In the twenty seventh 12 months of King Edward I. Alexander was rector, and one Thomas de la Ware had a trial with him, and recovered a mark injury against him for impounding his free-bull; it was found by the jury that one Jeffrey de Overbeck formerly held right here one messuage, and half a carucate of land of the Prior of Lewes, paying a fee tarm rent of 1 mark per annum, and had the liberty of retaining a free-bull right here, time immemorial; and that Jeffrey Overbeck enfeoffed Simon de Caitey in the mentioned messuage, land, and free-bull; and after that, Thomas de Ware and Beatrix his spouse held the same. Thirty two freemen, held of this Earl, four carucates of land, which was held within the Confessor’s time, by the identical variety of freemen; there have been at all times amongst them five carucates, and Ogerus, certainly one of them, had one carucate valued at 20s. It was then 8 furlongs in length, and 4 in breadth, paid 13d. to the gelt, and was valued at 4l. 5s. per annum, and within the Confessor’s time at cs. Bart.; his second wife was Joan, daughter of Mr. Parker of London, merchant; by his first spouse he had two sons, Robert Wilson, Esq.
In the Conqueror’s time, this township, then wrote Dudelingtuna, had two lordships: one held by the Earl Warren, the opposite by Ralph Lord Limesey, of whom see in Oxburgh. Thomas Coke of this town was discovered to carry one charge and an half of this Earl, and the Earl of the King in capite; and within the 34th of the said reign Roger Coke held the identical, and had view of frankpledge right here without the King’s bailiff, by which it appears to be the capital manor; additionally within the ninth of Edward I. Robert Coke had the assize of bread and beer, and within the 9th of Edw. There may be right here concerned a psychological sample or tradition as real and as deeply grounded in psychological expertise as every other sample or tradition of mankind; coeval with the religious feeling and closely associated to many elements of it, and an excessive amount of part of our inmost biological heritage to lose keen potency over an important, although not numerically great, minority of our species.
From the Lord Limesey, the capital lord, this part of the city descended to the Odinsels, &c. Richard Holdych was lord, and lived here. Of the family of Holditch, it appears by historic evidences, that Gilbert Holdych of Foulden lived within the 32d of Edward I.; and within the 2d 12 months of Edward II. Thomas Holdych was found to hold this manor of Sir Robert Knolls, and he of the Earl of Arundel, the tenure unknown; and in the 7th of Henry V. Richard Holdych of this city was one of those gentlemen of ancient coat armour, who had been returned by the justices of peace for the county, as one of many 20 lances to serve the King within the French wars. Thomas Holdych died in regards to the 7th of Henry VI. Richard Holdych and Agnes his spouse lived in the 1st of Richard II. Richard Holdich introduced to Colveston in 1478, and John Holdich to South Pickenham in 1475, which John, as I take it, was the first husband of Elizabeth, afterwards wife of Robert Felmingham, Gent.
Richard Holditch, son (as I take it) of Richard aforesaid, was lord of this city 39th Edward III. III. three components of a charge of John de Norwich, and he of the Earl, formerly held by Thomas Coke: the family of Holditch appears to have possessions right here before this; within the 7th of the mentioned King, a superb was levied between Richard de Holdich, and Richard his son, querents, and William de Brome and Joan his spouse, defendants, of eighty acres of land, 2 of meadow, 5 of pasture, and 30s. rent right here and in Foulden, conveyed to Richard the father. Here lyeth the Body of Robert Wilson of Didlington in the county of Norfolk, Esq; Son and Heir of Robert Wilson of Merton within the County of Surry, Esq; He departed this Life on the 10th of December 1701, within the 51 Year of his Age. Within the time of the Confessor, Hardwin held here one carucate, a mill, and a fishery, valued at 20s. &c.