i -4 0 1 £ s. d. Total ... ... 4,427 9 4 Of Empties ... ... 7 2f T8 16 91 CHAPTER XX. FURTHER NOTES AND EXTRACTS HAVING REFERENCE TO ST. GILES’S. The following notes have been kindly lent me by Mr. Mark Knights. They are taken from some voluminous manuscript extracts made by the late Mr. Morant (formerly City Surveyor of Norwich), from the City Assembly Books, and have never been published. The entries throw some light upon the aspect of the country just outside St. Giles’s Gates at the respective periods ; and are otherwise interesting. (It will be remembered that this Assembly was the Town Council of that day, and that their meetings were long held iu a room belonging to the College of St. Mary in the Fields.) Sanitary 5th Elizabeth, 15th.—Certain parties appointed to reform annoyances at the highways at St. Giles’ Gates by reason of the new enclosures and the muck heaps, aud likewise at St. Bennytt’s Gates. _ , . , 8th Elizabeth, 22nd Oct.—Lease of a piece of Great Hospital. L ground without St. Giles's Gates, belonging to God’s house, granted to Thos. Cory for 21 yrs., vs. iiijd. rent. 12th Elizabeth, lGth June.—This day, by the whole consent of this house, it is fully contented, agreed, and enacted to the intent that God’s express commandment may be better kept in observing the Sabbath day, accordingly within this worshipful city, that at every gate of the city the half gate shall be kept shut and barred, and a lock hung on the bar, and so kept shut and locked from the Saturday at night until the Monday morning next following, so that no cart shall come in nor go out of the city with any carriage laden or empty. Nor that there shall no beer carts within the city upon the Sabbath day carry out or deliver any beer so carried by cart on EXTRACTS FROM CITY ASSEMBLY BOOKS. 485 the Sabbath day to any of tlier Ostes. Nor that there shall be no shops, either for buying, selling, retailing, kept open upon the Sabbath day upon pain of forfeiture for every brewer and every shop keeper so offending for every such offence for every time 3a. 4 d., the one half thereof to the presentor, and the other to the use of this city. Nor that any other carrier dwelling within the same city shall travel abroad in the city with carts for any manner of carriage upon the Sabbath day upon the like pain and forfeiture. 20th Elizabeth, Feb. 28th.—Certain persons appointed to view the way along and under the walls between St. Bennett’s Gates and St. Giles. On the Queen coming to Norwich. Road evidently very narrow. Sanitary. 20th Elizabeth, 24th June.—The straightness of the way without St. Giles’ Gates to be amended, and the hills cast down, and the way gravelled at the charge of the ward and the inhabitants of Earlham. 25th Elizabeth, 15tli Feb.—This day it is agreed that the lane in St. Giles shall be granted to John Brereton and Bartholomew Read, north half to one, south half to other, by deed indented to pay yearly one penny each. 28th Elizabeth, IGth.—Lease to Tlios. Cory of 2 acres of ground without St. Giles’ Gates for 21 years. 41 Elizabeth, 2nd March. Certain commoners in every great ward shall survey all the waste ground without the city gates for mote laying of muck and other filth made within the city. . . . and they to confer with such carriers for the carrying out the filth and muck as they shall think fit. , 8th James I., 7tli March.—Mr. William Drake to Lease of # City and Hospital have a lease of a piece of ground without St. Giles’ property. Gates, lately in the farm of William Robinson, and containing two acres, xxi yrs., rent xxvis. viiid. 7th James I., lltli December. Lease to Daniel This appears . . to be the site of Dennys of a piece of waste ground lying along and g house°in under the inside of the city walls, next unto St. \\ eilmgton Lane. Giles’ Gates, from the said gates unto the first jame (jamb?) or buttress northward, as the same contains in length from the gates to the said buttress ten yards, and in breadth from the city walls eastward ten feet, and at the north end thereof east¬ ward four yards, xxi. years., and so long after as he shall live j rent iiijd. This was probably near Paragon Hill, interesting as showing the laud belonged to the city. 7th James I., 28th August.—A lime kiln to be erected on some convenient place without St. Giles’ Gates. 4S6 ST. GILES’S. 7th James I., 11th December.—Whereas there is a meaning to pass the fee simple of a certain ground called the Cherry Yard, near Chaple Field, to Mr. Attorney-General, to whom the city is generally very much beliouldiug for mauy kind offices and favours which they have received at his hands. It is agreed by this assembly that the Mayor and the Court of Aldermen shall set down, dispose, and determine the site thereof as to them or the most part of them shall seem good. , 7th James I., 22nd January.