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A36795	The history of imbanking and drayning of divers fenns and marshes, both in forein parts and in this kingdom, and of the improvements thereby extracted from records, manuscripts, and other authentick testimonies / by William Dugdale.	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.	1662 (1662)	Wing D2481; ESTC R975	640,720	507

every Wane of the Moon and the fourth being stricken with a Palsie continned so untill his parents with great sorrow brought him to the Tomb of S. Audrey and there watching one night and promising upon the Sacrament to make satisfaction he became restored by the intercession of that blessed Virgin Neither was this Church possest by any other than these wicked Priests untill the tenth year of the reign of King Edgar For it hapning in that King's time that one Sigewold a Bishop a Greek by nation and Thurslane a Dane taking notice of the eminency of this place and becomming both of them suters for it more out of covetuousness than devotion one Wlstan de Delham Secretary to the King informed him of the fame and sanctity thereof and told him that such persons were not worthy of it and moreover declared unto him the life and miracles of the glorious Virgin S. Audrey in the presence and hearing of Ethelwold Bishop of Winchester then the Kings Confessor who taking notice thereof with great delight forthwith purchased it of the said King with such immunities and privileges as that it should for ever be free from any Regal tribute or exaction And having so done did put out those secular Priests and repairing the Church which had been destroyed by the Danes and continued desolate for an hundred years introduced Monks thereinto constituting Brythnod Provost of the Church of Winchester the first Abbot All which was performed in the year after the Incarnation of our Saviour DCCCCLx and from the time that S. Audrey first built it CCXCvii receiving into it those Priests which were content to undergo a Monastique life and augmenting it's possessions with divers other lands purchased by himself as also divers rich ornaments And obtained some of the said Kings grant And moreover bought of the said King not only the whole Isle scil xx hides of land which he had therein but the dignity and soke of seaven Hundreds and an half viz. two within the Isle and five and a half in the territory of the East-Angles ●ive at Meldeburne three and an half at Hernyngforde and twelve at North wolde for which he gave in exchange Lx. hides in Hertyngham given unto him by K. Athelstan bestowing other things for which he paid an hundred pounds as also a Cross of gold beautified with merveilous work and filled with Reliques which the said King in confirmation of his said grants and privileges to this place had offered here upon the Altar of S. Audrey with an admirable book So that the whole that this devout Bishop gave to God and S. Audrey within this Isle Marshes and Fen●s was no less than Lx. hides And to these concessions did the same K. Edgar adde the grant of xl hides of land lying in the town of Hatfeilde and moreover gave to the said Bishop the mannour of Sudburne upon condition that he would translate the Rule of S. Benedict out of Latine into English which he did and offered it to S. Audrey And lastly bestowed on the said Church his garment of fine purple made a●ter the fashion of a coat of mail and wrought throughout with pure gold whereof a Miter was made And out of his own Chapel several little Chests and Scroules with the Reliques of divers Saints CAP. XL. HAving now done with this second foundation of the said Monastery so made by that devout Bishop as hath been observed I must not forget the gift of Staney thereunto This was bestowed on it by the before mentioned Wulstan de Delham who had it with the Fen belonging thereto of the grant of one AEscuen a VVidow which Fen the Monks afterwards dimised for the Rent of two thousand Eeles unto a certain Kinsman of the said AEscuen who having been tenants to it formerly and continuing so likewise during the life of the said King Edgar did at length hold it as their own without any sentence or law of the Citizens and Hundreders Upon complaint made therefore of this injury to AEgelwine the Alderman who was then chief Justice to the King over all England the said AEgelwine came to Ely and summoned Reigmund de Holand and the rest that so held it to come before him to answer the same● but they though often warned refused to appear nevertheless the said Abbot continued his sute and renewed his complaint to the people for that wrong upon all occasions At length the said Alderman sitting at Cambridge there was a great Court of those Citizens and Hundreders before xxiii Judges held under a c●rtain place called● Thirningfeld neer Maideneberge where the Abbot declared openly to them all how unjustly the said Reimund and the rest had dealt with him in dispossessing S. Audrey of this Staneye and how that they would never appear though frequently summoned VVhereupon the Judges decreed that the before specified Abbot ought to have