COCKTHORPE, a parish in the northern division
of the hundred of GREENHOE, county of NORFOLK, 5§
miles (W. by S.) from Clay, containing 32 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, annexed, with the
vicarage of Little Langham, and the perpetual curacy
of Glandford, to the rectory of Blakeney, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's
books at £5. The church is dedicated to All Saints.
At this inconsiderable place, now comprising only three
or four houses, Admirals Sir Cloudesley Shovel, Sir
John Narborough, and Sir Christopher Mynnes, were
born.