COXFORD, a hamlet in the parish of EAST-RUDHAM,
hundred of GALLOW, county of NORFOLK, 5
miles (W.) from Fakenham. The population is returned
with the parish. William Chene founded a priory at
Rudham, in the reign of Stephen, which was subsequently
removed to this place. Among other grants,
the prior obtained license, in the 11th of Henry III.,
to hold a fair annually on the festival of the Translation
of St. Thomas the Martyr; and in the 3rd and
15th of Edward I. a free market on Monday, and a fair
on the eve and day «f St. Matthew the Apostle, were
granted. The annual revenue, in 1428, amounted to
£222. 12. 8.; but at the dissolution it was only estimated
at £ 153. 7. 1. A small vessel, containing some
Roman coins, is stated to have been found among the
ruins in 1719.