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Information from Court Rolls

We have Court Rolls dating back to 1356 for the Manor of Waldringfield Hilton and from 1561 for the Manor of Waldringfield Rivershall. These refer to Manors rather than to Waldringfield or Lesser  Waldringfield as in the Domesday book. They clearly overlapped the current parish but may have had diffent boundaries. As we saw in the Domesday Book records holding…
alyson
November 19, 2016
DocumentsParish Council

1976 Parish Council notes from minutes

April 1976 Annual Parish Meeting as Word doc. Text below:- Apr  75 PC meeting Tennis court was inspected and all equipment examined resurfacing of tennis court to Wimbledon Standard. Mr Nunn reported that Mr Saint of Rivers Hall has been emptying  the water from his swimming pool so that it ran down on to the roadway covering the whole road with…
alyson
February 18, 2016
Court Rolls

Manorial Records at Harvard

Harvard university are digitising some of their manorial records collection that they acquired from a London bookseller in the 1800's, they include Hapsley and Newbourne amongst others.  They are supposed to be making them free to view online.  
alyson
May 11, 2015
Anglo SaxonWill

0975 Will of Æthelflæd

Full text  - Anglo-Saxons aethelflaed will.   A.D. 962 x 991, probably after 975. Will of Æthelflæd, including bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berks., to the king; at Damerham, Hants., to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary's, Barking; at Hadham, Herts.,…
alyson
May 4, 2015
Lord of ManorReference

Coppingers Manors of Suffolk – Waldringfield

The whole book is available online here. Also as a Word document Coppingers Manors - Waldringfield - also Coppingers Manors - Hemley and Coppingers Manors - Newbourn. Our text - page  113 WALDRINGFIELD There was one manor here in Saxon times.   It belonged to Ranalf, brother of Ilger, and consisted of 1 carucate of land, a border, 2 ploughteams, reduced to…
alyson
May 4, 2015
Tax

1640 Ship Tax

"Ship money" was a controversial historical tax levied by King Charles I in the 1630s, and Waldringfield, being a part of the County of Suffolk, was subject to this levy. The specific returns and assessments for Suffolk in 1639-1640 have been transcribed and studied by historians.  In Suff'olk the rate fell mainly upon the landowners, and they were more heavily…
alyson
April 19, 2015
Tax

1674 – Hearth Tax Record

The Hearth Tax was carried out from 1674 and the full document can be seen here             Waldringfield Hearth Tax 1674   Volume XXXIX Part 4 (2000)_Thomas Essington at Brightwell J M Blatchly G Fisher_460 to 469 Hemley Hearth tax 1674               Newbourne Hearth tax 1674  
alyson
April 19, 2015
DocumentsLord of Manor

1685 Barnardiston fine.

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 8, 1685-1689. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1923. Oct 8 1685: Constitution and appointment by same of William Arnold, gent., to the office of steward and stewardship of the manor of Wicks Bishop in the parish of St. Clements in Ipswich and the manor of Waldringfield, co. Suffolk, which manors have been…
alyson
April 8, 2015
Will

1658 Essington Will

Word Version. 1658 Essington Will R.C.Palmer? 6/22/20/13 C78/549 ----- ----- lyeth lyeinge in --- ---- - William Fox or his assignes valued togeather worth to be sold goo clu/aud the manor of Wilby Shalton alias Sheltonhall Thorpehall Base? Struttings alias Basse Struttinge and of each? Burgh with theire and every of theire rights members & appurtenances in the County of Suffolke…
alyson
April 8, 2015