the same again as also the whole fen and fishing and moreover that he the said Reigmund and the other defendants should pay to the same Abbot the arrear of fish due for six years and likewise give a forfaiture to the King and that if they did not freely do so they should be distrained by their Cattel And thereupon also did the said Alderman command that Oskytel and Osmund Bece with a Godere de Ely should perambulate that land and put the Abbot in possession thereof who did accordingly Of the before specified Abbot Brithnod I also find that by his care and industry the limits of this Isle were first set forth viz. from Cotingelade to Litleport or Abbotes delfe since called Bishops delfe being in length seaven miles And from Cherche were to Straham mere in breadth four within which compass divers petty Isles are included Moreover as a member thereof though lying without this circumference is Dudintone as also Chateriz where was a House of Nunns with the town of Wittlesey and Abby of Thorney which Abbot calling together the Inhabitants on every part thereof assigned them their several portions of land and for a perpetual evidence of the possessions belonging to his Church he caused that large and deep ditch to be cut through the main body of the Fenn which was then called by the name of Abbot's delfe as I have observed to the end it might remain as a boundary in that deep mud and water This Monastery being therefore so amply endowed with lands and otherwise richly beautifyed through the bounty of many zealous people who then thought nothing too much for the glory of God and his service and growing more famons every day than other by reason of the miracles which were done at the tombe of that renowned Virgin S. Audrey multitudes of people for devotions sake flocking thither it hapned that about fifty years after King Canutus a Prince of great wisdome valour and p●ety being desirous together with Queen Emma his wife and the Nobles of this Realm to keep the feast of the Purification of our Lady

Precept to William Fraunk then his Eschaetor in this County● that he should forthwith make Inquisition and certify whether it would be to the damage of him the said King or his Subjects if the said Customs were granted unto the beforementioned Gilbert for the purposes above expressed And accordingly the said Eschaetor did certify that it would not be prejudicial to the said King or any others to make such grant Upon a Presentment exhibited in the Court of King's bench in 28 E. 3. the town of Thurleby was dischardged from repairing a certain Chanel called Edyke any farther than from Catebrigg to Boston cote and thence to the Cross next unto Boston cote In 40 E. 3. the Lady Blanch Wake complained to the King that whereas she was then possessed of the Fen called Depings ei as parcel of the Mannour of Deping which she held in dower of the inheritance of Ioan at that time wife to Edward Prince of Aquitane and Wales commonly called the black Prince And that the said Fen by reason of the passages of the Rivers of Weyland and Nen as also of other waters to the sea which descending through those Marshes were hindred of their right course by Floudgates Mills and Pooles then newly raised upon those streams as also by piles and stakes therein fixed and trenches made and likewise by breaches in the said banks and for default of scowring the sewers were so overflowed that the said Blanch or any other persons could scarce receive any commodity in the same Fen as they had used to do He therefore assigned Simon Symeon Roger de Meres Iohn de Repyngale Thomas de Pinchebek and Reginald de Tykesore to view the same and to take care for the amendment thereof In 41 E. 3. the Abbot of Kirkstede was upon a pleading acquitted from the scouring of a Ditch called Stopdyke for which he was presented before Gilbert de Umframvill Earl of Anegos and his fellow Justices of Sewers In 50 E. 3. there was a Presentment exhibited against the said Gilbert for taking of Toll of all vendible commodities carried in Boats from Boston to Kesteven whereunto he pleaded that he did take that Toll for scouring the Chanel called the Ee of Kyme which passed through the midst of his Mannour or Lordship of Kyme betwixt Doc dyke and Brentfen to the river of Wythom and was the very water specified in the Presentment and there called Home milnedike on both sides which Chanel was then so filled with mud that Ships and Boats could not pass through it untill that he the said Gilbert by virtue of the King 's writ of Ad quod dampnum did clense and scour the same and by his royal Charter granted License to the said Gilbert and his heirs to take Toll of such Vessels bringing those commodities As to the condition that Brunne Fen and Deping Fen stood in it was thus certified in 4 R. 2. after the death of Blanch the Widow unto Thomas Wake of Lydel who then dyed seized of the Castle and Mannour of Brunne which she held in dower for the term of her life viz. that the Marsh called Brunne fen did extend it self from a certain place called Arfth wenth to Potter lane in Brunne thence to Merton thence