SCULTHORPE, a parish in the hundred of GALLOW,
county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (N. W.) from Fakenham,
containing 466 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £16. Mrs. Jones
was patroness in 1811. The church, dedicated to All
Saints, was erected by Sir Robert Knollys, K. G., who,
from a common soldier, rose to rank and eminence as
a commander under Edward III., acquired an immense
fortune, and, for his good services in subduing
Wat Tyler's rebellion, received the freedom of the city
of London. He died at the manor-house here in the
92nd year of his age, and was buried in the church of
the Carmelites, Fleet-street, London.