FAKENHAM, (Norfolk) 18 cm. from Norwich, 88 cm. 110 mm. from London, was part of the jointure of K. Henry III's Q.
Eleanor, as also of K. Edward II's Q. Isabel. K. Henry VIII. settled it on Trinity Coll. Cambridge. Here were anciently
salt-pits, tho' 6 m. from the sea. On a neighbouring hill is kept the sheriff's term and court for the whole Co. Here is a
Mt. on T. and a cattle Mt. on Th, and Fairs on Ash-W. and Nov. 11. Several coins of K. Hen. VI. and VII. were found here
in 1741.