to Litildyke and thence to the Ditch belonging to the Prior of Spaldyng And that the profit of the turfs digg'd yearly there amounted to Cs. And the profit of Strangers Cattel there agisted annually as much And moreover that there was a certain yearly commodity called Poundage taken in the said Fen for the strange Cattel for Greshyre from Morton to Sekholme and thence to the Gates of Wrigbolt and thence to Dewe hirne and thence by Brunne Ee to Goderhamcotes and thence to Estcote and thence to the Cross at Esthowe and thence to Medylhowe and thence to Arfth wenth which poundage was worth by the year iiiis And that the Marsh called Deping fen did extend it self from East Deping to the middle of the bridge of Crouland and the middle of the river of Weland and thence to the messuage of William atte Tounesend of Spalding and thence to a certain place called Dowe hirne thence to Goderhamkote thence to Estcote and thence to Baston barre thence to Langtoft outgonge and thence to East Deping in length and bredth And that the agistments of all Cattel in the said Marsh did then belong to the Lord and were worth annually xxl. And moreover that there was a certain profit of turfs yearly digg'd therein worth xxl. And likewise a profit of poundage to be yearly twice taken of all Cattel within the same Marsh viz. one time of Horses and afterwards of Cattel whereupon all Cattel which have right of Common there are delivered with payment of Greshyre but of other Cattel the Lord had Greshyre which was worth xxl. per annum Also that there was within the said Marsh a certain profit of Fishing newly taken by reason of the overflowing of the waters on the North part towards Spaldyng which was yearly worth viil And that the other profits of Fishing and Fouling throughout the whole Fen was then worth Cs. And lastly that the fishing to the midst of the river of Weland to Crouland and thence to Spaldyng was yearly worth Ls. In 5 R. 2. upon a pleading in the Court of King's Bench it was found that neither the Abbot of Brune nor the Town of Brune ought to repair the Sewer called E-dike from Goderamcote to Estcote and that their predecessors nor ancestors did ever repair the same nor any part thereof therefore they were dischardged In 11 R. 2. Henry de Percy Earl of Northumberland Iohn de Beaumont Sir Nicholas de Hebden Knight and others were constituted Commissioners for the view and repair of the Banks Ditches and Sewers lying betwixt Lincolne and Brig dyke which by the overflowing of the Fresh waters were then broken in divers places and to proceed therein according to the Law and custome of this Realm The like Commission in 14 R. 2. had Will. Thorpe Anketine Mallore Will. Thirnyng Richard Sydenham Will. de Crosseby and Iohn Goffron for those Banks and Sewers from Cadebrig to Dunn●sby through the midst of Thorleby fen and the parts adjacent In this year upon question betwixt the Inhabitants of Kesteven and Holand touching the bounds betwixt those provinces there was a Commission granted by the King to Robert de Willughby Philip le Spenser Raph de Cromwell Will. de Skipwith Will. Thirning Richard Sidenham Iohn Markham Edmund de Clay and Robert de Mantell to enquire thereof Whereof a Perambulation was made and an Inquisition taken at Brigge dikes by the Oaths of Andrew de Leake and others of the parts of Holland and of Iohn Paynell and others of this province of Ke●●even which was also exemplified under the great Seal In pursuance wher●of there were ten Crosses e●ected in several places for me●es and divisions of

here at Ely with high solemnity as the custome then was the Abbots of Ely in their turn performing the service in the King's Court as they had used to do there being no other access to it considering the bredth and depth of the Fenn but by shipping he set sayl thitherward and when he came neer to the land raising up himself commanded the Mariners to make what hast they could to a little Port but to go stedily and fixing his eyes towards the Church which stood on high on the top of the Rock he heard a pleasant voice on every side where listning farther the nearer he approached to land● the more sensible he was of the melody and at length perceiving that it was the Monks then singing in the Qui●e and with shrill voices performing their divine Offices he commanded all the rest that were in the next ships to come nearer to him and exhorting them to sing with him became so transported that expressing the joy of his heart he presently composed and sung this Hymn Merie singende Monekes ben in Ely tha chut singende therby Royal chites noer the land And here yve thes Moneks sang Which in Latine is thus Dulcè c●ntaverunt Monachi in Ely Dumi Canutus Rex navigat propè ibi● And now my Knights quoth he sayl ye nearer and let us jointly hear the harmony of these Monks All which were long afterwards publickly sung in the Quire in memory of that devout King and kept in mind as Proverbs the King thereupon ceasing not thus to sing with his venerable College till he came to land where being received with solemn Procession as the Custome had been to