Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall October 1708

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

Title	Deopham Hall: General Court with the Leet
Date	October 26th 1708
Steward	Francis Longe, esquire, steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court Baron

Homage

Sworn

Stephen Paine

Simon Bale

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
John Nobbs (deceased)	1st Proclamation: October 30th 1706	October 17th 1698	Richard Nobbs, son of Richard Nobbs (deceased) senior, brother of John Nobbs (deceased)		½ acre of Copyhold land in Deopham between copyhold land of Philip Cory, later of John Cory, North, John Skipper & Stephen Paine, South, John Skipper, now Stephen Paine, East, Francis Cory now Stephen Paine, West		2s 6d
Mary Amyas, widow, (deceased)	1st Proclamation for Israel Amyas to claim his entitlement		Israel Amyas, son, was the heir		Divers copyhold lands & tenements
Thomas Amyas, clerk, (deceased)	1st Proclamation for Sarah Callender to claim her entitlement		Sarah Callender, wife of John Callender, gentleman, sole daughter and heir of Francis Amyas, clerk, only son of Thomas Amyas, clerk
John Stiles conditionally surrendered out of Court in the presence of Henry Durkett in return for a mortgage of £105		after the death of Ann Gay	Thomas Townshend of Norwich, esquire		Copyhold tenant

Defaulters

Those tenants in default were fined 12d each.

Augustine Cullyer Henry Norton Robert Grigson John Nights Walter Carver John Stacy

Matthew Gold Gilbert Pointon Stephen Baldwin Richard Wright Francis Daines John Blomfield

Court Leet

Essoin

Name	Reason
John Oakley	Essoin de capitales plegii

Capital Pledges

Sworn

Thomas Howes Stephen John Radwell Simon Bales

Thomas Osborn Robert Notley William Neave Richard Smith

Thomas Norman Isaac Warnes Richard Nobbs Henry Durkett

Defaulters

Capital Pledges

The following were fined 12d each:

Daniel Wright William Faulkner John Taylor Robert Burroughs Robert Osborn

Thomas Thrackson Thomas Fikling John Bubbin William Newman John Curle

Decennarii

The following were fined 3d each

Henry Norton William Peeke George Crake

Robert Bullock Henry Whitley Daniel Holt

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

Officer

Name	Office
Robert Jolly	Constable

It was also recorded that Ephemia Andrews had served as constable in 1707 [a year in which there had been no Court].

Navigation

Date	Change
5/1/26	Published – IMG_20251125_113805