Monument record FTN 005 - Flixton Decoy (Med)

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Summary

Account rolls of 1355-1357 show that 31% of manorial income in Flixton was gained from the extraction of peat (from a turbary)(S1)(R1).

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Grid reference	Centred TM 511 954 (566m by 852m)
Map sheet	TM59NW
Civil Parish	FLIXTON (NEAR LOWESTOFT), WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

PEAT CUTTING (14th century to 16th century - 1301 AD to 1500 AD)

Full Description

Account rolls of 1355-1357 show that 31% of manorial income in Flixton was gained from the extraction of peat (from a turbary)(S1)(R1). Presumably related to Flixton Decoy. Tithes of hay and turbary valued at 1/2 a mark in 1341, Inquisition of Ninths (S2).
Also PMed.

Sources/Archives (3)

<R1> SSF21040 (No record type): Scarfe N, Suffolk Landscapes.
<S1> SSF7009 (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History: East Suffolk A-H, 1990.
<S2> SSF17848 (No record type): Royal Commission, Inquisitiones Nonarum, 1807, 82.

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Record last edited

Feb 12 1996 12:00AM