Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall November 1717

Contents

1. Heading
2. Court Baron
   1. Inquisitores ex Officio
      1. Sworn
   2. Property
      1. Extract from the will of Samuel Levold
      2. Extract from the will of Simon Bale
   3. Defaulters
3. Court Leet
   1. Essoin
   2. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
   3. Officer
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall: General Court with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	November 7th 1717
Steward	John Amyas, gentleman, steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court Baron

Inquisitores ex Officio

Sworn

John Cooper Edward Stimpson

John Stacy

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
			William Poynton		Freehold land & tenements lately of Gilbert Poynton	Relief 10s 3d
September 8th 1716 Richard Nobbs surrendered out of Court		October 18th 1709	John Wade of Deopham, husbandman		½ acre of copyhold land in Deopham between the copyhold land of Philip Corey, John Corey North, land of John Skipper & lately Stephen Payne, East, a tenement of Francis Corey & lately John Corey, West.
Sarah Bale		October 22nd 1712 according to the will of Simon Bale	Sarah Stannard, wife of Samuel Stannard, formerly wife of Simon Bale (deceased)		1) 3½1 acres of copyhold land in Deopham in 2 pieces 2) ½ acre in Deopham		49s
Matthew Gould (deceased)	1st Proclamation: November 30th 1716 2nd Proclamation: April 30th 1717	October 28th 1670 on the surrender of Thomas Blisse	Richard Gould		3 roods of copyhold land in Morley Field between land of Robert Juby, East & West, abutts Pallow Way, North, abutts land lately of Miles Hobart, esquire, South.

Extract from the will of Samuel Levold

The following extract from the will of Samuel Levold dated April 19^th 1705 presented at the Court of October 30^th 1705 has been included in the Court Roll, in English:

Know all men by these presents that I, Samuel Levold, Copyhold Tenant of the Manor of Deopham Hall in the County of Norfolk, Have constituted & appointed & by these do constitute & appoint Robert Gallard of Wymondham in the County aforesaid & John Lynes of the same Town, gentlemen my lawfull Attorney or Attorneys for me in my name at the next general of any other Court or Courts to be holden for the said Manor to surrender into the hands of the Lord & Lady, Lords or Ladys of the said Manor, All & every my Messuages, Lands, Tenements & Hereditaments whatsoever holden by Copy of Court Roll of the same Manor with the appertenances,
To the Use & behoof of Simon Bale of Wymondham aforesaid, husbandman, his heirs & Assigns for ever.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this nineteenth day of Aprill in the fourth year of the Queen Majesty’s Reign, A.D. 1705:
Samuel Levold sealed & delivered after the interlying of (to surrender) in the presence of Samuel Martin, Martha Levold, Susan Walter, William Martindall.

Extract from the will of Simon Bale

The following extract from the will of Simon Bale dated May 16^th 1711 has been included in the Court Roll, in English:

My Estate of Eighteen pounds a year I give to my wife untill my Son John come to the Age of one & twenty years & when he have it, to pay five pounds a year out of it to his mother during her life & for want of such payment, She the said wife of Simon Bale shall enter upon the Estate
And in Case he die without heirs, to his Sister Betty.

Defaulters

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

Court Leet

Essoin

Name	Reason
John Stone	[No reason given]

Capital Pledges

Sworn

William Fakener John Cooper Samuel Stannard

John Redwell Edward Wright Edward Beales

Officer

Name	Office
Jeremy Burroughes	Constable

According to ancient custom, 30d was given to the Lord as a sign of loyalty.

Footnotes

1. At the Courts of October 30^th 1705 and October 22^nd 1712 this land was shown as being “6½ acres of copyhold land in 2 pieces”. It has shrunk since those times. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
20/1/26	Published – IMG_20251125_114816