Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall March 1778

Contents

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

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall A Special Court at the request of Matthew Lane, Clerk, and Mary his wife
Date	March 6th 1778
Steward	Capel Bringloe, Gentleman
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	203 – 207

Homage

James Cooper

Henry Braisnett

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Rev. Matthew Lane1 & Mary his wife		December 6th 1763 under the will of John Amyas (deceased), Gentleman.	John Lane, their son		5½ acres of Copyhold land in 2 pieces: 1) 3 acres between John Godfrey North, Hawfield Lane South; Town Green East; 2) 2½ acres between lands late of Robert Reynolds North; Dean & Chapter of Canterbury South; Pye Lane West. 2
			Thomas Rowing produces a writ upon Disseizin En Lepost and brings pledges from John Doe & Richard Roe3 against John Lane; John Lane calls to warranty Matthew Lane & Mary his wife, and John Harman; Thomas Rowing asks Court to adjourn in order to “imparle”; John Harman (despite being summoned “three times with a loud voice”) did not return; Therefore Court judged in favour of Thomas Rowing; William Knights the bailiff is instructed to seize the lands;		5½ acres of Copyhold land in 2 pieces: 1) 3 acres between John Godfrey North, Hawfield Lane South; Town Green East; 2) 2½ acres between lands late of Robert Reynolds North; Dean & Chapter of Canterbury South; Pye Lane West.
Thomas Rowing			Land he has just recovered is surrendered to the Rev. Matthew Lane.

Footnotes

1. The Rev. Matthew Lane was rector of Barningham Winter (near Aldborough) & Scoulton at the time of this Court. ↩︎
2. A marginal note states that Robert Meadows was admitted to these lands at the Court held on April 5^th 1793. ↩︎
3. John Doe & Richard Roe were fictitious names used as place-holders where either the real names were not known or there was a need to protect the identities of the individuals concerned. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
11/6/24	Published ref IMG_20240605_111713