inde moverat supradicte Elemosinarie (sic) dedit et carta sua confirmavit. Et ut hec mea concessio perpetuum robur optineat eam presentis scripti et sigilli mei auctoritate confirmavi. Inde sunt testes, &c." 2. Rogerus Algar de eodem jure patronatus. Notum sit omnibus Christi fidelibus quod ego Rogerus Algar de ffornsete questionem quam moveram aduersus Monachos Norwicenses super patronatum ecclesie Sancti Vedasti in Norwico omnino remitto et quicquid juris habui in eadem ecclesia concedo et do et hac carta mea confirmo in perpetuum Elemosinario Norwicensis ecclesie pro anima Magistri Ricardi de Dreiton et Alexandri filii eius et pro anima mea et meorum et hoc feci in capitulo Norwicensi presidente Girardo priore coram conventu et ipsi receperunt me in societatem suam. Inde sunt testes, &c."

The Bishop John mentioned in the first of these deeds must have been John de Grey, who became Bishop in 1200. Girard, the Prior mentioned in the second, died in 1201. The transaction, therefore, may be set down to A.D. 1200. The point to be noticed is that, while the Monks held one-half of the endowment, a private person held a third, and another person held a sixth part. These facts may reasonably be held to furnish fair ground for Blomefield's suggestion that St. Vedast's is the Church mentioned in Domesday where it is stated that, in the time of King Edward the Confessor, Edstan held two churches in the burgh, and the sixth part of a third. Even if this identification be not accepted, at least the sub-division of the endowment in 1160 must indicate a higher antiquity than that date.

For the rest, the reader is referred to the Paper on "The Stone Bridge," where an attempt is made to shew that the very early dedication of a church in Norwich

History of Norfolk, 8vo. edition, vol. iii., p. 11.

to St. Vedast may have been due to the school of Grimbald at Winchester, who came over at the invitation of King Alfred to assist in the conversion of the Danes, and who came from the very neighbourhood of St. Vedast's labours in Flanders.

Taking into account these various considerations, it may fairly be said that this "St. Vedast's" stone is one of the most interesting and, probably, the very earliest ecclesiastical relic yet discovered in the City of Norwich.

In addition to the information given about St. Vedast in my former Paper, it may be mentioned that only three dedications to him are known in England, this one at Norwich, one at Tathwell in Lincolnshire, and the wellknown Church of St. Vedast in Foster Lane, London, near St. Paul's Cathedral. The Rector of the last-named Church, Dr. W. Sparrow Simpson, F.S.A., Sub-Dean of St. Paul's, has devoted much labour and learning to the life and cult of St. Vedast, and has published several works on the subject.1

A further interest attaches to St. Vedast's name from the curious way in which it has been corrupted. In my former Paper no explanation could be given why St. Vedast in Norwich came to be called St. Faith, and St. Vedast's Lane St. Faith's Lane. It came out 2 soon after that Paper was written that both here and in London. people had ignorantly confused the name with something which had a similar sound. In Norwich the name Vaast (the original form of Vedast) being locally pronounced Vaist, or Faist, became confused with Faith, owing to the

1 The Life and Legend of St. Vedast, London, 1887; also a revised and enlarged edition of the same, London, 1896. Carmina Vedastina and Tragico-Comedia de Sancto Vedasto, edited from MSS. at Arras, London, Elliot Stock, 1895.

2 Through a correspondence in The Athenæum, 3rd and 10th January, 1885, pp. 51 and 184.

familiarity of the people with the name of St. Faith through the popular horse and cattle fair at Horsham St Faith's, near Norwich, called St. Faith's Fair. In London the same word Vaast, being locally pronounced Vorst, or Forst, was subsequently confused with the similarly sounding and better known word Foster. This explains the otherwise puzzling description of "St. Vedast, alias Foster," in London, and "St. Vedast, alias Faith," in Norwich.

A CALENDAR

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Deeds enrolled within the County of Norfolk.

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COMMUNICATED BY

J. C. TINGEY, M.A., F.S.A.

FILE IV.

From 14 Jan1y, 161, to 21 July, 1628.

Janty, 15th Jas. I., 1617.

Blo' Norton.-Grant by Henry Cawdwell of Hopton in Suffolk, yeoman, to Henry Brampton, Esqre, of Garboldisham, and Henry Spurgyn, of four pieces of land, pasture, &c, containing eleven acres and a half in Blonorton.-R. 1.

14 Jan", 15th Jas. I., 1617.

Claxton.-Grant by Edward Gawdie, Esqre, of Claxton to George Cresdale, yeoman, of a messuage with buildings, &c., in Claxton, which Alice Balderston, the wife of . . . . Balderston, late widow of . . . . . Seaman, previously widow of Thomas Sayer, holds for life.-R. 1.

31 Decer, 15th Jas. I., 1617.

Bastwick, &c.-Bargain and sale by Thomas Chambers of Norwich, cordwayner, to Peter Gleane, Esqre, of the same city, of property in Bastwicke, R Martham.-R. 1.

and

24 Augst, 15th Jas. I., 1618. Dickleburgh.-Bargain and sale by John Haroocke of Dickleburgh, collermaker, to John Talvar of Brookdishe, yeoman, of a messuage called the Starr in Dickleburgh.— R. 1 in d.

30 Septer, 1618.

Southwood, &c.-Grant by Sir Henry Gawdy of Claxton, Knt., to Sir Robert Gawdy, Knt., his son and heir apparent, and Charles Doyly, Esqre, of Newton next Norwich, of a capital messuage called Ledleyes, with the houses, lands, pastures, &c., in the parishes of Soowood, Lympenhoe, Frethorpe, and Cantley, to the use of Edward his (Sir Henry's) youngest son, and Frances his wife and their heirs.-R. 2.

12 Decer, 16th Jas. I., 1618.

Fincham.-Bargain and sale by Thomas Nicholls of Fynsham, brother and heir of Joseph the son and heir of Thomas Nicholls of Fynsham, deceased, to Thomas Wyllyon of Norwich, taylor, of a messuage, garden, and ground in Fynsham St Martin's.-R. 2, in d.

9 Jan, 16th Jas. I., 1618.

Hapton, &c.-Grant by Thomas Knevitt, Esqre, of Ashwell Thorpe, to Dame Elizabeth Knevitt of Stifkey, widow of Sir Thomas Knevitt the younger, Knt., the father of the said Thomas, of Hapton Hall, and tenements in Hapton and Wreningham, and forty acres of meadow and pasture in Wreningham and Nelond, for the term of her life.-R. 2, in d, and R. 3.