—This day was This will be, J J I think, the sites of sealed a counterpart of an indenture of feoffment B nSir h made between Sir John Pettus of the one part, Cathedral. and the ]\j a y 0r) & C-i 0 f the other part, for the assurance of vi acres of land lying without St. Giles’ Gates, for the payment of iiij/i. yearly to the poor, according to Mr. Rudd’s will. A letter of attorney was sealed to take possession of the said vi acres of land. 9th James I., 7th May.—John Roberts to have a lease of the lime kiln without St. Giles’ Gates, as it is now enclosed, yearly rent 5s. Stage coach to Yarmouth, running every Tuesday and Friday. Sets out from the Dolphin Inn, St. Giles, every Tuesday, and Coach and Horses, near Bedlam, every Friday. Coach set out every morning at 9. They make no dinner by the way, and will carry at 3.? a passenger .—From Crossgrove's Gazette. The following extracts from Corporation Books have been made for me by Mr. Tallack, who says, “ Some transfers of property w 7 ere at one time recorded here, and I have given all the entries in St. Giles from 1500, when they begin. They are not of interest in themselves, but they may help to identify certain houses. I also send particulars of two or three small deeds in which St. Giles is mentioned, and copies of rates, 1708 and 1660.” ST. GILES, NORWICH. 1323.—A small deed by which John de Bery carpenter has the lease of a shop under the commonliouse called the murage house in Norwich Market Place—between the shop of Hugh Le Lekman on the west, the shop of John Le Skynner on the south, and the Market Place on the other sides—the rent to be 14/- annually for the life of the said John de Berj r , the Bailiffs and Commonalty of Norwich, who EARLY DEEDS £ TRANSFERS IN ST. GILES'S. 487 were owners, to have power to distrain for the same on the shop in question, and also on the lessee’s tenement in the parish of St. Giles, which was formely Robert Kep’s. Dated at Norwich on the feast of the Purification of St. Mary the Virgin, in the year of the reign of King Edward the son of King Edward the seventeenth. 1328.—A small deed by which Ralph, son of John do Newton, of East Rudliam, and Catherine his wife, sell to Richard de Tudenliam, citizen of Norwich, and Sibill his wife, a messuage in St. Giles, which Lawrence de Brakene, citizen of Norwich, bequeathed to the said Catharine and Sibill, his daughters. The messuage is described as lying between the messuage formerly Thomas de Burne’s on the east, the messuage of Peter de Bumstede* on the west, on a common way on the south, and on the King’s highway on the north. Dated at Norwich on Thursday after the feast of the Purification, in the year of King Edward the third after the conquest the third, in the time of William de Dunstou, William But, junior, Hugh Garzon, and Adam Midday, Bailiffs of Norwich. 1345.—A little deed in Norman French by which Baudry de Taver- ham leases to the Bailiffs and Comonalty of Norwich a piece of ground in the city ditch next to St. Giles’s gate, on which is a house for persons having ‘la maladie de lepre.’ Dated at Norwich, Wed¬ nesday the feast of St. Austyn, 18th of Edward III. Has a pretty seal of Bal. de Taverham quite perfect. (Blomefield has endorsed this, and put his private mark upon it.) 1583. A deed by which the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens, and Com¬ monalty of Norwich leased to Bartholomew Reade of Norwich, butcher, for Id. annually, all the south part of a lane in St. Giles, lying between land of the said Bartholomew Read on the east, land in the tenure or occupation of John Brereton on the west, on the field called Chappellafyeld croft on the south, and part of the said lane leased to the said John Brereton on the north, and the said lane is in length from the north end to Chappellafyeld Croft 37 ft., and in width 10 ft. Dated at the Guildhall, 25 Feb., 25th Elizabeth. 1G80. 2 Nov.—The City sold to Robert Colman of Norwich, carpenter, a piece of waste land in St. Giles between the wall of the ground belonging to St. Andrew’s parish on the south, the King’s highway on the north, extending 27 yards in length from the gate of the said wall, and in breadth 8 yards at the east end and 7 yards at the west. * Bailiff. 1310—1317. 