The Barton Turf pages of Anthony Norris’s detailed histories of the eastern hundreds of Norfolk include notes about various past incumbents, including Thomas Cooke. The manuscript now resides in the Norfolk Record Office. The following extract comes from a transcript of these pages. The full transcript of the pages relating to Barton Turf can be viewed as a PDF document.
Thos Cok prst 3 Oct: 1503 — by Do.
He resigned some little time before his death and
by his Will made by the name of Thos Cok of Berton priest dated 16 Octob: 1519 and
provd 3 Novr following he directed to be buried in the Church there, in the Isle
before the Chancel Door, and gave to the repair of the Church 6s. 8d and legacies
to the Guilds of St Michl, St Thomas, of the Name of Jesus, and of our Lady there.
Willm Gilbert Vicar of Berton one of the Witnesses.