1340, with John de Lenn, (Vol. 1349, John de Thorney, alias de Dickleburgh. Had its rise out of the capital manor; it being given by King Richard I. in free alms to the monastery of St. Edmund at Bury in Suffolk, to find 4 wax tapers frequently burning at St Edmund’s Shrine in that church, the manor being then 10l. a year; this was confirmed by King John, to Sampson, abbot there, and was held formerly under King Richard, before he granted it; half by William Bardolph, and half by John de Hastings; it appears that in this King’s reign, the manor-house here was known as Abbot’s Hall; however the entire being quickly after appropriated to the Sacristan or Sexton of that monastery, it took the present identify of Sexton’s; and it is a marvel in our regulation, as Sir Henry Spelman says, for one manor to be held of another, by the rod, at the need of the lord, and granted by copy of court docket-roll, as the manor of Sexton’s is, of the manor of Ailsham; however army charges are often so held. By the dissolution of Bury abbey, it fell into Henry the Eighth’s arms, who granted it in 1545 to Edward Wood and his heirs, to be held in capite of the King’s manor of Ailesham, by the 40th part of a Knight’s charge, and 55s. 8d. ob.
1312, Richer of Aylesham, who was educated at St. Peter’s College in Cambridge, to which he was a benefactor, and gave a house to that college. Doth now, and always did from the appropriation of the church, belong to the vicar, it being then settled on the vicars for ever: earlier than that point it belonged to the rectory; the advowson of which was appendant to the manor, until William Rufus, lord here, gave to the abbey of St. Martin at Battle in Sussex, which was based by the Conqueror, the church of Eilesham, with the chapels of Stivecaie, (Stifecay, or Stukecay,) with two parts of its tithes, and Shipeden with two elements of its tithes, and Brundele in like method, and Banningham in like method, and the mediety of the church of Ingworth, and all of the price or manor that Brithric the parson of Ailesham held, particularly this manor, and the land of one socman in Aylesham, added to this manor; and Ailesham rectory afterwards became (the Bishop’s consent being obtained) appropriated to Battle abbey, which had about two 3d elements of the good tithes, and the vicar had all the small-tithes of the whole town, and the greattithes of about a 3d a part of the city, the location of the rectory-house, and the entire manor thereto belonging, settled on him and his successours, all which the vicars have enjoyed to this present day; and additional, the Bishop on settling the appropriation, reserved to himself the nomination of all of the vicars, and accordingly the Bishops all the time nominated to the abbots, who presented on their nomination, to the Dissolution; however for a while past, the dean and chapter of Canterbury have introduced to the vicarage with out such nomination from the Bishop of Norwich.
Which takes its identify from Master Henry de Bolewic, who gave name to it, additionally to the manor-house called Bolwick-Hall, and there was a mill close to it, heretofore referred to as Bolewic-mill; it was first granted from the nice manor by King John, to Hugh de Boves, at a quarter of a fee; handed then to the Bolewics, and from them to the Whitwells, and in 1261 Richard de Whitwell held it; in 1297, John father of William of Whitwell; held this and Skeyton in 1389, Robert Salle, Knt. In 1285, Robert then vicar of Ailesham, had the assize of bread and beer of all of the tenants of his manor, and all other liberties belonging to a manor. Mr. Jonathan Wrench, late vicar there, father of the current vicar; the Terrier hath 5 acres of glebe. Elizabeth his Queen for life; and from that, to the present time, it hath belonged to the Crown, as parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster, of which it is now held, by the appropriate Hon. John Hobart Earl of Buckinghamshire, the current lord.
Henry IV. confirmed the whole, by consent of parliament, and ordained for himself and heirs, that in the whole dutchy of Lancaster, all these royal franchises, privileges, and grants should for, ever stand valid and in full power, and be executed by the proper officers of the Dutchy; and Edward IV. Upon the erection of the dutchy court docket, by King Henry IV. 1213, William Reoinges. King John, patron of this turn, they paid xl. 1341, should be for ever free, from panage, passage, paage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, and ferage, throughout all England, and different places in the King’s dominion; and King Rich. It now stands in the King’s Books by the name of Ailesham vicarage, and is valued at 17l. 19s. 7d. and pays first fruits, and 1l. 15s. 11d. ob. II. granted to the mentioned Duke, all Fines, forfeitures, and amerciaments, of what sort or nature soever, of all his males and tenants within the stated lands or charges, and all estrap and wastes, in anyway, within the mentioned charges; along with all forfeitures for murder and felony committed within the mentioned fees, or by tenants of the fees in different males’s lands; and also all the products of felons de se, and forfeitures to the clerk of the markets, in as ample a fashion as the mentioned King had them earlier than this grant; and further, the stated King granted the assize of bread, wine, and beer, and all victuals, to be below a clerk of the markets, appointed by the said Duke, and that the King’s clerks of the markets shall not enter the fees, to exercise any jurisdiction there, and that the mentioned Duke should have the chattles of all fugitives and outlaws in the said charges; the mentioned Duke was additionally to have execution by his personal officers, of all writs, summons, processes, extracts and precepts, in order that no sheriff, bailiff, or different officer of the King, was to enter into the liberty, or exercise any workplace or jurisdiction therein, unless in default of due execution, by the right officers of the liberty; the said Duke was also to have weyf, and stray, deodands, and treasure discovered within the liberty, &c.