CAWSTON, a parish in the southern division of the
hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles
(E. by N.) from Reepham, containing 929 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Norwich,rated in the king's books at £15.13. ll^.,
and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to
St. Agnes, is principally in the later style of English
architecture. This manor is held in free socage of the
King, as Duke of Lancaster, in token of which two
maces are carried before the lord, or his steward, one
bearing a brazen hand surmounted by a ploughshare,
and the other a bearded arrow. Fairs are held on
February 1st, and the last Wednesdays in April and
August, that in August being a large sheep fair.