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| Title | The Manor of Deopham Hall: A Special Court of the Right Honorable John Lord Wodehouse, Baron Wodehouse of Kimberly, Lord of the Manor |
| Date | May 20th 1829 |
| Steward | Samuel Heyhoe Le Neve, Gentleman, Steward |
| Location | In & for the said Manor |
| Page numbers in Court Roll | 191 – 200 |
Homage
| Archibald Bale |
| William Jolly |
Property
| Person surrendering property | Proclamations | Date of the Copyhold | Beneficiary | Attorney | Identification of property | Rent | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19th 1829: Robert Herring of Lakenham in Norwich surrendered out of Court in consideration of £740 paid by Daniel Smith, Farmer, of Deopham to Benjamin Leeder of Swanton Morley, Farmer, & Sarah his wife. This surrender corresponded to a bargain and sale between the 9 parties listed below. | Robert Herring was admitted at Court of November 1st 1816 | Daniel Smith of Deopham, Farmer | 1) Piece no 1 on the Deopham 1814 Inclosures Map containing 2 acres, 2 roods & 33 perches with a Messuage & other buildings bounded by John Lane, West; Richard Jolly, North; Wymondham Road or Palloway, South; 2) Piece no 177 on the Deopham 1814 Inclosures Map containing 3 acres & 21 perches bounded by Wymondham Road or Palloway, North.1 | £78 | |||
| Benjamin Leeder of Swanton Morley, Farmer, & Sarah his wife | Daniel Smith of Deopham, Farmer | All & singular the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments holden of this Manor by Copy of Court Roll | |||||
| Daniel Smith of Deopham, Farmer made conditional surrender in return for a mortgage of £1,400 + interest @ 4½% p.a. | Samuel Bignold of Norwich, Esquire | ||||||
| Daniel Smith | Himself | Certain lands & tenements held in free & common socage, late Robert Herring’s2 | 4d |
Indenture of Bargain & Sale
An indenture of bargain and sale dated May 7th 1829 between:-
- 1) John Bringloe of Beccles in Suffolk, Gentleman;
- 2) Benjamin Leeder of Swanton Morley, Farmer, & Sarah his wife;
- 3) Sarah Leeder;
- 4) Charles Bringloe of Hingham, Gentleman;
- 5) Robert Herring of Lakenham in Norwich;
- 6) Lucy Herring of Norwich, Widow , William Herring of Norwich, Esquire, Rev. Armine Herring of Hindelvestone as executrix & executors of the will of William Herring dated November 27th 1826; William Herring had been appointed executor of the will of Elizabeth Greene of Norwich, Widow, dated June 26th 1799
- 7) Daniel Smith of Deopham, Farmer;
- 8) John Oddin Taylor of Norwich, Gentleman;
- 9) Henry Pulley of Norwich, Gentleman.
Defaulters
All persons owing suit and service who have made default are amerced 3 pence each.
Locations on the Deopham 1814 Inclosures Map
Piece no 1
Now (2025) Shaw’s Farm.

All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original; their ref is NRO C/Sca 2/86
Piece No 177

All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original; their ref is NRO C/Sca 2/86
Footnotes
- It has been noted in the margin that Henry Shaw was admitted to this land at the Court of February 27th 1843. ↩︎
- It has been noted in the margin that Henry Shaw acknowledge tenure of this land at the Court of February 27th 1843. ↩︎
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