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1587 Holinsheds Chronicles

Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland was a complete description of everything about Elizabethan Britain. There were 1577 and 1587 editions. The Description of England  was complied by William Harrison.  Of local interest: Volume 4 on Scotland is dedicated to Thomas Seckford. To the Right worshipfull Maister Thomas Secford Esquire and Maister of the Requests, William Harison wisheth all…
alyson
January 11, 2019
ArchaeologyDebenDocumentsFishingLocation/FeatureMiddle AgesNotesPeriodsPlacesSurvey

Fish Traps or Kiddles

See ] From: ENGLISH HERITAGE-Suffolk Coastal NMP Project SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL  A number of fishtraps, of a type known as ‘kiddles’ (Strachan 1995) are situated off Stonner Point in the inter-tidal zone of the River Deben.  The fish traps consist of groups of posts arranged in lines to create roughly v-shaped and possibly interconnected structures which point out into the…
alyson
November 24, 2016
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Robert del Clyff

He was quite a character from the 1367 Court Roll reading by Mark Bailey. Note that this was after the Pestilence so he may have felt that he had the upper hand. —May 1356 ‘refuses to perform plough services as summoned by the lord’s reap reeve on four occasions’, fined 12d.  ‘pastures his sheep on le hethe against the will…
alyson
November 22, 2016
Court RollsDocumentsMiddle AgesNotesPeriods

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
AudioMiddle AgesSlide Presentations

2015 Prof Mark Bailey The Black Death in Suffolk and Waldringfield talk

Here's the sound track of Mark's talk as well as the slides black-death-waldringfield Extracted notes: Social structure: Rivershall manor 1367   ---3 free holdings, yielding total 7s. 6d. rent pa, 3+ tenants ---11 unfree (‘bond’, ‘customary’) holdings, total 28s. 3½d. rent pa, 13+ tenants e.g. Roger and Juliana Tidy hold 1 messuage + 10 acres, paying 4s. 8½d. pa, 2…
alyson
January 8, 2016