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Brief History
Before the Conquest, Tepekin a free man commended to Harold held
Henley as a manor with two carucates of ploughland. The manor also
included eight acres of meadow, woodland for six pigs and a church
with two acres of land. It was held by Eudo the Steward in his
demesne, from Roger d'Auberville in 1086, and eight acres were
added to it. A second manor was held by Wulfric before the
Conquest. This comprised one carucate and 70 acres of ploughland,
four acres of meadow and a church with eight acres. In 1086 the
manor was held by Roger from Walter the Deacon. In 1086 Roger also
held (from Walter) 36 acres formerly held by six free men, and
Walter himself held in demesne a manor of 40 acres, formerly held
by Swein, a free man. Other smaller holdings were listed in 1086. 3
acres held by a free man commended to Stanwine under Harold, which
Humphrey held from Robert Malet in 1086; six acres held by a free
man before the Conquest that were held by Roger de Poitou in 1086;
half an acre previously held by a free woman that was held by Roger
de Poitou in 1086; and half an acre held by a free man under the
commendation and soke of St Aethelthryth (Ely priory) in 1086.
Finally, amongst the lands of Isaac, the Domesday tenant in chief,
were 16 acres of free land in Henley, but belonging to Hemingstone,
and included in its valuation. Domesday thus lists three manors,
which must have been merged into one or (following Coppinger) two.
In the reign of John, the Bishop of Norwich exercised rights here
as he was granted the view of frankpledge (a policing system where
the inhabitants of a community were responsible each other's
behaviour) here by the crown. The prior of Norwich was also granted
free warren here in 1307. In 1239 the manor is stated to have
passed from John Sturmyn to his son Robert, but by 1259 Henley
Manor was held by John de Weyland. It later belonged to the Honor
of Eye, and was included in the grant of this by Edward III to his
brother, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall. John died childless, and
by 1349 the manor was in the hands of Bartholomew de Burghersh
(Lord Burghersh) and he and his wife Cecily de Weyland were granted
free warren on their lands at Henley and elsewhere in that year. It
seems likely that the land came to Burghersh through his wife's
descent from John de Weyland. On Burghersh's death it passed to his
daughter Elizabeth, wife of Edward Despenser. Coppinger suggested
that Henley Hall was the other manor, and this was inherited by
John Dameron from his father, William, in 1558
The Parish history is taken from a set of records of all Suffolk's
parishes, which is held by Suffolk County Council's archaeology
service
.
This is a drawing of an Anglo Saxon "caterpillar"
brooch in bronze, found in Henley.
1. Parish :
HENLEY
- Meaning :
High wood or clearing(EKWALL)
- County : Suffolk
2. Hundred :
CLAYDON(until 1327), BOSMERE AND
CLAYDON
Deanery : Claydon(until 1972), Bosmere(1972 onwards)
Union : Bosmere and Claydon
RDC/UDC :
- Bosmere
and Claydon RD(1894-1934)
- Gipping RD(1934-1974)
- Mid Suffolk DC(1974 -)
Other administrative details :
- Ecclesiastical boundary change(1929)
- Bosmere and Claydon Petty Sessional
Division
- Ipswich County Court District
3. Area :
1,235 acres
(1912)
4. Soils :
Mixed:-
-
Slowly permeable calcareous/ non calcareous clay
soils, slight risk water
erosion
- Slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged fine
loam over clay, some calcareous clay soils
- Deep well drained loam over clay come with
calcareous clay subsoils.
5. Types of
farming:
1086 12
acres meadow, wood for 6 pigs, 10 cattle, 16 pigs, 74 sheep, 2
oxen
1500 - 1640 THIRSK: Wood-pasture region, mainly
pasture, meadow, engaged in rearing and dairying with some
pig-keeping, horse breeding and poultry. Crops mainly barley with
some wheat, rye, oats, peas, vetches, hops and occasionally
hemp.
1818 MARSHALL: Course of crops varies usually
including summer fallow as preparation for corn
products.
1937 Main crops: Wheat, barley, beans and
peas.
1969 TRIST: More intensive cereal growing and
sugar beet.
6. Enclosure
7.
Settlement:
1958 River Fynn flows through parish from N - SE
Small dispersed settlement with groups of habitation close to the
church, at Henley Watering and Henley Square - scattered
farms.
Inhabited houses : 1674 - 20, 1801 - 33, 1851 - 65, 1871 - 62, 1901
- 49, 1951 - 73, 1981 - 179.
8.
Communications:
Road : Roads to Hemingstone,
Akenham, Barham, and Witnesham. In 1891 there were carriers to
Ipswich daily.
Rail: 3 miles to Claydon
station, Ipswich to Bury St. Edmunds line opened in 1845, Claydon
station closed 1963.
9.
Population:
1086 - 38
recorded
1327 - 15 taxpayers paid £1.9s.6d
1524 - 18 taxpayers paid £1.14s.6d
1603 - 100 adults
1674 - not recorded
1801 - 250 inhabitants
1831 - 305 inhabitants
1851 - 326
1871 - 287
1901 - 208
1931 - 237
1951 - 233
1981 - 569
10.
