priors of the said monastery; at the death of William Wellys, the prior paid 53s. 4d. for first fruits, to the Bishop, at his institution.
- 1529, 16 Febr. Robert Hyde was instituted on the prior's resignation, who reserved a pension of 4 marks per annum, for life, before he presented Hyde to the vicarage, who was the last presented by that house.
- 1554, 25 Febr. George Halstede, priest. Thomas Duke of Norfolk.
- 1573, 13 March, John Wolfenden. Henry Coppinger, Gent.
- 1582, 20 Sept. Will. Carter, A.M. on Wolfenden's resignation. Ditto.
- 1606, 21 Jan. John Benson. Robert Jermyn, Knt.
- 1634, 22 Dec. Robert French, A.M. on Benson's death. Bacquevill Bacon, Esq.
- 1636, French resigned, and John Underwood, A.M. was instituted at the presentation of Bacq. Bacon, Esq. and held it united to Study, with a certificate that it was not above 20 miles distant, and this is one of the first unions that I have met with, that had any certificate of distance, the Bishops of Norwich having always had power of uniting any two benefices, so that both were within their own diocese.
- 1661, Samuel Greene, A.B. was instituted to the vicarage of HochamMagna and Parva annexed, on the death or John Underwood. Rob. Kerington, Gent. patron.
- 1667, 9 July, Peter Lock, A.M. on Greene's death, united to Illington. Philippa Kedington, widow.
- 1673, 23 March, Car. Sippius. A.M. on Lock's death. Ditto.
- 1679, 20 Oct. John Baldock, A.M. on Sippins's cession. Ditto.
- 1681, 12 Aug. Daniel Bret, A.M. on Baldock's resignation. Ditto.
- 1690, 21 July, Henry Goodrick, A.M. on Bret's deprivation. Henry Kedington, Esq. united to Illington.
- 1712, 14 Oct. Tho. Sadler, on Goodrick's death. Philip Riley, Esq.
- 1714, 16 Jan. Will. Barcroft, A.B. on Sadler's resignation. Ditto.
- 1717, 9 April, John Abbot, A.B. on Barcroft's resignation. Ditto.
- 1724, 1 April, the Rev. Mr. John Verdon. A.B. on Abbot's cession, who holds it united to Rowdham. Ditto.
The impropriation and advowson of the vicarage, at the Dissolution, went with the abbey of Thetford, and all its revenues, to Thomas Duke of Norfolk, who sold it to the Coppingers, and they, about 1600, to the Jermyns, and so it was joined to the manor.
The vicarage is valued at 8l. 17s. 11d. in the King's Books, and being sworn of the clear yearly value of 40l. 10s. only, it is discharged of first fruits and tenths, and is capable of augmentation.
The Church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and hath no tower; the ruins of one that hath been dilapidated many years, lie at the west end of the church, in which I find these memorials.
On a mural monument against the north chancel wall,
Memoriæ Roberti Baldock, Filij Roberti Baldock, Equitis Aurati, et Mariæ Uxoris Ejus, natu Minoris, Prælio Navali contra Belgas, 28° die Maij, Anno Dom. 1673, Ætatis suæ 18, occisi. posuit Pater.
Cœlum, Animam (Spero) annumerat Fælicibus Umbris, Nescius an Corpus Terra, vel Unda Capit.