488 ST. GILES’S. The following persons had property in St. Giles at the times named:— Addinson IVm., sold to John Danyell, 1G15. Ansell John, sold to Thos. Palgrave, 1622. Ames Thos., lease to Nich. Mallett, 1622. Arnold John, sold to Henry Rochester, 1650. Ansell John, sold to Geo. Conldham, 1653. Do. sold to Henry Watts, 1662. Annyson Fras. release to Onias Phillipo, 1669. Austin Thos., sale to Matthew Clarke, 1710. Appleby Edward, sale to Jerem. Clapham, 1736. Arnold Geo., mortgage to Nich. Norgate, 1718. Bowen John, sold to James Greue, 1537, a barn. Bedys John, sold to Richd. Kemp, 1541. Barker John, sold to Thos. Codd, 1547. Buck Henry, sold to Andrew Quasshe, 1551, piece of land. Brampton Thos., sold to John Wursley, 1564, 9J acres of pastui’e in Chappell of fields Croft (does not state parish). Brereton John, sold to Bartholomew Read, 1571. Do. release to Christopher Barret, 1581, a garden. Beamond Thomas, sold to John Baliston, 1582, a parcel of land. Baliston John, sold to Chas. Brathet, 1584, small garden. Brereton Cuthbert, sold to IJy. Fonde, 1584. Browne Richard, sold to Matthew Iloath, 1608. Do. sold to Robert Manning, 1609. Brathett Wm., release to Robt. Cooke, 1609. Buskard Edward, sale to Richd. Harvy, 1641. Barker Nicholas, sale to do., 1643. Briggs Richd. sale to John Yan Jlevell, 1647. Beverley Thomas, sale to Thos. Southgate, 1654. Balleston Thomas, sale to Thos. Elvey, 1671. Bensley Henry, sale to John Lowe, 1690. Blomfield Augustine, mortgage to Mary Steward, widow, 1691. Brook Joseph, conveyance to John Gary, 1696. EARLY OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN ST. GILES'S. 489 Baleston Thomas, conveyance to Wm. Salter, Esq., 1697, several messuages. o Browne Robert, conveyance to John Gurney, 1712. Burton Joseph, release to Richd. Ivett, 1715. Browne Henry, release to Dr. Offley, 1726. Boardman John, release to James D’Oily, 1739. Bush William, release to Tlios. Thompson, 1741. Brown Zachc., release to Robert Brettingham, 1742. Boyce John, sale to John Chambers, 1758. Brettingham Robert & wife, to John Edwards, mortgage, 1759. Cory Tlios., sale to John Smith, 1516. Do. sale to John Quasshe, 1522, a curtilage. Cowper John, sale to John Wilyet, 1530. Cosiu Jno., release to John Walden, 1540 Cowper John, sale to John Stanfield, 1543. Caverley Richd-, sale to John Davy, 1588. Clarke Edwd., sale to Tlios. Weavers, 1580, a garden, Crue Thomas, sale to Margaret Rixe, 1596. Chaplin Stephen, sale to John Ansell, 1602. Cullyer Richd., sale to John Nixon, 1615, a garden. Carver Tlios., sale to Wm. Fawke, 1620. Cotwyn Edwd., sale to Edwd. Woolfe, 1622. Carre Tlios., sale to Wolston Rant, 1638. Cooper Thomas, sale to Robert Ames, 1685. Colman Catherine, sale to Richd. Gay, release, 1695. Colman Hugh, —— John Risebrow, assignment of a city lease, 1703. Cowper Abraham, sale to Thos. Duplacke, 1705. Cowper Abraham and Woodroffe Salter, gent., Executors, grant and release to Thos. Churchman, 1711. Chambers Isaac, release to Robt, Gamble, 1716. Claxton John and Low Wm., release to Pe Le fabuer, Jos. Long and Thos. Hembling, 1723. Craske Wm., Martin Wm., and John Gamble, to Jcrmy Harcourt, Esq., sale of 3/4s of 3 messuages, 1765. Downes James, release to Robt. Browne, 1540. 2 o 490 ST. GILES'S. Downes James, release to Alice Hemming’, 1544, a parcel of land. Downing Edmund, sale to Nich. Green, 1558. I)eye Edmund, sale to Tlios. Collar, 1612. Dymes Robert, release to Nicb. Reeve, 1612. Davy Henry, sale to Mary Tompson, 1615. Danyell John, sale to Ricliard Briggs, 1628. Dyer John and Katharine Coleman, mortgage to Diana Fairman, 1708. Dyer John, to James Cooper, mortgage, 1816. Doyly James, mortgage to Alice Norris, 1719. Durrani Nathan!., release to Sami. Ferra, 1725. Doyly James, mortgage to John AVade, 17M. Davy John, release to Charles AVenn, 1750. Dobson John, Executors mortgage to Wm. Cooper, 1760. Do. release to Win. Molden, 1771. Ely Walter, sale to Nich. Barne, 1535. Ely John, sale to Leonard Osborne, 1551. El win Hy., sale to Tlios. Carver, 1619. Elmy James, sale to Robert Snell, 1732. Ellington Leo., sale to John Moy, 1742. Frances John, sale to Adrian Mace, 1542, two mansions. Frauncis Richd., sale to John Yonge, 1578. Fonde Hy., sale to Richd. Skottowe, 1600. Fawke AVm., sale to Thomas Carver, 1621. Fayerman John, sale to Elias Smyter, 1623, ‘The Cock’ in St. Giles. Foulsham Robert, sale to Tlios. Elvye, 1673, 8 messuages. Flowerdew Wm., sale to James TIacon, 1679. Freeman Thomas, sale to Robert Freeman, 1684. Ferra Samuel, sale to AVm. AVilcocks, release, 1743. Gooch George, sale to John Gooche, 1557. Do. sale to Richard AVatson, 1562, release. Gase Richd., sale to Robert Collerd, 1564. Gooding Tlios., sale to John Davye, 1594, an orchard. Greenwood Richd., sale to William Peter, 1607. Girlynge Lionel, sale to Isaac Girlinge, 1684. EARLY OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN ST. GILES'S. 491 Girlinge Isaac, sale to Francis Gardiner, 1688. Gardiner Francis, sale to Joseph Brooke, 