Monument record BRG 001 - Catteshill; Tyburn Barn; The Great Court; The Court of St Edmunds (Med)
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 88476 65415 (51m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL86NE |
| Civil Parish | GREAT BARTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
'Catteshill' (a tumulus - see Rom) is alleged to have been used for the medieval judicial court of the franchise of (St Edmund) Bury St Edmunds (mainly for assises) after Thinghowe (see BSE 004), the former site, had been purchased by the Abbey (note: Great Barton was in Thedwastre, not Thingoe, hundred). It was a joint court for all eight and a half hundreds, known as the Great Court. The King's Court is first mentioned in a charter of Henry I of 1102 or 1103 (S3). The first recorded meeting at Catteshill is in 1187. The court later (in 1305?) moved to Henhowe, on Shire House Heath (BSE 487, SF6758).
Cain & Lobel (R1, R2) site the court to 'Catteshill' and 'Cattishall' respectively but give no reference to the tumulus site (S1, S2).
Location is given support as judicial and execution site by place name Tyburn Barn for adjoining building.
See also sf6868.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. TL86NE15.
- <R1> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Cain H M, The Hundred and the Hundred Rolls, date?, 108.
- <S2> SSF50048 Bibliographic reference: Victoria County History of Suffolk (Vol I 1911; Vol II 1907). Suffolk 1, 1911, 626.
- <R2> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Lobel M D, Bury St Edmunds, 1935, 35.
- <S3> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Cam H M, The Court of St Edmunds 8.5 hundreds, in N D Huinard, The Anglo Norman Francises.
- <R3> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Pipe Roll 14 of Henry II, p 27.
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Record last edited
Jun 24 2021 8:00AM