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 John Snow'', who was presented by John Peverel, and Will. Curson.
 * 1420, Henry Hall. Sir Edmund Bury, Knt.
 * 1444, John Toftys. Ric. Elsy. &c. He died in 1475, and was buried in St. Giles's church at Norwich.
 * 1476. Henry Bozun. Will Paston, &c. buried in 1487; he was son of John Bozun of Great Breccles, and had a brother William, whose son Henry and his brothers were his heirs. 1488, Rob. Jermyn, lord of Peverel's manor, Will. Paston, and other feoffees; united to St. Mary.
 * 1523, Gilbert Wheeler. George Talbot, for this turn; resigned.
 * 1351, Will. Sparry united to St. Mary. Tho. Downes, Gent.
 * 1557, Rob. Whincop, united to St. Mary, buried here March 18, 1578. Rob. Richers, Gent.
 * 1579, Hugh Castleton, resigned.
 * 1589, Tho Browne. Robert Browne, Esq. of Melton and Dorothy his wife; he returned 80 communicants in this parish, and died June 22, 1631, when
 * Will. Younger was presented by Edmund Anguish of Melton, Esq. and had it united to St. Mary.
 * 1662, Tho. Ward, who is buried here, was presented by Frances Younger, and had it united to St. Mary, as
 * John Amyas also had; he died 26 July, 1728, and was presented by John Anguish, Esq. and in his time it was annexed as before, by act of parliament, to St. Mary's church here.

Peverel's Manor
Was owned by Ketel, a Dane, in the Confessor's time, and contained two carucates; there was a wood to maintain 100 swine, two beehives, a faldage, and 60 sheep, and in the Conqueror's time 114, when it was held of Ralf Peverel, one of the Normans who came in with that prince, by Garinus or Warine, who had 7 freemen under him; the church was valued with the manor, and had 3 acres of land worth 2s. the manor and church was in King Edward's time valued at 6l. and in King William's at 7l.; the whole of the town and both manors, paid 16d. ob. to the geld or tax.

It was a league and 3 furlongs long and half a league broad, and was aways held of the Peverells; for in 1204, Gerebert de Sancto Claroheld it for life, of the fee of ''Will. Peverell; but it was the manor only, for the Peverells had the advowson, lete'', and royalties as capital lords all the while. Mathew Peverel gave to the monks