Rose's Manor [aka later as: Beaufoe's Manor] North Creak
The Earl Warren's lordships in North Creak and Burnham Thorp
extended into this town; Baldwin de Rosey, or de Roseto, who held
considerable lands of the Earl Warren, confirmed by deed sans date, all the
benefactions of his ancestors, with a mill in Creak, to the priory of
Castleacre; and Roger de Rosey, in the reign of Henry III. possessed the
20th part of a fee, of the Earl Warren; (fn. 4) and in the said reign John de
Cocfeld [Cokefield] and William Athelwald, held a quarter of a fee of
Walter de Calthorp, and he of the aforesaid Earl.
In the 14th of Edward I. it appears by an assise, that
Richard, son of Robert Adelwald, had unjustly disseized Robert, son of Richard
Adelward, of a free tenement, in Suthcrek [South Creke] and Waterden, with 2
messuages, 70 acres of land, a wind-mill, and 15s. per annum rent, &c.; and
in the 29th of that King, Robert seems to convey it to Richard, with lands in
Sidestern and Burnham; James Athelwald held, in the 20th of Edward III. a
quarter of a fee, and paid 10s. scutage, formerly John de Cockfeld's, and
William Athelwald's. Thomas Athelwald of Weston, passed by fine to James, son
of Edmund Athelwald of South Creak, and Joan his wife, two messuages, a toft,
and 80 acres of land, and to the heirs of James; in the 3d of Edward III. and
in the 7th of Henry V. Richard Athelwald of this town was lord, who married
Maud, cousin and heir of Beatrix Molebisse, and Mary de Bassing, foundresses of
Spiney priory in Cambridgeshire.
¶On the 3d of April, in the 26th of Henry VIII. Edward
Calthorp of Kirby-Cane in Norfolk, Esq. and Thomasine his wife, sold the manor
of Roses in this town, Holkham, &c. which Mrs. Elizabeth Calthorp, widow of
William Calthorp, Esq. held for life, with the reversion of all the lands held
by her, to John Pepys of South Creak, merchant; she was daughter of Ralph
Berney of Redham. Thomas Pepys his son, by his will dated October 1, 1569,
desires to be buried in this church; bequeaths to John and Roger his sons, to
Susan, Elisabeth, Anne, and Barbara his daughters 40l. each, to be paid by
Farmer Pepys, his son and heir, and executor. This Thomas sold this manor, July
20th, in the 8th of Elizabeth; but his son Farmer bought it by deed, dated
September 30th, in the 12th of Elizabeth, of Edward Goulding, and Mirabel his
wife.
The remains of Rose’s, or later called Beaufoe's, manor
survive well and display a variety of features which illustrate the social
status and domestic economy of the manor house in the context of a nucleated
village. The wall footings and buried foundations of the house and deposits
within it will contain archaeological information concerning the date of its
construction and the manner and duration of its occupation, and beneath them
may be preserved evidence for earlier buildings on the site. Formal gardens constructed
primarily for recreation and enjoyment and associated with the houses of high
status are well documented in the medieval period, but relatively few are known
to survive in recognizable form, and this example, within the context of a
manorial complex, is therefore of particular interest.
The system of fishponds is representative of a type usually
associated with manors, monasteries and similar high-status sites and
constructed during the medieval period for the purpose of breeding and storing
fish to provide a constant and sustainable supply of food. The principal
elements of the system are clearly defined by the surviving earthworks, which
will retain further evidence for the sluices and other water management
features which controlled the flow of water through and between the ponds, and
the lower fills of the ponds are likely to include waterlogged deposits in
which organic materials will be preserved. The area to the south of the gardens
and fishponds, which contains at least one building platform, will retain
additional information relating to the agricultural activities and services
associated with the manor.
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