1690. Golding Thomas, sale to IJy. Hufflet, 1692. Garrod William, sale to Joseph Thorpe, 1699. Garey John, sale to Joseph Darwin, 1707. Gurney John, sale to Joseph Burton, 1712. Gamble Robert, release to Simon Rackham, 1716. Gray James, sale to Thomas Churchman, 1742. Do. sale to Jenny Harcourt, Esq., 1765. Gamble John, Executors, sale to Jenny Harcourt, Esq., 1765. Hemming Thos., release to John Wilkins, 1536. Holl Tlios., sale to Nich. Surrye, 1565, land. Hembling Richd., sale to Elias Smyter, 1607. Do. sale to Tlios. Hobbes, 1617. Hooth Matthew, sale to John Brooke, 1619. Hembling Richd., sale to Elias Smyter, 1621. Harvey Richd., sale to John Pute, 1646. Hembling Thos., release to Edwd. Smyter, 1654. Hembling Richd., sale to Henry Negus, 1665, ‘ The White Lion.’ Hargrave John, sale to Daniel Tash, 1682. Hembling Richd., sale to AVm. Lowe, 1683. Hacon James, sale to Robert Snell, gent., 1688, messuage and grounds. Hunt Edward, release to John Critewood, 1691. Do. sale to Isaac Chambers, 1702. Hobart Thomas and Anna his wife, release to Stephen Culyer, 1729. Hayes Sami., release to Sami. Crome, 1753. Hardingham Jehoshaphat, release to Susanna Hardingham 1775. Isbell John, sale to James Wadnowe, 1509. Jackson John, sale to Ann Collins, 1700. Do. sale to John Collings, 1700. Kendall Thomas, sale to Robt. Tompson, 1566. Kyndlemershe Richd., sale to Nicholas Appleby, 1586. 492 ST. GILES'S. Ivyndlemerske Rickd., sale to Robert Playforde, 1589. Kettleborougli John, sale to Riohd. Rosse, 1622. Kettle John, sale to Thos. Baleston, 1718. Kett Thomas, sale to Stackhouse Tompson, 1742. Do. sale to Penelope Wiseman, 1744. Leek Thomas, sale to Robert Brown, 1524. Do. sale to Thos. Cokke, 1534. Ling William, sale to Mary Goodwin, 1646. Lucas John, sale to John Love, 1677. Lowe William, sale to James Hacon, 1679. Lowe Thos. and others, sale to Amy Till, 1707. Lillingtou Isaac, mortgage to Dr. Tirno. Bennett, 1748. Love John and Ann his wife, release to John Moy, 1760. Mone Edmd., release to Wm. Tompson, 1575. Mydlam Marmaduke, sale to Nick. Surrey, 1582, parcel of land. Mollett Henry, sale to Walter Fuller, 1598. Malmis George, sale to John Pykarell, 1619. Mallett Nichs., sale to John Balleston, 1671. Money William, sale to Mary Jenney, 1699. Martin George, release to Thos. Martin, 1735. Do. release to Thos. Churchman, 1736. Miller Isaac and Eliz. Lis wife, and Wm. Wilcocks, re¬ lease to Robt. Dack, Dr. of Physic, 1760. Norman Robert, sale to Thomas Marsham, 1556. Nobbe Robert, sale to Wm. Townsekend, 1581, a garden. Norton Rickd., sale to Robt. Johnson, 1585, 3 little mes¬ suages. Norris Francis, sale to Thos. Southgate. 1662. Osborne Edward, sale to Barbary Elvyn, 1648. Do. sale to Daniel Burckam, 1738. Do. sale to Thos. Tompson, 1740. Palmer Robert, sale to Wm. Rogers, 1567. Plombe Henry, sale to Edward Taylor, 1586. Podkin John, sale to Edmd. Clarke, 1587, a garden. Playforthe Bnbert, sale to Henry Mollet, 1592. Plombe Henry, sale to Walter Pyke, 1596. EARLY OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN ST. GILES'S. 493 Parker Michael, sale to John Lynge, 1G15 and 7. Palgrave Thomas, sale to Nichs. Mallett, 1628. Pettus Thos., sale to Thos. Beverley, 1653. Pute John, sale to John Rix, 1660. Do. sale to Peter Ilasbert, 1660 and 2. Phillippo Onias, sale to Adrian Payne, 1676, a barne. Peckett John, sale to John Nicholls, 1696. Do. sale to Sir Peter Seaman, 1713. Do. sale to Tho. Seaman, 1717. Pickles Abraham, demise to ¥m. Foster, 1721. Pecket John, release to James Wheeler, 1728. Pleasants John, release to Thos. Churchman, 1751. (Juashe John, sale to Wm. Dowse, 1511. Quashe Andrew, sale to John Balyston, 1564, a great orchard, &c., in St. Giles and St. Lawrence. Rysing Robert, sale to liichd. Skales, 1515. Roberts James, sale to James Greue, 1530, land. Rant Humphrey, sale to Alice Worsley, 1575. Ryngwood Robert, sale to Lawrence Asgood, 1583. Runhall John, sale to Thomas Gooding, 1583. Rosse Richard, sale to Wm. Kettleborough, 1629. Robinson Leonard, sale to John Melchior, 1689. Russell John, release to Sami. Manning, 1724, The Black Swan. Read Daniel, release to Wm. Molden, 1771. Seclen Andrew, sale to Wm. Russell, 1531, land. Surrey Nicholas, sale to Robert Fenne, 1583, land. Sotherton Richd., release to John Ansell, 1602. Savadge Edmund, sale to Stephen Cooper, 1646. Smyter Edward, sale to Henry Watts, 1651. Do. sale to John Salter, 1654. Do. sale to Henry Watts, 1657. Southgate Thomas, sale to Francis Norris, 1658. Stinnett John, sale to Joshua Bensley, 1665. Seamier John, sale to Anne Rix, 1676, 2 acres of pasture. Studd Thomas, sale to Thos. Leverington, 1685. Southgate Thomas, release to Nichs. Bulbrook, 1690. ST. GILES'S: 