Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall October 1706

Contents

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

Heading

Title	Deopham Hall: General Court Baron with the Leet
Date	October 30th 1706
Steward	Thomas Breese, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court Baron

Homage

Sworn

Stephen Payne Robert Draper

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Margaret & Robert Draper (deceased)		November 3rd 1680 on the surrender of William Childer	Walter Carver of Wymondham	Himself	1) 1½ acres in Deopham next to the Pallow way between land of Canterbury Cathedral in the tenancy of John Howkin, South, Pallow way, North, abutts Tilly Croft, East, 2) Small Close in Deopham containing 2 acres, abutting Pye Lane, East.		28s
John Cordy (deceased)			John Stacey son & heir of James Stacey & Margaret his wife.		1) ½ acre in Westfield between land of Thomas Bubbing, South, land lately of George Dover now Joseph Payne, North, land lately of Philip Cordy now John Cordy, West; 2) 1 rood in Westfield between land lately of George Brooke now Joseph Payne, North, land lately of John Whisred [?] now John Cordy, South
John Stacey			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament.
Walter Carver			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament.
John Nobbs (deceased)	1st Proclamation
William Sedley esquire (deceased)					Freehold tenant
Philip Hales (deceased)					Freehold tenant

Defaulters

The following tenants who were in default were fined 12d each.

Henry Norton Robert Grigson Joseph Gary, Jure Ux John Knights Sarah Amyas John Amyas Susan Phillips William Grigson, clerk Mathew Gold

Robert Harloby Richard Raven Stephen Baldwin Mary Raven, widow Mary Watts Joseph Payne Simon Bale Robert Notley

Court Leet

Capital Pledges

Sworn

John Cooper Thomas Osborne Effemiah Andrews1 Daniel Holt John Radwell

John Oakely Daniel Wright Robert Draper Richard Smith John Taylor [?]

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

Defaulters

Capital Pledges

Those in default of their obligations were fined 12d each:

Decennarii

Those in default of their obligations were fined 6d each

Officer

Name	Office
Effemiah Andrews	Constable

Footnotes

1. Elsewhere spelt Ephemia – for example here. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
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