A Miscellany: Comprising
Post-Reformation Royal Arms in Norfolk Churches.
The Royal Arms of England, represented in a variety of ways, can usually be found among the many other familiar works of art which our churches contain. The historical significance of these Arms - to say nothing of their heraldic variations and mode of presentation. A description of the royal arms in Norfolk churches from the reign of Elizabeth to date of publication.
by Stanley J. Wearing, F.R.I.B.A.
With historical notes by Percy Millican, F.S.A.
The
Cellarer's Account for Bromholm Priory, Norfolk, 1415-1416.
The Cellarer's Account roll which forms the subject-matter for this article was found among papers relating to the manor of Carlton Colville. This record originally belonged to the Priory of St. Andrew of Bromholm, Norfolk, founded in 1113 by William de Glanville as a cell of the Cluniac Priory of Castleacre which was subordinated to the Priory of St. Pancras of Lewes.
This particular account covers the year between 29th September 1415 and 29th September 1416, the year of Agincourt (25th October 1415).
Edited by Lilian J. Redstone, M.B.E.
The Lay Subsidy of 1581: Assessors' Certificates for the Norfolk Hundreds of Depwade, South Greenhoe, Henstead, Mitford, and Shropham.
The events leading to the subsidies of 1581 are not without interest. On 15th January 1581 Queen Elizabeth assembled a Parliament which among other enactments granted her two "fifteenths and tenths" and a subsidy. Listing by parish those assessed in lands and goods.