11. An immense number of small pieces of paper, containing notes of the
tenures of each house in Norwich."
No portion of these collections remains at present in the hands of the
legatees, and the greater number of them is not so much as known to be in
existence. The "thick quarto," marked "3" in the list, is that which Mr.
Gurney's zeal has caused to be printed; and it is now the property of the
representatives of the late Mr. William Herring of Hethersett, whose father
purchased it many years ago of a bookseller. The paper marked "9" was "said
to have been in the possession of the Friars' Society," which was
discovered some twenty years ago. My father had tracings of the "Drawings
of the City Gates;" but I am not sure that they are made from Kirkpatrick's
original. The collection marked "10," my father saw "in the possession of
Mr. William Matthews, Mr. De Hague's clerk." And "a portion of the papers
included under the last number" was said to be existence in 1845; but Mr.
Dawson Turner, who compiled the "Preface," was "not fully informed"
respecting them, and I can throw no light upon the subject. It is very
remarkable that the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Association has done
nothing for the recovery or _dis_covery of the remainder of this invaluable
bequest; perhaps the inquiry of T. A. T. may incite them to attempt both,
and in this hope I trouble you with this reply.