The History of Lynn, Vol. 1 [of 2]Richards, William
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The History of Lynn, Vol. 1 [of 2]
Richards, William
Fens, The (England); King's Lynn (England)
of the tenements of John Parmyter, and out of the tenements late
Robert Amflet, lately belonging to the mayor and burgessess, and out
of a curtilage late John Baxter’s and William Hall, and out of the
tenement of Robert Gervys, and out of the tenements belonging to the
Warden of the chapel of St James in Lynn, and out of a Pasture called
Paradise in Lynn, and out of the tenements late John Powers, and out
of the tenements of Henry Duplack, called the White Horse, in Lynn,
which were lately parcell of the lands, possessions and revenues
belonging to the Merchants’ Guild of the Holy Trinity in Lynn
aforesaid; together with all the wood, timber, trees, underwood, &c.
liberties of foldage, and all other lands, tenements, &c. lying in
Lynn Regis, Snetsham, Ingoldesthorpc, Eaton, Sherborne, South Lynn,
Hardwick, Gaywood, Sechehythe, Middleton, Seche, {471} and Westwinch
in Norfolk, and Brandon Ferry in Suffolk, belonging to the guild of
the Holy Trinity, to be held of the king and his heirs, paying 13_l._
16_s._ yearly, at the feast of St. Michael and the annunciation, by
equal portions, the court augmentations. And we further grant to the
said mayor and burgesses all the stock of millstones, amounting to
the value 40_l._ late parcell of the goods and chattels of the Guild
of the Holy Trinity. And we further grant to the said mayor and
burgesses and their successors, that they may purchase and acquire to
themselves and successors lands and tenements to the value of 100_l._
per annum, or any other sum than 100_l._ per annum, without any fine
to us or to our use, and that these Letters patents should be granted
them without any fee to be paid or given. Dated at Wansted, 21 May
Aº 2º.” {472}
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