Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall November 1723

Contents

1. Heading
2. Court Baron
   1. Homage
      1. Sworn
   2. Property
      1. Extract from the will of Edward Stimpson
3. Court Leet
   1. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
   2. Officer
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall: General Court with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	November 13th 1723
Steward	John Amyas, gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court Baron

Homage

Sworn

Stephen Payne John Cooper John Stacy

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Ann Stimpson relict of Edward Stimpson		December 7th 17211	John Stimpson son of Edward Stimpson according to the will of Edward Stimpson [see below]	Himself	1 acre & 3 roods of copyhold land in diverse pieces in a Croft called Nether Croft with a house in Deopham
John Stimpson			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament
			John Stimpson		Freehold tenements and lands previously of Ann Stimpson	Relief 1s 6d

Extract from the will of Edward Stimpson

The following extract from the will of Edward Stimpson dated November 30^th 1720 has been included in the Court Roll in English:

And after the decease of Ann my said Wife for the Term of her Life unto John Stimpson my Son & to his Heirs for ever with that provisoe.

Court Leet

Capital Pledges

Sworn

John Cooper John Redwell James Osborn Robert Wright Charles OSborn Edward Wright

Simon Brett John Taylor Edward Beales William Petty Daniel Thurling

Officer

Name	Office
James Osborn	Constable

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

Footnotes

1. The Court of December 7^th 1721 recorded the surname as Stevenson although the forenames and property descriptions indicate that this corresponds to the Stimpson of this Court. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
31/1/26	Published – IMG_20251125_123118