Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury November 1802

Contents

  1. Heading
  2. The Court Baron
    1. Homage
  3. Property
  4. The Court Leet
    1. Capital Pledges
    2. Offices
  5. Footnotes
  6. Navigation

Heading

TitleDeopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury:
The General Court, with the Leet
DateNovember 11th 1802
StewardSamuel Heyhoe Le Neve Gilman, Deputy Steward of Samuel Gilman Chief Steward
LocationThe house of Archibald Rowing belonging to the Lord of this Manor
Page numbers in Court Roll15 – 21

The Court Baron

Homage

John Jolly
Robert Clarke

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
William NeveIsaac EastonCertain Lands & Tenements held in free & common socage, formerly of Thomas Parke17½d
Stephen TaylorHimselfCertain Lands & Tenements held in free & common socage, formerly of Buck and Matthews24s 8d
John Bousell (deceased)1st: November 19th 1801December 21st 1797 on the surrender of John Jackson1) Thomas Kett,
2) Thomas Back the younger of Norwich and
3) William Hart of Hardingham, Farmer
Inherited in trust according to the will of John Bousell (deceased)
Stephen Taylor1 acre & 2 roods in Deopham Church Field in Stonehill Furlong:
Manor lands to West & South; Drag Way, East.
Bought from Thomas Kett; charged with an annuity of £125 to Dorothy Gobbet
£2 15s
Henry Brasnett (deceased)November 19th 1801April 8th 1783 upon surrender of Robert BrasnettRowing Brasnett (son of Henry Brasnett)1) Three roods: land of late Francis Long, North;
land of this Manor previously occupied by the late George Hynd, now occupied by Thomas Fyson, South;
a Way leading to Byleham Falgate & Bulls Wood, East;
2) Half an acre between land late of Francis Long, North, South & West;
3) Two acres called Cuffes in the West Field of Deopham between
Robert Draper, North;
John Knights, South;
Tylles Croft, East.3
£6 10s
Rowing BrasnettHimselfCertain Lands & Tenements held in free & common socage, late Brasnett’s formerly Carver’s3s 10d
Rowing BrasnettHimselfCertain Lands & Tenements held in free & common socage, late Brasnett’s formerly Carver’s2s 10d
Edmund BadcockHimselfCertain Lands & Tenements held in free & common socage, formerly previously Squires’s and before that Burroughes’s10d
Henry NortonHimselfCertain Lands & Tenements held in free & common socage.2d

The Court Leet

Capital Pledges

John Jolly
Robert Clarke
Edmund Badcock
Samuel Pettingall
Ezekiel Lock
William Wright
Robert Knights
Richard Jolly
Stephen Taylor
John Reeve
Rowing Brasnett
Taylor Phenix

Offices

OfficeName
ConstableArchibald Rowing
PindarArchibald Bale

Footnotes

  1. It has been noted in the margin that John Phenix acknowledged responsibility for this land at the Court of January 15th 1813. ↩︎
  2. It has been noted in the margin that Mary & Sarah Burlingham acknowledged responsibility for this land at the Court of November 24th 1808 ↩︎
  3. t has been noted in the margin that Rowing Brasnett was re-admitted to this land at the Court of April 7th 1814 (post completion of the Inclosure process). ↩︎
DateChange
21/1/25Revised against Court Book – 20250108_122823
30/3/24Published (ref IMG_20231012_140700)