Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall November 1700

Contents

  1. Heading
  2. Court Baron
    1. Homage
      1. Sworn
    2. Property
    3. Defaulters
  3. Court Leet
    1. Essoin
    2. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
    3. Defaulters
      1. Capital Pledges
      2. Decennarii
    4. Officer
  4. Navigation

Heading

TitleDeopham Hall:
General Court with the Leet
DateNovember 4th 1700
StewardPhillip Wodehouse, gentleman, steward
Location
Page numbers in Court Roll

Court Baron

Homage

Sworn

John Cooper
Stephen Payne
John Nobbs
Joseph Payne
Robert Notley

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
Lord of the ManorAugustine CullyerWilliam CullyerA piece of land in the copyhold tenure of Robert Edwards, with a house called The Backhouse with a small stable built thereon, situated in Deopham between the messuage & land of John Gosling, East,
Richard Smythe, West,
abutts the common pasture of Deopham, North,
Dimensions:
north side = 24 feet,
south side = 41 feet,
west = 147 feet.
18d
Mary Brighton, widowDivers freehold land and tenements 2s 4d

Defaulters

Those tenants where were in default were fined 6d each.

Court Leet

Essoin

NameReason
Francis Themylthorp, gentlemanEssoin de capitales plegii

Capital Pledges

Sworn

Robert Draper
Thomas Howse
John Harman
Philip Hales
William Roberts
William Neave
Robert Pitts
Joseph Payne
John Nobbs
Stephen Payne
John Cooper
Robert Morley

Defaulters

Capital Pledges

The following were fined 6d each

William Middleton
Daniel Wright
John Twaites
Francis Taylor
Simon Bale
Jeremy Ellis
John Jolley
Robert Blomfield
John Newman

Decennarii

The following were fined 3d each

Samuel Lyncolne
John Taylor
Thomas Norman
Robert Bullock
Daniel Holt
William Lewis
William Poole

Officer

NameOffice
William RobertsConstable
DateChange
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