gather that the Lathes Fold-course, the Lathes Close, and the Lathes Yard were in the monks' own occupation.

In the charter of 1 Edw. VI. (1547) "Pro dotatione Ecclesie," Pockthorpe Manor, otherwise called the Monks' Grange, occurs.

In the "Parliament Survey," taken in 1649, under the Act for abolishing Bishops and Deans and Chapters, and for the sale of their lands, we find among the demesne lands of the Manor of Pockthorpe, this: "A faire howse built on a peece of inclosed ground heretofore called y° Lathes-yard lying in Pokethorpe street near y Gates of the city of

then next following, the 28th year of the reign of the same King, and of the aforesaid Lord Wm Castleton Prior of Norwich the 6th, (inter alia)

Receipts from the Monks' Grange

Payments for

the Monks' Grange.

Of the Rents of assise there 37s 3d. Of the Profits of one Court and lete held there this year beyond that given 29 6a. Of the rent of one Inclosure lying near ffybryggate 6s 8d and of the rent of another Inclosure adjacent to the grange there, nothing here in money because it was reserved this year for the support of our ewes and lambs there. Of the digging of sand there, nothing this year because without a farmer. Of two men for leave to place the Tenters upon our ground there this year 16a. Of Thomas Randolf for the rent of land between the Barregatys and ffy briggates together with the rent of a lime kiln near there and of the barn within the grange aforesaid 50s. And for certain of our lands lying for the pasture of our sheep there this year 339 4d. Sum of the Receipts £6-11-1

Imprimis paid our Precentor for the rent of a tenement formerly Walter ffraunces 6d. And to the same for the land called Catton Hyll 28 6d. In expenses at the Court there 1s 8d. In the fee of our bailiff there and for the keeping of our part of Thorpe Wood 20s. And allowed to our same Bailiff for rents irrecoverable there 103. Sum of the payments 25/6

And so there remains clear 105/61.

Among the expenses of the flock of sheep belonging to the Master of the Cellaries

In pasture for our sheep at the monks' grange

In the wages of our shepherd at the lathes

4 Lathys, from Lathe, leet.

33 4d

53% 4d

Norwich called Pockthorpe gates conteyning many faire necessary roomes wth divers out buildings & a yard, orchard, & garden & about 2 acres of pasture ground inclosed wth a stone wall lying next ye said howse all wch wee estimate to bee worth P ann..

"A small Close of arable land adjoining to y' aforesaid orchard in ye north pte of the showse conteyninge by estimation one acre wch wee vallue to bee worth xxs p annum."

"A close of arable land abbutting vpon Pokethorp lane on y west, y street on y South, the Shooting ground on ye North, & ye afores great mansionhouse on y East, conteyning by estimacon 5 acres wch at xxs y° acre amounts to v1 per ann."

As late as the 16th of Charles II., 1665, one of the abuttals in a lease of property in Pockthorpe is thus worded: "The Grange now called the Lathes-yard, now used for a garden." And in 1718, when a survey was taken of this property for Dean Prideaux, it is described as "Messuages, lands, and tenements belonging to the Mansion house, built upon a piece of ground called the Lathes yard.”

Here we have evidence that the Monks' Grange, the Lathes Yard, and the Mansion, &c., were one and the same property; and we get an accurate notion of the extent of the curtilage which, with the mansion, was so long leased to the Hassets.

After the dissolution in 1538, the Dean and Chapter did not follow the example of the Prior and Convent of farming their own lands, but granted them to tenants; their first lease of the Lathe Yard, dated 10 January, 31 Henry VIII. (1540), being to one Harryson and his assigns, styled "Hugh Harryson, yeoman;" the description including "all that ther lathe yarde in Pockthorpe aforenamed," "and with all the howses and edyfiengs being edified and buylded at the daye of makinge of the same writing indented win and upon the saide lathe yard." The term was for forty years, of which, says another lease of 4th Edward VI., "twenty-nine years be yet to come."

Which term of twenty-nine years "William Blenerhaysett late hadde of the bargayne and sale of George Catton, of Norwich, fysicón, and Margaret his wife, late wife of the said Hugh Harryson, and administrators of the goods and chattels of the said Hugh."

At the end of the ledger in which this lease is entered, there are some short notes, which shew that there was exceptyd owte of the leas one Berne bylded uppon ye sayd lathe yard called ye Amners 5 berne."

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We find that Blenerhasset surrendered Harryson's lease and obtained a fresh one to himself for eighty years, 4th Edward VI. (1551) in which the Dean and Chapter demised the Cellarer's meadow, "the fould cource called the Lathes cource, oon close ther called the Lathes close." "The chapple yard called St. Wyllm's in the wood, and all that ther Lathe yard in Pockthorpe aforenamed, wt all the pasturyng and fedyng of the same yard, and all the howses and edifyings beying edifyed and buylded at the day of the date of the sayd deed (April 8, 1551), w'in and upon the seyd Lathe yard," for the term of eighty years.

