Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall November 1777

1. Heading
2. Homage
3. Property
4. Defaulters
5. The Court Leet
   1. The Leet Jurors
   2. Offices
   3. Defaulters
6. Leet Bill
7. Footnotes
8. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall The First General Court Baron of Sir John Wodehouse, Baronet, Lord of the said Manor, with [?] of Tenants and with the Leet
Date	November 6th 1777
Steward	Capel Bringloe, Gentleman
Location	Not recorded
Page numbers in Court Roll	199 – 202 + loose papers

Homage

John Jolly Jonathan Dey Richard Jolly Junior James Cooper Henry Braisnett

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Daniel Ganning of Norwich, Gentleman			April 6th 1776: surrendered to the Lord of the Manor to such uses as defined in his last will & testament.		All and singular the Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever.
Daniel Ganning of Norwich, Gentleman		January 15th 1776	December 28th 1776: John Wright of Deopham, Farmer		1 rood by estimation in Hawfield, Deopham between Lands late of Sampson Houchin, East; Edward Payne, West; a Way to the North.	1d
James Gadge of North Pickenham, Gentleman, & Rose his wife – conditional surrender			May 9th 1777: Mortgaged to James Poole of Norwich, Esquire for £200 + interest at 4%		All and every the Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever.
Daniel Ganning of Norwich, Gentleman		Daniel Ganning acquired at the Court on January 15th 1776	John Wright		1 rood in Hawfield between Sampson Houchin, East; Edward Payne, West; a way North;1
John Wright			The Lord of the Manor, to the use & behoof of his last will & testament
			Mary Stephenson	John Wright	Lands late Hatches’s formerly Nicholas’s	4s
			Mary Stephenson	John Wright	Lands late Hatchs’s formerly Pooley’s	3d
			Mary Stephenson	John Wright	Lands late Hatchs’s formerly Pooleys	6d
… Buckle, Widow Abigail Hatch … Cocksedge Benjamin Parsons Elizabeth Mary & Sarah Smythe Henry Gore Elizabeth Webb, Widow	1st Proclamation2

Defaulters

All such Tenants as have this day made default of their Suit and Service amerced one shilling a piece.

The Court Leet

The Leet Jurors

Offices

Office	Name
Constable	John Lane

Defaulters

Status	Amercement3
Headboroughs4	6d a piece
Handboroughs5	3d a piece

Leet Bill

(A list of all tenants over the age of sixteen.)

James Cooper	Sw	William Knights	Sw
John Chase	Sw	John Wright	Sw
Thomas Rowing		John Curl	Sw
Benjamin Piggott		Richard Jolly
John Lane	Sw	Henry Norton	Sw
Richard Jolly, Junior	Sw	Philip Smith
James Chapman		William Lock	Sw
John Staff		Stephen Pully
John Hipkin		James Clarke
Robert Hipkin		John Jolly	Sw
William Eke	Sw	Richard Goldspink	Sw
William Harper		Henry Braisnett [Brasnett?]	Sw

Footnotes

1. A marginal note indicates that Robert Wright was admitted to this piece at the Court held on March 2^nd 1795 ↩︎
2. Although in the contemporaneous notes, these proclamations are not included in the bound Court Roll. ↩︎
3. The amercement was the fine payable for failing to appear at the Court. ↩︎
4. The Headborough was responsible for policing a group of tenants (known as a tithing, made up of ten households)  ↩︎
5. The Handborough was the head of the household, responsible to the headborough for the good behaviour of his family, children, dependents and servants.  ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
11/6/24 & 30/4/24	Published ref IMG_20240605_111216