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 | | The Manor of Isleham was given at an early period by Roesia De Dunstanville to the Family of Bridport, which was possessed of it in the reign of Edward III. |
 | | The Manor of Isleham was held in ancient times under the Earl of Arundel by the singular service, that whenever the Earl, in going to the Wars, should pass Haringesmere, in this Parish, the Tenant should meet him, and present him with a gammon of bacon on the point of a lance. |
 | | At Little Isleham, a depopulated Hamlet in this Parish, was a Free Chapel, dedicated to St Nicholas, of which there are now no remains, in the South Aisle of the Parish Church, is a Memorial for Christopher Green, Warden or Master of this Chapel, the Advowson of which was vested in the Peyton Family. |
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