PART III. HISTORY OF LYNN FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FRENCH OR

NORMANS IN ENGLAND TO THE REFORMATION.

CHAP. I. Observations on the Conquest—account of the changes then 327 introduced—their effects on the kingdom in general, and on Lynn and its vicinity in particular. CHAP. II. Further remarks on the revolutionary effects of the 342 Conquest, throughout the whole kingdom as well as at Lynn—Catalogue of bishops to whose civil rule the town used to be subject, or who bore temporal sway here till the Reformation. CHAP. III. State of Lynn previously and subsequently to its becoming a 374 corporate town, or free burgh; or general remarks on that event, and on the progressive state of society in the cities and towns of this country, as well as at Lynn, in those times—John, Henry III, and Henry VIII, great benefactors to this town; the latter of whom put an end to the temporal domination of the bishops here, and ought to be held in grateful remembrance. CHAP. IV. Further observations on the history of Lynn during the same 390 period—horrid treatment of the Jews here—probable state of the town as to its internal police and municipal economy previously to its being declared a free burgh and receiving its first royal charter—changes resulting from that event—statement of subsequent occurrences. CHAP. V. State of society at Lynn during this period—the subject 408 elucidated from documents relative to the ancient _gilds_—observations on the nature of those institutions—very common in the country before the reformation—names and number of those of Lynn. SECT. 1. Observations on the origin of the gilds. 411 SECT. 2. Names and number of the Lynn gilds, with 415 additional observations. SECT. 3. More particular account of some of our gilds. 419 SECT. 4. Account of the gilds continued. 439 SECT. 5. Account of the Holy Trinity company, or great 450 merchant’s gild. SECT. 6. Account of the remaining gilds, and particularly 474 those of _St. Francis_ and _St. William_. CHAP. VI.

_Account of the monasteries and religious houses formerly here_. SECT. 1. Account of the house of _Benedictines_ in priory 489 lane, with a sketch of that religious order. SECT. 2. Account of the convent of the _Carmelites_ or 493 White Friars, with a sketch of that order. SECT. 3. Account of the convent of the _Franciscans_, 498 Friars Minors, or Grey Friars, with a sketch of that order. SECT. 4. Account of the convent of the _Dominicans_ or 503 Black Friars, with a sketch of that order. SECT. 5. Account of the convent of the Augustinians, or 513 Austin Friars, with a sketch of that older. SECT. 6. Of the Friars de Penitentia, or brothers of 519 repentance, and their convent here—also the college of Priests, and the hospital and church of St. John. SECT. 7. Account of _St. Mary Magdalen’s Hospital_, Lazar 530 Houses, St. Lawrence’s Hospital &c. SECT. 8. Of the _Red Mount_ and our Lady’s chapel 554 there—also her chapel by the Bridge, and the chapels of St. Ann, St. Catherine, and St. Lawrence. SECT. 9. Account of _St. James’s Chapel_ (now the 564 Workhouse) from its first erection, in the 12th. century, to the present time; including an account of the _management of the in-door pensioners there_, as well as the out-door ones, and our present enormous _poor-rates_. CHAP. VII. _Brief_ Biographical _notices of the most remarkable and 585 distinguished personages who appeared among the inhabitants of Lynn in the intervening period between the Conquest and Reformation_. _Nicholas—Sawtre—Alan—Wallys—Baret—De Bittering—Wentworth—Petipas—Miller_. Postscript or supplement to the History of the Royal Touch