Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury August 1767

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Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: A General Court Baron
Date	August 21^st1767
Steward	Samuel Gilman, Gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page number in Court Roll	200 – 205 and CCA-U63/48967 – loose document

Homage

James Cooper

John Colman

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
John Amyas (deceased)	1st Proclamation: March 1^st 1764	March 10^th 1730 upon the surrender of Sarah Callender	Mrs. Anne Amyas, Spinster, Cousin of John Amyas, according to the will of John Amyas (deceased)		5 roods of Copyhold Land lying in three several pieces in Deopham, formerly of Robert Knights¹		15s
Anne Amyas			To the Steward to the use & behoof of her last will & testament		All and singular the messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments whatsoever
John Colman		October 24th 1757 upon the death of John Colman his father	Thomas Colman of Norwich, Ironmonger		4 acres in Burcroft Close in Wicklewood		£4 4s
Thomas Colman			To the Lady of the Manor to the use & behoof of his last will & testament
			Thomas Colman		Certain lands & tenements late John Colman’s before Edward Colman’s held as a Freehold tenant	2s
			Elizabeth Webb the wife of John Webb, daughter of the widow Gould	John Jolly	Certain lands & tenements late of the Widow Gould held as a Freehold tenant	1d
			Mary Mallett	John Jolly	Certain lands & tenements late of Stephen Greene held as a Freehold tenant	1d
			Rev. Matthew Lane	John Jolly	Certain lands & tenements late of John Amyas held as a Freehold tenant	9d
			Jeremiah Burroughes, Esquire	John Jolly	Certain lands & tenements late of Francis Wright held as a Freehold tenant	10d
			William Donne, Surgeon	John Jolly	Certain lands & tenements late of Catharine Amyas held as a Freehold tenant	1s 11d

Fines & Reliefs from Samuel Gilman’s Account

These are taken from the listing of Fines and Reliefs for the period 1742-1769.

Fine/Relief	Person	Value (£.s.d)
Fine	Anne Amyas	0:15:0
Fine	Thomas Coleman	4:4:0
Relief	Thomas Coleman	0:2:0
Relief	Elizabeth Webb	0:0:1
Relief	Mary Mallet	0:0:1
Relief	Matthew Lane, Clerk	0:0:9
Relief	Jeremiah Burroughs Esq^r	0:0:10
Relief	William Donne	0:1:11

The Will of John Amyas

The will is dated June 7^th 1762; the following quote from the will is included in the Court records:

Also I give and devise unto my Cousin Anne Amyas who now lives with me, All my Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments that are Copyhold or of Customary Tenure, Now in the use and occupation of Thomas Rowing & James Cooper or either of them, their, or either of their Undertenant or Undertenants, and to her Heirs and Assigns…

The full will is available here.

Footnotes

A marginal note indicates that these 5 roods were taken on by John Amyas at the Court held on November 19^th 1798. ↩︎

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Date	Change
15/1/25	Additional data from Court Book – 20250108_114838
27/12/24	Data from Court Roll, ref 20231011_123239
11/5/24	Published