This lease is recited in a later deed, with a covenant to repair, "also oon other insett house wt all the edyfyengs of the same beying w'in the saide Lathe yard, and oon barne,"

5 There was a manor called "Amners sub quercum," Amners under the Oak, or the Almoner's Manor; and in other early leases mention is made of the "Almery oke." The place seems to have been in the Close, for the Almonry was on the south side of the Ethelbert gateway. The barn was on the Pockthorpe side of the river.

The Cellarer's or St. Leonard's Meadow was demised by the Prior and Convent, in 27th Henry VIII., to Dame Jane Calthorpe of Norwich, widow, for eighty years. The Lathes Course, the Lathes Close, and St. William's Chapel Yard, were leased for sixty years, in the 30th Henry VIII., to the said Dame Jane and Thomas Calthorpe her son. The terms of years of these two leases were held at the date of the above indenture (1551) by William Blenerhasset "as assigne to the said dame Jane by vertue of a certen ded of gyfte and graunte therof to him lately made by the said dame Jane."

probably the barn excepted out of Harryson's lease, “standing upon the west syde of the same Lathe yard."

We learn that the whole Lathe Yard was enclosed by a wall, the south and east sides of which yet remain and form part of the boundary wall of the barracks.

In another ledger is a copy of a lease to William Blenhaysset, of Norwich, Gent., dated the last day of February, 9th Elizabeth, (1567), of the same premises with others for a fresh term of ninety-nine years, to commence at the end or determination by surrender or forfeiture of the other lease.

By indenture dated 3rd March, 9th Elizabeth, (1567), we find that the Dean and Chapter demised the Manor of Pockthorpe to Sir Thomas Woodhouse and Henry Woodhouse of Waxtonesham for ninety-nine years, and on the 30th April, 12th James I. (1615) it was leased to Sir Edward Blenhasset, of Horning, Knt. The recitals of the lease shew that the interest, title, and term of years yet to come of Woodhouse's lease of and to the premises was conveyed to one Thomas Hopkins, of Norwich, gent.; and that by indenture dated 9th June, 27th of Elizabeth, the Dean and Chapter demised the same premises, namely the Manor of Pockthorpe, to the said Thomas Hopkins for the term of eighty years, and that the interest, title, and term of years yet to come, together with the indenture of lease, was lawfully conveyed to the said Sir Edward Blenhasset, who having surrendered the same, received a fresh one for the remainder of the term yet to come of the original lease to Woodhouse.

In 1649 the manor, which in the meantime must have reverted to the Dean and Chapter, was sold by virtue of an ordinance of Parliament, with other capitular property, to

This is explained by the fact that the mansion-house, with the demesne lands and manor, had been and were at this time severed and under distinct leases.

Gabriel Barbor, who held his first general Court 16 April, 1650. Upon the Restoration it again reverted to the Dean and Chapter, who have not since leased it out.

From subsequent leases of other properties in Pockthorpe and the Manor Court-books, it appears that the Lathe Yard, &c., was successively in the possession of the following members of the Blenerhassett family.

William Blenerhassett, ob. 1598,9 the original lessee.

2 At a Court held for the Manor of Pockthorpe, Nov. 14th, 1661, it was presented by the Homage that Ralph Blever Hassett, Esq., died since the last Court (Dec. 2, 1659) and that Edward Blever Hassett, Esq., is his son and heir.

3 In the Register of Baptisms of the parish of St. James, Norwich, are six entries of members of this family. Five extracts are printed in "The House of Gournay," and the other entry in 1650 of " Edward, son of Mr. Edwd Blenner hassett baptized May 31st," has been since copied.

On a fly leaf of the same Register are three licenses to eat meats during Lent, dated 1631-2-6, granted by John Barnham, curate, and a churchwarden, to the dau'r of Ralph B. and to Ralph B. and his dau'r Rebekah. These are also printed in Mr. Gurney's book, page 1006-7.

* On Oct. 23, 1702, at a Manor Court the Homage presented that Edward Blenerhasset died since the last Court. At a Court held Oct. 18, 1704, the third proclamation was made, and no one coming to claim the copyhold, it was seized into the Lord's hands, and at the same Court was granted to Nicholas Helwis, Esq., who was admitted to it. A map of the estate was made in 1718 for Doctor Prideaux, Dean of Norwich, and N. Helwis; and in 1745 we find in the Court-books the description, "lands late of Edward Hasset, gent."