Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall April 1814

Contents

  1. Comments
  2. Heading
  3. Homage
  4. Property
  5. Identification of Pieces on the 1814 Inclosures Map
    1. Piece no 1
    2. Piece no 2
    3. Piece no 4
    4. Piece No 7
    5. Piece no 26
    6. Piece no 28
    7. Piece no 29
    8. Piece no 33
    9. Piece No 36
    10. Piece no 40
    11. Piece no 46
    12. Piece no 49
    13. Piece no 54
    14. Piece no 62
    15. Piece no 74
    16. Piece no 81
    17. Piece no 88
    18. Piece no 96
    19. Piece no 100
    20. Piece no 142
    21. Piece no 146a
    22. Piece no 167
    23. Piece no 171
    24. Piece no 177
    25. Piece no 180
  6. Footnotes
  7. Navigation

Comments

  • This was a huge Court, applying all the declarations of the Inclosures Commission relevant to the Manor of Deopham Hall’s Copyhold lands. Only the first (Joseph Say’s surrender of assets) and the final transaction (the payment of rent by Elizabeth Phenix) can be considered routine business.
  • No fines were imposed; rents in every case were to be “subject to the same Charges and by and under the same ancient Rents, Customs and Services as the said Copyhold Premises were held”.
  • Generally plots before the inclosure process had been measured “by estimation”; as a result there are slight variations between the existing copyhold dimensions and those of the Inclosures Commission.
  • All of the Manor of Deopham Hall copyhold pieces identified by the Inclosure Commission were transacted at this court.
  • The Manor of Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury held a similar Court on the same day to review all of their Copyhold lands. The Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells held theirs on August 18th 1814.

Heading

TitleThe Manor of Deopham Hall
A General Court of the Right Honorable John Lord Wodehouse Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley
DateApril 7th 1814
StewardSamuel Heyhoe Le Neve Gilman, Gentleman, Steward
Location“In and for the said Manor”
Page numbers in Court Roll91 – 131

