Norfolk Archaeology:

OR

MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS

RELATING TO THE

ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK,

PUBLISHED BY THE

NORFOLK AND NORWICH

ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Nescio quâ natale solum dulcedine captos
Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui.

VOL IV.

Porwich:

CHARLES MUSKETT, OLD HAYMARKET.

1855.

N59N7

x4

CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

Account of a MS. Genealogy of the Paston Family in the possession of

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle.-F. Worship, Esq.

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Notice of the Common Seal of the White Friars of Lynn.-Rev. C. R.

Manning

Castle Rising.-H. Harrod, Esq.

Impression of the Counter-Seal of Roger Bigod, fourth Earl of Norfolk,

Marshal of England.-Rev. C. R. Manning

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On two ancient Charters in the possession of the Corporation of King's

Lynn.-C. W. Goodwin, Esq.

On an ancient Enamelled Candlestick.-Rev. C. R. Manning

The Easter Sepulchre at Northwold.-Rev. G. H. M'Gill

State Papers relating to the custody of the Princess Elizabeth at Wood-

stock, in 1554; being Letters between Queen Mary and her Privy

Council, and Sir Henry Bedingfield, Knight, of Oxburgh, Norfolk.—

Rev. C. R. Manning.

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Antiquities found at Caister near Norwich.-R. Fitch, Esq.

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Notice of a brass Seal in the possession of George Jones, Esq., Marsham.

-H. Harrod, Esq.

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Notes on the Records of the Corporation of Great Yarmouth.-

H. Harrod, Esq.

Original Letters of Sir Edward Coke and Edward Lord Cromwell.-

G. A. Carthew, Esq., F.S.A.

Oxburgh Hall.-Rev. G. H. M'Gill

On the Right of Wardship, and the Ceremony of Homage and Fealty
in the Feudal Times.-G. A. Carthew, Esq., F.S.A.
Index to the Harleian MS., Cod. 1109. Norfolk Families entitled to
bear Arms.-(Continued from Vol. III., p. 51).

Remarks on some Churches in the neighbourhood of North Walsham,

Visited by the Society, July 19 and 20, 1854.—Rev. C. R. Manning

A brief Sketch of the Antiquities of the Valleys of the Waveney and

Yare.-Greville J. Chester, Esq.

Extracts from Early Wills in the Norwich Registries.-H. Harrod, Esq.,

Appendix.-Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

Coat, Crest, and Supporters of Robert Paston, Viscount Yarmouth

Seal found at Marsham

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Miscellaneous Plate.-(1, 2) Gold Coins of the Iceni: (3) Roman Urn found at Horsey: (4) Coat of Arms on Ring found at Sprowston: (5) Bronze Saxon Fibula found at Threxton: (6) Nutmeg-grater, 1666 354 Coins of the Iceni, found at Weston

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF ROSEBERY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD SONDES.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD WALSINGHAM.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND REVEREND THE LORD BAYNING.
THE HONOURABLE AND VERY REVEREND THE DEAN OF NORWICH.
SIR W. J. H. B. FFOLKES, BART., F.R.S., F.S.A.
SIR THOMAS B. BEEVOR, BART.

SIR JOHN P. BOILEAU, BART., F.R.S., F. S. A. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR ROBERT JOHN HARVEY, C. B., F. S. A. THE VENERABLE THE ARCHDEACON OF NORWICH. THE VENERABLE THE ARCHDEACON OF NORFOLK. HUDSON GURNEY, ESQ., F.R.S., V.P.S.A. DANIEL GURNEY, ESQ., F. S. A.

DAWSON TURNER, ESQ., F. R. S., F.S. A.