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      July 24th. Lord Lieutenants of Counties first appointed.

1462 to 1586.

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      Sacred Dramas and Mysteries performed in St. Nicholas’ Church.

1463.

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      John Pedle, labourer, of Yarmouth, executed for coining and uttering 18 groats, made of copper and lead, as good and lawful money of England.

1465.

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      Our Lady’s organ in St. Nicholas’ Church built; the old and new organs in 1485; great old organs in 1486; and Jesus’ organ in 1550.

1466.

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      John Paston died in the Fleet Prison, after the seizure of his estates.

1467.

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      Fourteen persons hanged at one time upon a gallows erected on the beach.

1469.

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      The Duke of Norfolk, at the head of 3,000 men, laid siege to Caister Castle, which was surrendered to his Grace. He died in 1475, and Caister Castle again reverted to the Paston family.

1475.

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      Yarmouth threatened by the French fleet. 200 armed men sent from Norwich.

      A whale came ashore south of Grubb’s Haven, which was cut to pieces and carried away in carts.

1488.

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      The Bailiffs feasted Sir John Paston, son of the late John Paston, on porpoise, then a royal fish.

1493.

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      May 16th. By charter of Henry VII., Burgesses were empowered to constitute Justices of the Peace.

1508.

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      The fourth Haven made; and the fifth Haven cut in the reign of Henry VIII., 1529.

1509.

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      House of Carmelites, or White Friars, destroyed by fire; founded in Edward I.’s time, 1278.

1511.

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      Southtown united with Gorleston.

1515.

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      Queen of France and her husband, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, entertained here three days.

1525.

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      Church of the Dominicans burnt down.

1528.

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      Great dearth of corn. The extravagant sale price then was 26s. 8d. per quarter. Several men were hanged for taking part in a riot arising from the same.

      Gorleston began to be built upon. (See 1511.)

      The first Yarmouth crane erected by Richard Bishop.

1529.

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      Duke of Suffolk suppressed a riot arising from the dearness of corn.

1535.

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      Nov. 1st. Tumult in St. Nicholas’ Church; twenty-four persons, with William Swarton, the chaplain, at their head, disturbed the congregation while the Rev. D. R. Cotton was preaching.

1538.

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      The high altar of St. Nicholas’ Church, remarkable for its richness and beauty, with the saints’ figures and pictures, broken and destroyed.

1541.

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