Homage

Rowing Brasnett
Robert Knights
John Dobbs

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
Joseph SayFebruary 2nd 1814:
Into the hands of the Lord of the Manor to such uses as in his last Will & Testament.		All and every the Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever
November 28th 1804 as the eldest son and heir of John Amyas deceasedBevil Amyas of Lowestoft, GentlemanDaniel Alexander the YoungerBefore Inclosure:
1) A piece of land with a barn thereupon built;
2) 1 acre & 3 roods in Nethercroft;
3) 1 acre;
4) 1 rood;
5) 1½ acres in Morley in 3 small pieces;
6) 1 acre of land;
7) 3 roods in a field at Stone Hill;
8) ½ acre in Westfield;
9) 3 roods in Church Field;
10) 2½ acres with a messuage or tenement called Newman’s and a Croft;
Inclosure Commision award:
1) 13 acres 1 rood & 2 perches with a messuage & barn standing thereon – piece no 7 on the 1814 map;
2) 1 acre & 2 roods – piece No 36 on the 1814 Map.		None
October 26th 1810
as eldest son & heir of his father, Archibald Bale		Archibald Bale of Deopham, YeomanHimselfBefore Inclosure:
One tenement called Cookes in Tun Green Street, and
1 acre & 2 roods of pasture;
Inclosure Commision award:
3 acres 2 roods & 2 perches – piece no 96 on the 1814 map1.		None
October 26th 1810 under the will of John JollyRowing Brasnett of Deopham, FarmerHimselfBefore Inclosure:
4 acres called Breaky Close;
Inclosure Commission award:
1) 10 acres 35 perches – piece no 74 on the 1814 map;
2) 5 acres 3 roods & 35 perches – piece no 46 on the 1814 map2.		None
May 3rd 1803Rowing Brasnett as Trustee according to his father’s WillHimselfBefore Inclosure:
1) 1½ acres at a place called Palloway;
2) 2 acres called Small Close;
Inclosure Commission award:
1) 3 acres 1 rood & 16 perches – piece no 81 on the 1814 map;
2) 1 acre 1 rood & 37 perches – piece no 40 on the 1814 map.3		None
December 7th 1803 under the will of Robert Clarke his fatherJames Clarke as Trustee Richard JollyBefore Inclosure:
1) 6½ acres in 2 pieces in Deopham;
2) 3½ acres in 2 pieces in Deopham;
3) ½ acre;
Inclosure Commission award:
15 acres 1 rood & 11 perches – piece no 146a on the 1814 map4.		None
November 28th 1804
upon surrender of John Buckle & Mary his wife		John DobbsBefore Inclosure:
1) 1 tenement built & 6 acres of land in divers pieces in Deopham;
2) 1½ acres in 2 pieces in Deopham;
Inclosure Commission award:
10 acres & 8 perches with a messuage & other buildings standing thereon – piece no 171 on the 1814 map.5		None
1) February 13th 1798
upon surrender of John Steward
and
2) January 4th 1809
upon surrender of John Steward		Isaac Easton of Deopham, YeomanHimselfBefore Inclosure:
1) 1 acre + ½ acre + 3 roods
2) 3½ acres + 1½ acres
Inclosure Commission award:
9 acres 3 roods & 4 perches – piece no 26 on the 1814 map6.		None
January 20th 1801
(in the name of Mary Dowe, Spinster) under the Will of John Boddenham otherwise Bodney		Mary Eldred, wife of Henry EldredDaniel Alexander the YoungerBefore Inclosure:
1 acre
Inclosure Commission award:
1 acre 1 rood & 2 perches – piece no 54 on the 1814 map7.		None
December 13th 1804
having purchased from the executors of Elizabeth Green, Widow		Robert Herring of Bracondale, EsquireDaniel SmithBefore Inclosure:
1) A tenement containing 3 roods called Watts’;
2) A Pightle of 3 roods adjoining the tenement;
3) 1 acre of land called Dunnings Acre;
4) ½ acre called Shrubs Half Acre;
5) 10 acres in 4 pieces in West Field;
6) A piece of land with house, called the Back House, with small stable.
Inclosure Commission award:
1) 2 acres 2 roods & 33 perches with a messuage & other buildings – piece no 1 on the 1814 map;
2) 23 acres & 21 perches – piece no 177 on the 1814 map.		None
July 29th 1762 under the will of Richard Jolly, grandfatherRichard JollyHimselfBefore Inclosure:
A messuage called the Guildhouse containing 2 acres;
Inclosure Commission award:
1) 2 acres 2 roods & 10 perches – piece no 4 on the 1814 map8;
2) 2 roods & 17 perches with 2 cottages – piece no 33 on the 1814 map9.		None
May 3rd 1803Thomas Kett & Thomas Back trustees under the Will of John Bousell (deceased)Daniel Alexander the YoungerBefore Inclosure:
1) 3 roods in field against Palloway;
2) 1 acre of land in the Field against Palloway;
3) 2 acres in the aforesaid field;
Inclosure Commission award:
4 acres 1 rood & 20 perches – piece no 62 on the 1814 map10.		None
December 29th 1796 upon surrender by Edward ClarkeRobert KnightsHimselfBefore Inclosure:
1) ½ acre of land in West Field;
2) 1 rood of land in West Field;
Inclosure Commission award:
3 roods & 30 perches – piece no 142 on the 1814 map.		None
April 2nd 1800 as eldest surviving son of William Lane (deceased)John LaneDaniel Alexander the YoungerBefore Inclosure:
A piece of land lying in or next the Common Pasture called Low Common near the Water Mill late of Richard Raven next the Watercourses there South & West containing in length 60 feet & breadth 60 feet.
Inclosure Commission award:
2 roods & 30 perches – piece no 2 on the 1814 map		None
December 10th 1807
following:
1) purchase from executors of Jonathan Dey;
2) Surrender by Samuel Pettingall & Sophia his wife.		George Browne Leake as trustee of
John Browne Esq		Daniel Alexander the YoungerBefore Inclosure:
1) 5 acres & 1 rood with a house in West Field;
2)1 acre in West Field.
Inclosure Commission award:
1) 7 acres 2 roods & 33 perches with a messuage & buildings – piece no 180 on the 1814 map11;
2) 6 acres 2 roods & 24 perches – piece no 100 on the 1814 map.		None
March 23rd 1797 following surrender by Thomas Grigson Payne EsquireWilliam Lock of Reymerstone, FarmerHimselfBefore Inclosure:
1) 2 roods in West Field;
2) 2½ acres;
3) 2 roods in Haugh Field;
4) ½ acre in West Field;
5) Another ½ acre in West Field;
6) 1 acre in West Field;
7) 1 rood in Haw Field;
8) 3 acres 3 roods & 3 perches with Messuage;
9) ¾ rood “of land in Deopham”;
10) ½ acre “of land in Deopham”;
Inclosure Commission award:
12 acres 1 rood & 4 perches with a messuage & other buildings – piece no 167 on the 1814 map12.		None
January 20th 1801
1) upon surrender by Isaac Easton & Mary his wife;
2) Surrender by John Steward.		Taylor Phenix of Deopham, ThatcherHimselfBefore Inclosure:
1) 2 acres with a tenement called Berry’s;
2) 2 acres in a Pightle between land of Edward Cock West & Robert Cock East;
Inclosure Commission award:
1) 3 roods & 32 perches – piece no 28 on the 1814 map;
2) 6 acres & 10 perches with a messuage & other buildings – piece no 29 on the 1814 map.		None
March 23rd 1797 upon surrender of John RuddJohn Reeve of Deopham, YeomanHimselfBefore Inclosure:
1) 2 acres;
2) 1 acre & 1 rood;
3) ½ acre;
4) 1 rood;
5) Another 1 rood;
Inclosure Commission award:
6 acres 2 roods & 33 perches – piece no 49 on the 1814 map.		None
January 20th 1801 under the Will of James GarthonJoseph SayDaniel Alexander the YoungerBefore Inclosure:
2 acres of land (“as more particularly described in the Rolls of the Court”);
Inclosure Commission award:
2 acres 1 rood & 35 perches – piece no 88 on the 1814 map13.		None
Elizabeth Phenix, widow of Bartholomew PhenixDaniel Alexander the YoungerCertain lands and tenements late of Robert Childerhouse142s 3d

