Mells Parish

Mells or Mealla

Ebraud de Melnes gave "to God, and his church of St. Mary, at Thetford, "two parts of the tithes of his demesne, in tin's hamlet, and Besthorp, in Norfolk; for which the Prior of the said church was taxed at fifteen shillings.

The lordship was formerly vested in the College of Secular Canons, at Mettingham, in this county; and at the dissolution was granted to Sir Anthony Denny, Knt. In 1541, Thomas Denny, Esq., was owner thereof. It is a hamlet of Wenhaston. The church is in ruins.

County of Suffolk

Topographical and Genealogical, The County of Suffolk, 1844, Augustine Page

British Isles Genealogy

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