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the Wood; or, The Norfolk Gentleman's last Will and Testament,*" is said to be made. The origin of this tradition I do not find; the name is a plain corruption of Weyland, and is the very demesne of, and gives name to the hundred, as is plain from the sheriff's turn, which was always kept at a certain place in this wood. Here are the manors of Watton Hall, Curzons, and Rakeles.-Inclosing act, 1801.

Clermont lodge is the seat of lord Clermont.

"A Brief Account of the Moral and Political Acts of the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to 1688, with Reflections, tending to prove the Necessity of a Reform in Parliament," Lond. 1793, 8vo. RICHARD DINMORE, jun. the author of this volume, was the eldest son of Richard Dinmore now living in Norwich, and employed as collector of taxes. He was educated as a surgeon, and practised a short time at Watton, in Norfolk, from whence he emigrated to America, where he died.

Preserved in Percy's Relics of Poetry.

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