Benefice:VICARAGE(1831),
DISCHARGED VICARAGE(1912)
1254 - Valued £3.6s.8d
1291 - Valued £5.6s.8d
1535 - Valued £10.0s.10d
1603 - Vicarage valued £10.10s. Incumbent also holds
Washbrooke
1831 - Curate, stipend £60. Glebe house unfit for occupation. Gross
income £103 pa.
Incumbent also holds canonry in Norwich Cathedral and Perpetual
Curacy of St. Martin at Oak, Norwich. Rectorial tithes commuted for
£256 pa, vicarial tithes for £118 pa (1841).
1912 - Nett value £155 pa - 16 acres glebe and residence.
PATRONS: Dean and Chapter of Norwich (1603
-)
11.
Church:ST. PETER.
(Continuous chancel and nave, S porch, W tower).
1086 - Church + 2 acres land, church + 8 acres land
12th century - S doorway?
circa 1300 - Chancel
circa 1525 - Tower
1895 -
Restoration
Seats: 110
(1915)
12. Nonconformity
etc.Baptist chapel(no
dates).
13. Manorial:
1066 - Manor of 2 carucates held by Tepekin a free
man under patronage of Harold
1086 - Manor of 2 carucates belonging to Roger of Auberville
1066 - Manor of 1 carucate 70 acres held by Wulfric a free
man
1086 - Manor of 1 carucate 70 acres belonging to Walter the
Deacon
1066 - Manor of 40 acres held by Swein a free man
1086 - Manor of 40 acres belonging to Walter the
Deacon
HENLEY MANOR:
13th century - Bishop of Norwich owns
1259 - John de Weland held as Honor of Eye
circa 1349 - Bartholomew, Lord Burghersh held(linkedto Swilland,
Carlton Colville and Clopton)
16th century - Dean and Chapter of Norwich
NOTE: Coplinger believes there was a second manor
of HENLEY HALL
1558 - John Dameron owned (there is still a
Dameron's Farm in the village)
late 16th century Ralph Meadows owns
1909 - Mrs Arthur Wolfe owns.
14.
Market/Fairs:
15. Real Property:
1844 - £1,286 rental value
1891 - £1,491 rateable value
1912 - £1,282 rateable value
16. Land
Ownership:
1844 - Rev
J M Theobald. principle owner
1891/1912 Not recorded
17. Resident
Gentry:
1787 - John
Meadows Theobald
1844 - Rev G Drury BA
1891 - Rev H Pearson MA
1912 - Rev W C Pearson BA
18.
Occupations:
1500 - 1549 2 husbandmen
1500 - 1599 2 yeomen, 2 husbandmen
1600 - 1649 5 yeomen, 1 tailor
1650 - 1699 7 yeomen, 1 cordwinder, 1 husbandman
1831 75 in agriculture, 8 in retail trade, 14 in domestic
service
1844 Schoolmistress, blacksmith, corn miller, carpenter/beerhouse
keeper, shoemaker, wheelwright, 8 farmers
1912 Sub-postmaster, teacher, wheelwright, 6 farmers, blacksmith,
poultry dealer, publican
19.
Education:
1818 - 1
Sunday school on Dr. Bells system(10 attend)
1833 - 2 daily schools(53 attend), 2 sunday schools(50-60
attend)
1844 - Schoolmistress recorded:
School built (1878), 50 attend(1891), enlarged (1892), average
attendance(1912) 68 School Board
formed(1875).
20. Poor
Relief:
1776 - £88.
0s 2d. spent on poor relief
1803 - £112. 2s. 2d.
1818 - £308
1830 - £366. 19s.
1832 - £440. 1s.
1834 - £350. 10s.
21.
Charities:
VERE'S
CHARITY: 1766 by Codicil of Thomas Vere. Interest on £200. £3
distributed among poor. 10s paid to parish clerk
(1840)
22. Other
Institutions:
1891 -
Police officer listed.
23.
Recreation:
1844 -
Beerhouse
1891/1912 - The CROSS KEYS public house
24. Personal:
25. Other Information:
Kewland Wood: appears in will of (1694)
Extracts from churchwardens accounts (1602 - 1846). East Anglian
Notes and Queries, New Series Vol. 4 p.92.
Order for building of poor house for the poor(1672)
Workhouse recorded(1756)
Extracts from parish registers: Vere Family (1569-1775). East
Anglian Notes and Queries, New Series Vol. 4 P.20
Surnames in Parish Registers(1558-1889) East Anglian Notes and
Queries, New Series Vol.4
p.56
Archaelogical Sites:
Stray Finds: I.A. coin(CRN 63), Med. Coin(CRN 7434)
Scatter Finds: Rom. coin(CRN 67, 1327), Med. coin(crn 65).
Note: CRN = Computer Record
Number.