494 Thomas Lewis, sale to Tlios. Hemming, 1536, land. Townsend Win., sale to Tlios. Groodinge, 1583, garden. Tesmond John, release to Margaret Bix, 1596. Tompson Wm., sale to Michael Parker, 1611. Titterington Isaac, sale to Peter Ansell, 1617. Tooley William, sale to Nathl. Durrant, 1686, The White Lvon. Thorpe Joseph, sale to Wm. Brooke, 1705. Tompson Thomas and Thos. Steward, sale to Bobert De Carle, 1770, piece of ground. Tompson James, sale to John Langley Watts, Esq., 1774. Uttiug John, sale to Bichd. Humphry, 1649. Worlington Thomas, release to Bobt. Dovilday, 1520. Williett John, grant to Bobert Palmer, 1538, a garden. Worsley John, sale to John Balyston, 1566. Do. sale to John Aldryche, 1569, 4 acres of pasture in Chappell of field Crofts. Woolfe Edward, sale to John Utting, 1622. Woolmer Bobert, sale to Anne Jenkinson, 1659. Watts Henry, sale to John Ansell, 1663. Do. sale to Anne Ward, 1666. Wilcocks Wm., release to Bobert Daok, M.D., 1764. THE END. INDEX OF NAMES Of Persons Interred in St. Giles’s Church and Churchyard. A Alden PAGE. ... 185 Allen ... 175, 181, 187 Ansell 138, 203 Arnall ... 166 Arnold ... 177 Asker ... 184 Atkin 178, 180 Bacon B ... 196 Baker ... 202 Baret ... 179 Barham ... 184 Baseley ... 158 Basey ... 180 Baxter ... 138, 165, 203 Beaumont ... 190 Bedingfield ... 139, 165, 202 Beevor 153, 157, 167, 174 Bennett ... 181 Berry ... 197 Blome ... 140 Bloome ... 205 Blyth ... 174 Boardman ... 181 Bond 177, 183 Bowden ... 144 Boyden ... 192 Brah am ... 141, 168, 205 Bretingham ... 158 Briston ... 172 Bristow 138, 203 Britcher ... ... 184 Brooke 140, 164 Brosyard ... .. 138 Browne 141, 184 Bryant ... 191 Burdock ... ... 197 Burrows ... ... 179 Cannell O ... 194 Carlton .. 191 Carter 138, 140, 141, 167 Catling ... 195 PAGE. Chadley ... 192 Chalmers ... ... 178 Chesnutt ... ... 186 Churchman 141, 143, 148 Clayton . 149 Cobbe . . 138, 204 Cocks ... 184 Codd ... 193 Coe .. 197 Colchester 138, 204 Cole ... 156, 164, 189 Cook .. 186 Cooper ... 166, 173, 207 Copeman ... ... 204 Copman .. ... 138 Coppin ... 183 Cowan ... 178 Cowper 140,202 Cox ... 182 Criekmer ... ... 193 Cross-grove 139, 172 Crosskill ... ... 190 Cullyer 179, 184 Curtis 140, 202 Cushing ... ... 175 D Darkin ... 186 Davy 159, 176 Dawson ... 194 Day ... 152, 158, 186 Dearing ... 178 Deave ... 167 Denney ... 185 Dewing ... 170 De Vear ... ... 193 Dobbin ... 169 Downing ... ... 195 Dring ... 177 Duncan ... 197 Dunston ... ... 137 E Emms ... 188 English 182 Everus ... 205 490 INDEX OF NAMES. F PAGE. Fairhead ... ... 187 Fayerman ... 187 Finaghty ... ... 193 Finch 13S, 157, 203 Fisher ... 182 Fitt ... 179 Forby 139, 203 Forster ... 136 Fulcher G ... 174 Gayford ... 195 Gobbet ... 176 Goddard . . ... 188 Goodings ... ... 185 Goodwin ... 150, 165 Gosslin ... 138 Green ... 197 Griffin ... 177 Grimmer .. II ... 183 Hales ... 183 Hampp ... 157 Harcourt . . ... 165 Harman ... ... 175 Harrison ... ... 195 Hervy ... 174 Heryng ... 138, 204 Hewitt ... 183 Hicks ... 176 Hitchcock ... 192 Hodgson ... ... 195 Howes 177, 194 Ilowlett ... ... 185 Hyslop I J ... 177 Irwin ... 188 Jackson ... ... 193 James ... 195 JenniDgs ... ... 188 Johnson ... 150, 183 Kerridge Eiddill King Knappe Knibbs K ... 190 ... 190 ... 181 138,204 ... 193 L Lamb ... ... 179, 180, 185 PAGE. Landy ... 169 Landysdale ... 139, 173, 203 Lane ... 183 Lawter 175 Lea ... 187 Lee 140, 202 Lock ... 186 Lofty ... 188 Lorkin ... 179 Love ... 167 Lowe ... 207 M Mack ... 172 Mack a y ... 178 Mackley ... ... 178 Mason ... 189 Mayhew ... ... 187 Maxey ... 190 Mclvey ... 180 Mears ... 184 Metcalf ... 177 Money 189 Monk .. 169 Mordy ... 197 Moulton ... . . 174 Mounser ... ... 194 Moy ... 169 Mudd ... 143, 146, 171 Multun ... 204 Myhill ... 191 N Newman ... ... 171 Nicklos ... 193 N inham ... 194 O Offley ... 151 Owns worth 190, 191 P Palmer 181, 196 Parker ... 177 Parrish ... 181 Payne 141, 154, 186, 200 Pechy (in error for Hervy) ... 138 Perowne .. 178, 188 Play ford ... ... 177 Pool 140, 202 Postle ... 174 Purdaunce 139, ICO, 164, 205 Pyking 138, 207 INDEX OF NAMES. 497 R PAGE. PAGE. Springall ... ... 194 Rackham .. 181, 191 Spurgeon ... ... 177 Raining ... 140,106,204 Stannard ... ... 144 Rallison ... .. 195 Stebbings ... 175 Rawton ... 18.8 Stewart 192 Read ... 195 Stigles 181 Reeve ... 180 Stillingwoi th ... 158 Revans ... 172 Stone ... 180 Richardson ... 1S8, 193, 199 Storey ... 189 Rigby ... 183 Stringer ... 189 Riseborough ... 156 Sudbury .. 189 Rising 195 Suffield ... 159, 169 Rix ... 181 Swift 168, 195 Robinson ... 140, 202 Rogers ... 169 T Roope 138, 203 Routh ... 158 Thetford ... ... 191 Rowe . . ... 197 Tomlinson ... 183 Rudd ... 175 Tompson ... ... 187 Trackson ... ... 196 s True ... 