LOPHAM, NORTH and SOUTH, (Norfolk) or LOPHAM, GREAT and LITTLE, on the b. of Suffolk, W. of Disse, are two distinct ps. but one manor. The Ch. of South or Little-Lopham was given by one of the Bygots its ancient Lds. in the R. of Hen. I. to the monks of Thetford, who soon after surrendered it to the Ld. of the manor, who added it with the appurtenances to the other Ch. This manor was forfeited to the crown, in the R. of Hen. II. but was restored to the family by Rich. I. one of whom settled it on K. Edw. I. but Edw. II. gave it to his brother, Thomas de Brotherton, E, of Norfolk, and marshal of England. It went by marriage of his daughter to John Ld. Segrave, and upon her death to her grandson, Thomas Mowbray D. of Norfolk; and it is now the estate of the present D. of Norfolk. Here is a park, which in 1641 was farmed at 390 l. a year. South- Lopham is assessed to the K's.-tax at 785 l. a year, and North-Lopham at 772 l. 10 s. The houses in both are about 150, and the inh. 930.