Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall February 1743/4

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
3. Property
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall The General Court
Date	February 28th 1743/4
Steward	John Amyas, Gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	79 – 83

Homage

Richard Jolly

John Dey

John Cooper

James Cooper

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
James Cooper – conditional surrender			October 20th 1742: Out of Court: 1) Sarah the wife of Matthew Austin of Hingham, Carpenter, 2) Jane the wife of Daniel Honoree of Norwich, Stocking Weaver, 3) William Cooper of Hingham, Butcher together advanced a mortgage of £105
			October 25th 1743: The above confirmed that their loan + interest had been repaid in full by James Cooper.
Roger Cooper & Mary his wife		January 11th 1732: Mary the wife of Roger Cooper acquired these premises on the death of her father John Knights.	At Court of October 19th 1742 it had been recorded that on January 27th 1741 Roger Cooper & Mary his wife surrendered their premises to the Lord of the Manor. Robert Osborn presented a document dated June 12th 1743 recording that Roger Cooper and Mary his wife surrendered these premises to Robert Osborn for the consideration stated therein.	Himself	1) One tenement built & 6 acres of Copyhold land with the appurtenances in divers pieces in Deopham; 2) 1½ acres of Copyhold land in 2 pieces in Deopham: 2.1) 1 acre called Dunnings in the West Field of Deopham; 2.2) ½ acre called Grubbes half acre in the same field		£15
Robert Osborn			To the Lord of the Manor for the use & behoof of his last will & testament.
John Brown (deceased) Elizabeth Brown (deceased)		December 30th 1716: Elizabeth, wife of John Brown, acquired as daughter of John Pooley (deceased) her father. October 19th 1742: John Brown acquired following the death of Elizabeth his wife.	John Payne	Himself	1) 2½ acres of Copyhold land formerly Hydyman’s in the West Field abutting Narrowgate Lane South, late in copyhold tenure of Thomas Smyth; 2) 2 roods of Copyhold land in 2 pieces in Haugh Field: 2.1) inclosed with lands late in tenure of John Walter; 2.2)		£3
John Payne			To the Lord of the Manor for the use & behoof of his last will & testament.
			Agreement to apportion the rent of 12s due from lands late of Miles Branthwayt1 as follows: James Cooper: 11s & Thomas Stevenson: 1s			11s 1s
October 24th 1743 out of Court conditional surrender by James Cooper			October 24th 1743: George Godfrey of Attleburgh, Grocer & Robert Horkley of Lyngton in Cambridgeshire, Draper, executors of the will of Thomas Horkley (deceased) of New Market in Suffolk, Draper, advanced a mortgage of £100 + interest at 4½% p.a.		All & every his messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments.

Footnotes

1. The transfer of Miles Branthwayt’s assets to James Cooper took place in the court of October 19th 1742; Thomas Stevenson acquired an acre in Deopham Field from Miles Branthwayt at the Court of February 20^th 1738. ↩︎

Navigation

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