186 Trull ... 183 Saffery 143, 146, 171, 174 Tubby ... 188 Saul . . ... 190 Tunwell ... 187 Sennorthy .. 172 Tyllys 138, 203 Sharp 192 Sharpe ... 193 W Sheltun .. 140 Shenfield ... .. 175 Wade ... 185 Sheppard ... ... 194 Walden 176 Skipper ... 181 Wasp ... 187 Slack ... 185 Watts ... 192 Smith ... 164, 174, 183 Websdale ... 192 Smyth 140, 204 Wild ... 178 Snell ... 141, 147, 168 Wilkin 187 Sowter ... 180 Wiseman ... 171 Spanton ... 175 Woodbine ... 181 Spratfc ... 191 Woodrow ... .. 179 Spendlove ... 140, 174, 202 Wright 176, 183 GENERAL INDEX A. PAGE. Accident Assurance Office 25, 49 Address, Corporation ... 89 AEgidius Saint ... ... 1 Albany. Duke of ... ... 6S Albert Victor Edward. Prince 342 Aid. Churchman's Coffin plate 131 Alderman of Ward .. 6 Aldermen (1835) ... ... 316 Alfred, Prince ... ... 45 Arboretum Eastern, Grigor’s 71 Arch triumphal (1866) S7, 88 Aspen-poplar tree ... ... 00 Assembly, City ... 53, 484 Avenues of Chapel Field ... 60 Ayris Mr. ... ... ... 55 B Bacon E. .. ... 42, 401, 406 Bacon W. ... ... 394, 395, 399 Bailey F. C. ... 14, 15 Baptisms, register of ... 289 BaMston’s Charity ... ... 254 Barnards & Bishop .. 59, 63 Barnes P. ... ... ... 96 Barwell J. ... 22, 35 Bands in Chapel Field ... 64 Baseley Mrs. ... ... 27 Bateman Dr. 15, 23, 38, 336 Baxter R. ... ... 165, 342 Bedingiield ... ... 165 Beevor Dr. H. .. 16, 345 Beevor Dr. J. ... 16, 153, 345 Beevor Sir T. ... 409, 410, 413 Beevor T. ... ... ... 404 Belfry ... ... ... 114 Bells, Church ... ... 120 Bene R. ... ... ... 393 Benedicts St., plain 10, 32 Berney R. ... 393, 395 Bethel Street ... 28, 108 Beverley Dr. ... 23, 15 Bible Society ... ... 325 Bignold Sir S. PAGE. ■138, 440, 441 B irk beck Sir E. 68 Birkbeck H. ... 59 Birthday Addresses ... 342 Black Swan 37, 38 Blomefield Rev. F. ... 321, 345 Blofield registers 19, 297, 303 Boards, Steeple ... 114 BolinL’broke H. ... 346 Bolingbroke N. 29, 327, 346 Bolingbroke C. ... 22 Bolingbroke C., jun. 23 Borman E. ... 296 Borrow G. H. ... 347 Boundaries of parish 12 Boyd Rev. S. A. ... 135 Brettingbam R. ... 348 Bridgman W. K. 108, 348 Branthway t M. 396, 397, 398 Brightwefl T. ... 349 Britiff R. ... ... 394 Browne Sir T. ... 87 Browne H. . . ... 118 Burial Acts 303, 305 Burial Board ... 223 Buildings parish ... 34 Bullard II. 59, 68, 337 Bullard R. ... 349 Burials duty on 303, 306 Burials, registers of ... 300 Burial, time of ... 304 Burt Alderman ... 329 Burton Mr. 15, 23 Bury, Lord 440, 441 Buxton S. Gurney ... 59, 339 C. Campus Martius ... 54 Cadge W. ... 15, 25, 337 Calcraft Mr. ... 68 Cave E. ... 95 Castle of Norwich .. ... 99 Chalkpits... ... 97 INDEX. 490 Cole J. II. PAGE. ... 353 Colman J. J, 88, 91, 456 Colton John 121, 221 Common Counsel ... ... 317 Connaught, Duke of ... 91 Copeman Dr. 16, 27, 354 Corporation, attendance at Church ... 341 Cow hill ... ... 9, 30 Crake, Watchman’s ... 128 Couvre-feu ... 122 Cresset ... 103 Crosse J. G. 16, 355 Crosse T. W. 14, 25, 335 Cross-grove H. 95, 304, 321, 356 Crowe Capt., House 46 Councillors, municipal ... 318 Cuddon J. ... ... 356 CubittW. J. 88, 89 Culyer family 30 Curates 135 Curfew-bell ... 122 PAGE. 27, 136 ... 126 ... 68 103, 108, 228 214, 225 the 52, 54 in Chambers A. J. Chambers H. J. Chambers O. Chancel Chancery Suit Chapel of St. Mary Fields Chapel, Homan Catholic 29, 48 Chapel Field ... ... 52 Chapel Field Gardens 58, 68 Chapel Field House ... 321 Chapel Field road ... ... 28 Charles 2nd, King ... ... 87 Charities of St. Giles 215, 243, et spq. Charity Commission ... 245 Charity Account book ... 242 Charlotte Elizabeth ... 350 Charter, City ... ... 53 Cherry yard ... ... 54 Chest of Church ... ... 130 Children’s Epidemics ... 302 Christopher, Saint ... ... 107 Christian Association ... 42 Christenings, register of ... 289 Church Estate ... 135, 219, 259 Churchman Alderman 23,42. 143, 350 Churchman Sir T. 23, 55, 59, 149, 322 350 Churchman House ... ... 41 Church of St. Giles ... 100, 101 „ ,, ,, bells ... 120 ., „ ,, chancel 103, 108, 110 ,. „ „ Font ... Ill ., „ ,, Monuments in ... 137 „ „ „ Restoration of 107, 226 „ ., ,, Sacramental plate ... 116 .. ., „ Tower 101 228, 236 ... 236 136, 213, 214, 229 132, 302 Church rate Church rate book Church wardens Churchyard Churchyard, closure of City Assembly City Gaol ... City Tent ... City Wall ... Citizen voters Clayton Rev. W. R. Clayton S. Clere Sir E. Clerk of parish Clock, Church Cobbe Elizabeth Coffin plates 302 484 95 55 73 390 351 ... 23 ... 284 7, 136, 227 ... 103 .. 352 ... 130 23, D. Hack Dairymple A. Dash wood L. Daveney C. B. Day Starling 22, 35, 38. Day Thos. S. Deave’s Charity Deave Reuben Deeds parish Denmark. Queen of Dickson L. S. District outside St. Giles’s Domus Dei Donne W.... Douro, Marquis of ... Drill Hall... Drury Rev. II. Ilucie Earl of Duke of Albany Duke of Connaught Duke of Sussex Duke of Edinburgh ... 