Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7695 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of St Mary's Church, Little Hautbois |
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Summary
The site of a medieval hospital and church, founded in the 13th century as a travellers' hospital. By 1535 it was reduced to just a chapel. This was abandoned in the second half of the 16th century when the village became deserted. The remaining foundations were noted in 1907, but nothing is to be seen today. Metal detecting before 1980 recovered a Saxon strap end, medieval buckles and a Papal bulla. Post medieval metal objects were also found.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Site of medieval church.
Founded early in 13th century as a traveller's hospital; by 1535 only a chapel. Foundations seen 1907.
No trace in pasture field.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 January 1978.
Pre 1980. Metal detecting on church site under pasture.
Late Saxon strapend, bronze openwork, lower portion. See drawing (S1).
Medieval buckles, papal bulla, vessel fragments.
Post medieval metalwork.
For full details and drawing see list in file.
S. Margeson (NCM), 12 May 1980.
Hospital founded 1235 and alternatively said to have been on site of Great Hautbois castle, see NHER 7679.
E. Rose (NAU).
Founded at the head of the 'causey' in this parish.
It was licensed to have a chapel in 1257.
The survey of 1535 enters this house as the Chantry of the Blessed Mary de Atto Bosco, in Gt.Hautbois. By that date the hospital had apparently been reduced to a mere chapel.
Ordnance Survey Records.
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 21 June 1990.
Appropriate section from reference (S3) in file.
September-October 2008. Metal Detecting.
2 Medieval coins, 1 post-medieval jetton, medieval, medival/post- medieval & post- medieval metal objects.
See lists in file
A Rogerson (NLA) 6 November 2008
Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOSPITAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BROOCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1905. Hundred of South Erpingham. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XIV. pp 227-231. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 SE 1. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Buxton-with-Lammas. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy openwork strap end from Buxton with Lammas. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Page, W. (ed.). 1906. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 2. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 175; p 54. |
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