Identification of Pieces on the 1814 Inclosures Map

These are listed in numerical order.

Piece no 1

Now (2024) Shaw’s Farm.

Piece no 2

Piece no 4

Piece No 7

Piece no 26

Piece no 28

Piece no 29

Piece no 33

Now (2024) site of Springfield and Nextdoor.

Piece No 36

Piece no 40

Piece no 46

Piece no 49

Piece no 54

Piece no 62

Piece no 74

Piece no 81

Piece no 88

Piece no 96

Piece no 100

Piece no 142

Piece no 146a

Piece no 167

Piece no 171

Piece no 177

Piece no 180

All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original from which the above maps have been extracted; their ref is NRO C/Sca 2/86

Footnotes

  1. A marginal note states that Archibald Bale was admitted to piece no 96 at the Court on April 16th 1839. ↩︎
  2. A marginal note records that piece no 46 passed to Sarah Brasnett at the Court of September 13th 1843. ↩︎
  3. A marginal note states that Taylor Phoenix was admitted to piece no 40 at the Court on October 22nd 1839. ↩︎
  4. A marginal note records that piece no 146a was enfranchised by a Deed dated October 3rd 1862 ↩︎
  5. A marginal note indicates that Andrew Lane was admitted to piece 171, 10 acres & 8 perches, at the Court of November 24th 1825. ↩︎
  6. A marginal note records that piece no 26 passed to Robert Easton at the Court of September 13th 1843. ↩︎
  7. A marginal note records that piece no 54 passed to Ellen Bushell Vothers at the Court of November 23rd 1820. ↩︎
  8. A marginal note records that piece no 4 passed to William Jolly at the Court of October 28th 1823. ↩︎
  9. A marginal note records that piece no 33 with 2 cottages passed to John Mann at the Court of October 28th 1823.  ↩︎
  10. A marginal note records that piece no 62 passed to Robert Rix at the Court of November 18th 1817. ↩︎
  11. A marginal note shows that the Rev. George Turner was admitted to this piece at the Court held on February 8th 1858. ↩︎
  12. A marginal note records that piece no 167 was passed to Ezekiel Lock at the Court held on July 19th 1837. ↩︎
  13. A marginal note records that piece no 88 was passed to Martha Say at the Court held on November 7th 1815. ↩︎
  14. A marginal note indicates that at the Court of November 24th 1825 John Dobbs took on this piece of land. ↩︎
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DateChange
20/5/24Published