(Vol. vii., pp. 262. 340.)
A tradition of similar character with that mentioned by E. G. R., and
noticed by J. H. L., is reported to have occurred between the parishes of
Shipdham and Saham Tony in Norfolk, of a corpse being found on the common
pasture of Shipdham, which parish refused to bury it, and the parish of
Saham Tony, therefore, was at the expense thereof, and claimed a
considerable piece of the common pasture from Shipdham, in consequence of
the neglect of the latter parish.
A fine continues to be paid by Shipdham to Saham to this time; and although
many entries are made of such payments in the early parish accounts,
beginning A.D. 1511, yet in no instance is it said the reason or cause of
these payments being annually made. The said payments are not always of the
same amount; they are sometimes paid in money and sometimes in kind, as the
following instances show.
The first entry I meet with is in 1511:
Payd the halffe mark at Saham.
1512. Delyvyrd to same ij buschells of otts, viij^d; in sylv^r, ij^d.
1513. The same payment as in 1512.
1514. No entry of any payment.
1515. Payd for _woots_ to Saham, vj^d, and ij^d of mony.
1516. Payd to y^e hallemarke, j^d (not said if to Saham or not).
This entry "to y^e hallemark" may be an error of the scribe for
"y^e halffe mark," as in the first entry under 1511.
1517. Payd to y^e halffe mark, j^d (no doubt to Saham).
1518. No entry of payment to Saham.
1519. Payd to same for ij barssels of owte, vj^d;
to same, ij^d viij^d
1520. Payd for ij busschellys of otte to same,
viij^d; and a henne, ij^d x^d
1521. Payd to same for ij buschells of ots, xj^d,
and ij^d in sylver xiij^d
1522. Payd for y^e half marke, j^d; payd for
oots to same, vij^d viij^d
1523. Payd for y^e halff mark (no doubt to Saham) j^d
1524. Payd for otts to sam and wodlod viij^d
1525. Similar entry to the last.
1526. Payd for otts to same, viij^d; payd for
wod led to same, j^d ix^d
1527. Payd the halffe mark, j^d; paid to the
_Comon_, to (two) bussells otts, ix^d, and
a j^d in lieu of a henne xj^d
1539. Payd to same for the task x^d[3]
1541. Payd to Thomas Lubard, for ij bs. of
otts to Saham viij^d
Payd to y^e seyd Thomas for j heyn
(hen) to Saham ij^d