Sengham

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes about 'Taterset' [Tattersett] : "In this town were two churches. Ralph de Pincheneia confirmed the gift of his father to the priory of Castleacre by deed, sans date, the church of St. Andrew, as is before observed,—and was confirmed by Eborard Bishop of Norwich. [...] The Church of Taterset, St. Andrew, was a rectory in the patronage of the prior and convent of Castleacre, in King Edward the First's time; the rector had a manse, and 12 acres of land, valued at 11 marks and an half, the prior of Castleacre, a portion of 20s. per ann." Both mentions of St. Andrew's, even though notes to as belonging to Tatterset, refer to the church in the hamlet of Sengham, and "Roger" is named as its first recorded rector "in Bishop Eborard's time, presented by Angewine, prior, and convent of Castleacre." [NB: "Eborard or Everard (1083?-1150), the second bishop of Norwich, whose whole career is involved in a mist of uncertainty" [source: Dictonary of National Biography [ref.: DN800]]. The last rector noted for this church in Blomefield (ibid.) is dated in the 18th century. The English Heritage project entry for Broomsthorpe Deserted Medieval Village [http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1013412] [accessed 6 August 2013] notes: "Broomsthorpe is a fine example of a lowland abandoned settlement containing a range of buildings and features. These include the foundations of a large building thought to be the church and possibly identifying the settlement as the lost village of Sengham. [...] It may be the lost village of Sengham whose church was abandoned after being given to Castle Acre Priory. In 1410 the village is recorded as having 12 tenants, however, by the middle of the 16th century it was all but abandoned [...] include the outlines of houses and yards, hollow-way tracks and, beneath a recent plantation, the well preserved foundations of a large building, thought to be the remains of a church. The site has never been excavated." This site gives the National Grid Reference: TF 85271 28754 for the site. The Henry III Fine Rolls Project [www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/book/addenda_and_corrigenda.html] [accessed 6 August 2013] notes: "‘Shingham’ should, in fact, be ‘Sengham’, a lost location in Norfolk". [NB: we have no information on the the font of the medieval church here].