Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall October 1705

Contents

1. Heading
2. Court Baron
   1. Homage
      1. Sworn
   2. Property
      1. Will of Samuel Levold
   3. Defaulters
3. Court Leet
   1. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
   2. Defaulters
      1. Capital Pledges
      2. Decennarii
   3. Officer
4. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall: General Court with the Leet
Date	October 30th 1705
Steward	Thomas Breese, gentleman, steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court Baron

Homage

Sworn

John Cooper Robert Draper

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Samuel Levold		October 1st 1695 on the surrender and last will of Samuel Harding, clerk	Simon Bale of Wymondham, farmer [according to the will of Samuel Levold – see below]		6½ acres of copyhold land in 2 pieces in Deopham: 1) 6 acres between land lately of Edmund Borman, Alderman of the City of Norwich, East, a certain way in the Haugh Field, West, land of divers men, North, a certain way from the Haugh Field, South; 2) ½ acre in Haugh field between land lately of John Walter, North, land lately of Robert Ockley, South, abutts Sheppards Gapp, East.		£3 15s
Simon Bale			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament

Will of Samuel Levold

The following extract from the will of Samuel Levold has been included, in English, in the record of this Court:

Know all men by these presents that I, Samuel Levold, Copyhold Tennant of the Manor of Deopham Hall in the County of Norfolk
Have constituted and Appointed and doe by these presents Constitute and Appoint Robert Gallard of Wymondham in the County aforesaid and John Lynes of the same Towne, gentleman, my Lawfull Attorney or Attorneys for me and in my name at the next General or any other Court or Courts to be holden for the said Manor,
to Surrender into the hands of the Lord and Lady , Lords or Ladyes of the said Manor, all and every my Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever holden by Coppy of Court Roll of the same Manor, with the Appurtenances, to the use and behoofe of Simon Bale of Wymondham aforesaid, Husbandman, his Heirs and Assigns for Ever;
And I doe hereby Ratify and Confirme whatsoever my said Attorneys or either of them shall Lawfully doe in the premises.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this Nineteenth day of Aprill in the fourth Yeare of the Queen Majesty’s Reigne, 1705 A.D.
Samuel Levold
Sealed and Delivered after the sworn syneing of (to Surrender)
In the presence of us Samuel Martyn, Martha Levold, Susan Walter, William Martindale.

Defaulters

Those tenants who were in default were fined 12d each.

Court Leet

Capital Pledges

Sworn

John Cooper Thomas Howes Thomas Osborn John Harmer John Radwell William Roberts

John Thwaites Robert Draper Richard Smith John Taylor Robert Notley, junior Richard King

Defaulters

Capital Pledges

The following were fined 6d each:

Stephen Harrison Daniel Wright William Neave Robert Pitts Thomas Linkhorne Robert Borrowes … Andrews [no forename recorded]

Robert Bullocke Daniel Holt John Oakeley Thomas Childerhouse William Poole, junior Francis Thimblethorpe Thomas Norman

Decennarii

The following were fined 3d each

John Taylor Samuel Linkhorne

George Creake William Poole, senior

Officer

Name	Office
John Taylor	Constable

Navigation

Date	Change
22/12/25	Published – IMG_20251125_113629