Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall April 1724

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Extract from the will of Stephen Amyas
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall: A Special Court at the request of Mary Amyas1, widow
Date	April 21st 1724
Steward	John Amyas, gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Homage

Sworn

John Cooper Iffany Andrews John Stacey

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Stephen Amyas (deceased)	1st Proclamation: December 7th 1721* 2nd Proclamation: December 13th 1722* 3rd Proclamation: November 13th 1723*	October 25th 1688 on the surrender of George Amyas	Ann Amyas, widow & relict of Stephen Amyas		5½ acres in Deopham in 2 pieces: 1) 3 acres between John Godfrey, North, Hawfield Lane, South, abutts Town Green, East 2) 2½ acres between land now or lately of Robert Reynolds, North, Land of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury, South, abutts Pye Lane, West.		£4 10s
Ann Amyas, widow			Edward Stone of Deopham, Butcher		5½ acres in Deopham in 2 pieces: 1) 3 acres between John Godfrey, North, Hawfield Lane, South, abutts Town Green, East 2) 2½ acres between land now or lately of Robert Reynolds, North, Land of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury, South, abutts Pye Lane, West.		£3
Edward Stone			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament

Extract from the will of Stephen Amyas

The following extract from the will of Stephen Amyas dated March 11^th 1691 has been included in the Court Roll, in English:

I give unto Ann my most dear and Loving wife, all my premises, Lands, Temements, Goods and Chattles as well real as personall, To hold to her the said Ann and to her heirs, Executors & Administrators paying

Footnotes

^* Although these three declarations are listed in the record of this Court, none of the declarations appear in the corresponding Court records.

1. Although recorded that this Court was held at the request of MAry Amyas, she does not feature at all in the proceedings. It is Ann Amyas who is the key individual. ↩︎

Navigation

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