17 335, 357 16 ... 357 , 325, 358 ... 333 .. 259 322, 359 234, 242 82 ... 436 93, 95, 97 ... 51 17 434, 436 64 ... 287 ... 68 ... 68 91 ... 327 7, 89 45 Fade Sir P„ 15, 68, 91, 338, 340, 342 Eastern Arboretum ... 71 Edinburgh, Duke of 45, 87, 89 Election of Mayor (1820) .. 312 Elizabeth Queen ... 20, 79 Elms in Chapel Field ... 60 Elmy’s Charity ... ... 256 Elphinstone (gardener) 59, 337 Epidemics... ... ... 18 500 GENERAL INDEX. F. PAGE. Farm of St. Giles’s Gate 76 Fellowes R. 417,419, 420, 422 Festival, Musical ... ... 90 Fire-beacon ... 103 Fires, Great City ... Firth E. ... 17, 7‘ 16, 136 Firth G.W.W. 16,24 , 89, 359 Firth Wm. ... 324 Fisheries Exhibition 59, 67 Fisher’s Lane 9 Fitch R. ... 73, 78 Flag-drill ... ... 103 Flowerdew J. 17, 360 Font 111, 113 Forlonge TV. ... 444 Fossage-tax 75, 80 Foster Sir TV. ... 23, 334, 360 Fountains in Chapel Field 59, 64 Fox J. 16, 227 Freemasons 25, 67 Frere J. 417, 419 Frontage-rate 470, 474 G. Gaol, City 95, 97 Gardener, head ... 59 Gate of St. Giles’s 73, 77, 81 Giles Saint 1 ,, Sketch of 1 ,, Seal of 4 Giles St., parish of ... 5 Giles’s, St., boundaries of ... 10 ,, population of ... 21 ,, size of ... ... 10 ,, streets of ... 6, 10 ,, Plain 9 Gilman’s Offices ... 48 Goldsmid A. ... 447 Goodwin C. 15 29, 337 Goodwin J. 29, 360 Goodwyn’s Charity ... ... 255 Grand Mr, ... 46 Grant R. ... 427 Grapes hill ... 10 Grigor Mr. 60 ,, on public gardens 71 Grimmer S. ... 68 Gurney B. ... 416 Gurney J. ... 340 Gurney R. IT. 425, 427, 429 Guy Dr. ... 14 H. Hacklilock IV. II. ... ... 339 Hailstorm Insurance Office ... 49 PAGE. Hales J. ... ... ... 361 Hammond A. ... ... 438 ILampp J. C., ... ... 361 Hampp’s Charity ... ... 257 Harbord E. V. ... ... 132 Harbord H. ... ... 402 Harbord Sir H. ... 406, 407, 425 Harcourt B. IV. ... ... 47 Harcourt Jermy ... ... 362 Harvey C. ... ... ... 424 Harvey K. ... .. 402 Hastings Lord ... ... 90 Heaviside Rev. Canon ... 91 Hemmyng Alderman ... 20 Heigliam ... ... ... 6 Henry VT.. King ... ... 76 Henry VII., King .. ... 54 Hermit ... ... ... 51 Hermitage ... ... 51 Herring J. ... 27, 322, 362 Herring W. ... 24, 333, 362 Herrings, Ancient tribute of 13 Ilervy ... ... ... 174 Hobart H. 54, 55, 407, 409, 410, 413, 416 Hobert J. ... ... 464 Holkham House, Little 31, 46 Holmes Mrs. S. ... ... 22 Hook E. ... ... ... 362 Hook Dr. P. ... ... 362 Hospital of St. Giles ... 3, 94 Hospital, Norfolk & Norwich 91, 94 Huddleston J. W. ... ... 453 Hull Dr. G. ... 16 Husenbeth Dr. ... ... 3 I J Incumbents of St. Giles’s ... 133 Johnson J. G. 16, 23, 335, 363 Judges’Lodgings ... ... 24 K Kerr H. B. ... 429 Kett’s rebellion 81 Kett’s vard ... 46 King Dr. ... ... 29 King's Head tavern 14, 15 King Henry VI. ... 76 King Henry VII. ... ... 54 Kinghorn Rev. J. ... 33 , 47, 364 Kirkpatrick J. 73, 198 L Land tax ('714) ... 461 Landysdale ... 173 GENERAL INDEX. 501 PAGE. Leases, Charity ... 214 Leicester, Earl of ... 91 Leper (lazar) house ... 93 Leprosy 94 Leopo'd Prince 68 Legard Sir C. ... 456 L’Estrange Mr. ... 120 Lewis W. D. ... 414 Licensed houses 11, 15 Licenses to eat meat ... 283 Ling H. ... ... 10 Lists Voting ... 311 Loftus G. W. P. ... 23 Lowe Rev. John ... 287 Lubbock Dr. E. 16, 365 Lubbock Dr. R. 16, 325, 366 Lushington C. M. ... 441 M Mack’s yard ... 46 Mack ley T. J. ... 231 Mann Rev. T. 22, 35 Mann’s Mansion house 35 Marriage Acts 297, 305 Marriages, duty en ... 298 „ during Common- wealth 295, 306 „ register of ... 295 Martineau D. 17 Martin F. O. ... 432 Martin’s Charity 256 Mason R. H. ... 367 Masonic Association 25 Master A. ... 16, 27, 337, 367 Master G. R. 16 Mayors of Norwich (St. Giles’s) 308 „ standards Medical districts ... 125 ... 17 „ men of St. Giles’s 15, 16 ., officer 14 Mingay J. ... 414 Ministers of St. Giles’s ... 133 Monuments, Church 137, 142, 198 „ Churchyard ... 174 Morgan A. M. F. 25 Mousehold Heath ... 99, 341 Moy’s Charity ... 256 Municipal matters ... ... 308 Murage tax 77, 80 Muriel C. E. 6, 15 Musical Festival ... 342 Muster roll (1595) ... ... 463 N Newport, Lower ... 5, 6 ,, Upper 5 Nichols W. P. Ninham H. Norfolk. Duke of Norfolk Hotel Norgate Elias North Sir. Norwich Castle Numbering of houses PAGE. 67, 68 29, 60, 74, 367 95 ... 6 , 10 16, 324, 368 59 .340 340 O Occupiers in St. Giles’s (1850) 476 Officers of parish ... ... 212 Offley Dr. ... ... 16, 151, 368 Ogle Sir C. ... 427 Omnibus Company 30 Organ, Church ... 107 Organist ... 136, 227 Overseers ... ... 232 Out-door poor, relief list (1818) 465 P. Parish of St. Giles ... 4 Parr Rev. R. ... 45 Parr’s Charity ... 257 Parry Capb. ... 331 Parry J. H. ... 