the Prìnce or any eminent person and brought into the Church he ratified all the donations conferred thereto by his Royal Predecessors Kings of England and established them with their immunities and privileges in the face of the Church where the body of the holy Virgin S. Audrey lay entombed upon the high Altar before all the persons there present Not long afterwards it so hapned that at the solempnity of this Feast the Fen was so much frozen that the said King could not repair thither as he desired neverthelesse it did not alter his purpose though he was sorrowful and much troubled Howbeit putting his trust in God being then upon Soham mere he contrived to be drawn upon a slead over the Ice and for his better security considering the danger of the passage that one should go before him to try the way But it so fell out that as he stood thus consulting a lusty and big man and an inhabitant of the Isle who for his corpulency was called Brithmer Budde came before him and offred to lead the way whereupon the King followed on the Slead all that beheld him admiring his boldnesse and coming safe thither celebrated that solempnity according as he had wont with great joy and in gratitude to the said Brithmer made him with all his posterity ●ree m●n for ever In further testimony likewise of the security of this place by reason of the vast and deep waters wherein it was situate I find that in the time of King Edward the Confessor the English having advertisement of great preparations then making by the Da●es for another invasion of this Realm bestirred themselves in fortifying their Cities and Castles hiding their treasure and mustering of souldiers for their defence And that Alfric the Abbot of S. Albans much fearing the danger did not only take care to convey the Shrine of that glorious prothomartyr S. Alban into a secret corner where he immured it but the better to disguise the businesse wrote Letters to the Abbot of this place humbly requesting him that he would take chardge thereof till all things should be in a quiet condition again ●or saith my Author erat eorum Insula intransmeabilibus circundata paludibus arundinetis unde hostium incursus nequaquam timuerunt id est This Isle of Ely is environed with Fenns and Reed-plecks unpassible so that they feared not the invasion of the Enemy Whereunto the said Abbot assenting Alfric like a politick and wary man fearing that these of Ely having gotten such a treasure into their hands might deny to restore it when it should be again required sent instead of S. Albans Shrine the reliques of an old Monk put up in a rich Chest as if they had been S. Albans bones and kept the before-specified Shrine walled up in their own Abby as hath been said But the most signal testimony of the strength of this place by reason of the said waters encompassing it is that recourse which divers of the principal nobility of the English Nation had unto it as their greatest refuge against the strength and power of the Norman Conqueror as also the defence that they then and there made against a powerful Army brought by that King for the subduing of it the substance of which story because it is but briefly pointed at by our publick Writers I suppose it will not seem tedious if I here succinctly deliver After that William Duke of Normandy invading this Realm with a puissant Army in the year MLxvi had subdued the forces of K. Harold in open batail wherein that King lost his life Stigand Archbishop of Canterbury whom the Conqueror affected not fled into this Isle for safety So likewise did Egfrid then Abbot of S. Albans with the Reliques of that Saint and treasure of his Church As also Edwine and Morkere two great and potent Earls of this Nation with Egelwine Bishop of Durham besides many thousands of the Clergy and Laity And understanding that Hereward Lord of Brunne in Lincolnshire a younger son to the famous Leofrike Earl of Mercia being a person much renowned for his valour and military skill for at the age of xviij years being banished the land by King Edw. the Confessor for his extraordinary dissolutenesse towards his parents and others he went into Flanders and other forein parts where he gained most high repute of his prowesse and noble exploits was returned from beyond Sea they forthwith sent for him desiring that he would repair thither with all his power and joyn with them in the defence of their native Country and redeeming their just liberties And in particular they importuned him in behalf of Thurstane then Abbot of that place and his Monks whose the said Island wholly was and on whose behalf the same was then fortified against the King that he would make no delay because the said King brought in a forein Monk out of France to obtrude upon them as Abbot there and that he purposed to do the like in all other Churches throughout England To which request of theirs he willingly condescended and forthwith began his journey towards them accordingly whereof the Earl Warren having notice whose brother long before the said Hereward had killed he laid ambushes for him on the out-side of the Fens belonging to