Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall November 1804

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Announcement

The following announcement was placed in the Norfolk Chronicle for November 10^th 1804:

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Title	Deopham Hall The General Court (with the Leet) of the Right Honorable John Lord Wodehouse Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley
Date	November 28^th 1804
Steward	Samuel Heyhoe Le Neve Gilman
Location	“In and for the said Manor”
Page numbers in Court Roll	42-51

The Court Baron

Homage

John Jolly

Jonathan Dey

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
John Buckle of Norwich, Esquire and Mary his wife		April 16^th 1794 upon the death of Elisha de Hague	November 24^th 1804: John Dobbs of Swaffham, Farmer		1) One tenement built and 6 acres of Copyhold Land: 2.1) 1 acre called Dunnings in the West Field 2.2) ½ acre called Grubbes also in the West Field		£17
John Dobbs			Lord of the Manor to such use as declared in John Dobbs’s last Will and Testament		All and every of his Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever
John Dobbs and Anne his wife			October 11^th 1803: Elisha Dehague confirmed mortgage for £1200 @ 5% interest p.a. which had previously been granted to John Buckle		All & every the Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever
			John Dobbs	Himself	Certain Lands & Tenements late John Buckle’s sometime Cann’s heretofore Hatches’s formerly Nichols’s	4s
			John Dobbs	Himself	Certain Lands & Tenements late of John Buckle’s sometime Cann’s formerly Pooley’s	3d
			John Dobbs	Himself	Certain Lands & Tenements late of John Buckle’s formerly Stephenson’s	6d
John Amyas (deceased)	1st: December 27th 1803	February 13^th 1798 Following the death of Anne Amyas	Bevil Amyas eldest son and heir of John Amyas (deceased)	Samuel Gilman	1) One piece of Land with a barn thereon built; 2) 1 acre & 3 roods in a Croft called Nethercroft where a house late had been; 3) 1 acre of land 4) 1 rood between Edward Burman West; Church of the Cathedral of Canterbury East; Upon a Way leading from Tungreen to the Church of Deopham to North. 5) 1½ of land in Morley in 3 pieces 6) 1 acre of Land between divers men West; Lands of this Manor, in tenure of John Cooper, East; Common Way South. 7) 3 roods in a Field at Stone Hill called Church Field between lands of the Dean & Chapter North; lands of Robert Underwood South; Land of this Manor East; Common Way West. 8) ½ acre in Westfield between Land of George Brooke West, Rev. Thomas Amyas East; 9) 3 roods in Church Field between Lands of Thomas [Rev. Thomas Amyas?] East & West; Highway South 10) 2½ acres with Messuage or Tenement called Newmans with a Croft adjoining, situate in Nether Row Street	5s + 1s 6d + 1s 6d + 1s 10d
			Bevil Amyas		Total of above: 10 acres¹	5s + 1s 6d + 1s 6d + 1s 10d
			George Elsy		Certain lands and tenements late Samuel Smith’s	10d
			John Francis		Certain lands and tenements late George Elsy’s before Smith’s	10d
Elizabeth Green (deceased)	3rd Proclamation		Precepts awarded to the Bailiff that he should seize the said Lands & Tenements into the hands of the Lord of the Manor
			John Browne of Tacolnstone Esquire		Lands & Tenements formerly Sedley’s and afterwards Robinson’s	7½d

Defaulters

All such Tenants as have this Day made Default in their Suit and Service are severally amerced Nine Pence.

The Court Leet

Jurors

Stephen Taylor
John Jolly
Jonathan Dey
Rowing Brasnett
Robert Knights
Robert Clarke

John Reeve
John Francis
Taylor Fenix
William Wright
Richard Jolly
John Dobbs

Officers

Office	Name
Constable	Garrett Oddin Taylor
Pindar	Daniel Knights

Defaulters

Status	Amercement
Headboroughs	6d
Handboroughs	3d

Footnotes

A marginal note indicates that Bevil Amyas was admitted to other Premises in lieu of these under the Commission Award of April 7th 1814. ↩︎

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Date	Change
20/5/24	Court details
11/4/24	Published (announcement only)