434 Patience Mr. 31, 369 Tatteson J. ... 420, 422, 424 Pavement Wood ... 9, 337, 339 Pavilion in Chapel Field 63 Paving Rate ... 466, 471, 473 Payne Adrian 155, 369 PayDe’s Charity ... 257 Pearce J. B. 63 Peel J. ... 427 Pestilence... ... 19, 298, 301 PetoS. M. 434, 436 Philips Col. ... 91 Phipson R. M. ... 108 Pitchford J. ... 370 Pit-houses... ... 250 Pit lane 9 Plague 19, 301 Plate Sacramental ... ... Ill Playground for Children 59 Poll-books, Parliamentary Porch Chamber ... 392 ... 123 Poor-law districts ... ... 17 Poor rate (1660) ... 459 Populaiion of St. Giles’s ... 21 Post Offices ... 13 Pottergate Street ... 10, 32 Presentments to Quarter Ses- sions ... ... 464 Prince Albert Victor E. ... 342 502 GENERAL INDEX. PAGE. Prince of Wales 57, 67, 68, S7, 90, 342 Princess of Wales 57, 68, 87, 90, 342 Prison Act ... ... 96 Property transfers ... ... 486 Purdaunce It. ... 160, 370 Q. Queen of Denmark ... ... 87 ,, Elizabeth ... 20, 79 „ Victoria ... ... 334 It. Hanking Dr. ... 16, 22, 371 Rate, Church ... 228, 236 Rate Collector ... ... 14 Rate, Frontage ... 470, 474 „ Paving ... 466, 471, 473 „ Poor ... ... 459 „ Road ... ... 476 Rates, Earlier, of Parish ... 213 ,, Parochial ... ... 213 Rating Lists ... 459, 466 Reade Sir P. ... ... 121 Rector of St. Giles’s ... 287 Reeve S. ... ... 25, 132 Register Acts, Summary of ... 305 ,, of Baptisms ... 289 ,, of Burials ... 300 ,, of Marriages ... 295 Registers, Parish ... ... 282 Registrar of Births and Deaths 14 ,, of Marriages 14, 296 Registrar Superintendent ... 14 Relief, Poor-law (1818) ... 465 Relieving Officer ... ... 14 Repository, Sick-poor ... 327 Rigby Dr'. ... 16, 323, 326, 332, 372 Rigby's Court ... ... 9 Ripley Rev. Canon ... 108, 135 Road-rate ... ... ... 476 Robinson H. S. ... 6, 15, 27 Roe N. ... ... .. 375 Rogers J. ... ... ... 17 Roof of Church, interior .. 208 Royal Visits 54, 57, 68, 87, 90, 342 Russell Sir W. ... 444, 447, 450 RyeW. ... 9 7 S. Saint Giles ... ... 1 Saffery Miss ... ... 30 Salvation Army barracks ... 45 Scarlett Sir J. ... 429,432 Schneider H. W. ... 440,441 School Mistresses ... ... 13 PAGE. School, Chapel Field 13, 34 School. Wellington Lane ... 13 Scott P. N. ... 25, 375 Seal of St. Giles’s Hospital ... 4 Sheriffs of Norwich. St. Giles’s 309 Skating rink ... ... 45 Small-pox... ... ... 18 Smith VV. ... 419, 420, 422, 424, 425 Smith ... ... ... 160 Snell R. ... ... 112, 146, 376 Spendlove ... ... ... 174 Spynk Richard ... ... 77 Stafford Lord and Lady 87, 89 Standards, Mayors’ ... 123 Stannard ... ... 30, 145, 376 Station, City ... ... 91 Steeple boards ... ... 114 Stevens G. A. ... 58, 59, 64 Steward D. ... ... 59 Stormont Lord ... 429,432 Stracey Sir H. ... ... 450 Street lists ... ... 21 Streets of St. Giles’s ... 6 Suffield R. ... 35,36 Sussex, Duke of ... ... 327 Swan, black ... 37, 38 Sweating Sickness ... ... 18 T. Taylor Dr. S. ... ... 15 Taylor I. O. ... 335, 337 Taylor’s Index Monasticus ... 331 Taylor W., Registrar of Marriages ... 296, 297 Taverns ... ... ... 14 Terriers, parish ... ... 261 Terrace, St. Giles’s ... ... 27 Thomas Rev. T. W. ... 135 Thurlow J. ... ... 406 Tillett J. H. ... 450, 453 Tomb-stones, inscriptions ... 174 Tompson N. ... ... 402 Town Clerk of Norwich (II. B. Miller) ... ... 91 Town Councillors ... ... 6 Transfers of property, early ... 486 Trees in Chapel Field 53, 60 Tribute of herrings ... 13 Triumphal Arch (1866) 87, 88 Trustees of Charities 213, 215, 248 U. Umbrella, parish ... ... 129 V. Vaccinator public ... ... 14 GENERAL INDEX. 503 PAGE. Value rateable ... ... 12 YereT. ... ... 396,399 Vestry book ... 212 Vestry notes ... ... 212 Vicarage, St Giles’s ... 135 Victoria Queen ... 334, 340 Volunteer Drill Hall ... 64 Voters, citizen ... ... 390 Voters in St. Giles’s .. 21 Voters, parliamentary (18S5) 380 Voting lists, municipal ... 311 W. Wall-rate (1665) ... ... 80 Walls, City ... ... 73 AVall, Mayor’s survey of ... 75 Walpole H. ... 398, 399 Walpole S. ... ... 68 Warming of Church ... 227 AVard Sir E. ... 398, 399 AVard, third ... ... 6 Ward, third, representatives of 6 Warner E. ... 436, 444, 447 AVaters C. ... ... ... 447 PAGE. Waterworks, Norwich Old 55, 56 AVatson F. E. ... 46, 335 Watts’s Court, Archway ... 379 AVatts J. L. ... 322, 378 AVatchman’s rattle ... ... 130 AVebber Mr. ... 16,24 AVebber’s Hospital for Incurables 30 AVellingtonia Gigantea, trees 57, 89 AVeliington Lane ... ... 9, 84 Williams C. ... ... 15 AVilkin AV. ... ... 136 AVilkins AVm. ... 378 AV'illow lane ... ... 9.29 Windham W. 406, 407, 413, 414, 416 419 AVindow Tax (1708) ... 460 AVoodcock H. ... 334, 337 AVood pavement ... 9. 379 AVoodward S. ... ... 97 Y. Yallop Sir J. 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