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Chamberlain, the brother of the deceased, when, by the king's licence, the crime and the punishment were compromised in the following way: Herbert was to travel to Jerusalem, there to serve God for the soul of Drugo who was slain, during the space of seven years, including the time of his going and returning. If he returned to England before that time, he was to be punished as a convict, and Thomas de Ingaldesthorp, supposed to have been accessary, was to find a monk of Norwich, or Binham, or a canon of Thetford, Cokesford, or Walsingham, to pray for the soul of Drugo, and to pay to Drugo's parents the sum of twenty marks.

Ingaldesthorp was also the residence of the family of Sir Thomas de Walkefare, who signalized himself at the battle of Poictiers. In the 31st of Edward III. he had from that monarch a safe conduct for his prisoner, Sir Tristram de Mugalies, for Broinard, Gerrard de Brois, and Megerdos, the shield-bearers or esquires of the said Sir Tristram, and for his three valets, to go on horseback or on foot to France to procure his ransom.

SHERNBOURN lies to the left of Ingaldesthorp. Several of our historians with Sir Henry Spelman relate, that one Thorpe was lord of this town when Felix the bishop of the East Angles came into this part of the diocese to convert it to christianity, and that being one of the bishop's converts, he built the church here dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. This is said to have been the second in the kingdom of the East Angles, the first being founded sometime before at Babingley, under the patronage of the same bishop.

The present church is an antique pile, dedicated to St. Peter it has a nave covered with lead, never had any tower, and the chancel has been long in ruins.

DERSINGHAM lies two miles from Ingaldesthorp,

between us and our road: the church here is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and is a very large pile of building, composed of boulder, flint, &c. as many of the churches in Norfolk are. The nave and two aisles are covered with lead, and at the west end of the former is a strong square tower with five bells, upon that a lantern with another bell and a little shaft. At the south-east part of the church-yard there was formerly a chapel, but this has been long in ruins.

Sanderingham Hall and park lie on the left, near Rising Lodge, the seat of Col. Howard; passing which we arrive at

CASTLE RISING. This burgh or borough, Spelman observes, is of such high antiquity that the royal records furnish no account of it. The sea is stated to have formerly flowed up to the town, which was probably a port. Mr. King, in his Munimenta Antiqua, supposes it was one of Alfred's great castles. Arches are yet remaining characteristic of the style of building used in the time of the Saxon monarchs. A castle, however, it is certain, was erected in this place by William de Albini, the first Earl of Sussex, sometime prior to the year 1176, on a hill to the south of the town. It was a noble pile, built in the manner of Norwich castle, and was nearly equal to that in its dimensions. The walls of the keep are mostly three yards thick, and the whole is encompassed by a deep ditch and bold rampart, on which was a strong wall with three towers. These the possessors of Hunstanton, Reydon, and the two Woottons, were bound by their tenures constantly to defend. The only entrance on the east side was over a bridge, at the inner extremity of which was a fortified gatehouse. One room, where the court leet used to be held, is more perfect than the other parts.

This castle differs considerably from the generality of fortifications. The square keep, instead of being on

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