Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall September 1846

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Title	The Manor of Deopham Hall: Be it remembered
Date	September 5^th 1846
Steward	Not recorded
Location	Not recorded
Page numbers in Court Roll	283 – 285

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Andrew Lane (deceased)	1st Proclamation: November 12^th 1845 2nd Proclamation: May 25^th 1846	November 24^th 1825 on the surrender of John Dobbs.	Mary Lane of Deopham, widow of Andrew Lane (deceased) for her life and thereafter John Lane of Hingham, miller, eldest son of Andrew Lane (deceased) [see details below]	Charles Cockell, gentleman	Piece no 171 on the 1814 Deopham Inclosures Map containing 10 acres & 8 perches¹ with a messuage & other buildings standing thereon.²	6s 11d	£40
			Mary Lane & John Lane	Charles Cockell, gentleman	Certain lands & tenements held in free & common socage late of Andrew Lane, formerly Dobb’s³	4s + 6d + 3d

Instructions from Andrew Lane (deceased)

The Court Roll does not include a verbatim quotation from the will of Andrew Lane (deceased) dated March 15^th 1825, but it does include the following paraphrase:

… the said Testator gave and devised unto Mary Lane his Wife, provided she continues his widow and did not cohabit with any other man,
All that his farm house wherein he then lived with the barn, stable, cowhouse and all other outhouses thereto belonging with about forty acres of land were the same more or less and were the same freehold or copyhold or any other kind of nature or tenure whatsoever, situate in Deopham aforesaid, she his said Wife keeping the said premises in good and tenantable repair;
And that after the decease of his said Wife, the said Testator directed the said farmhouse, lands and premises to be sold by his Executors but he did not by his Will devise the same to his said Executors or any other person except to his said wife in manner aforesaid;
And that the said Testator appointed John Lane and Franklin Lane his two sons Executors of his said Will;
And the said Mary Lane and John Lane (by their said Attorney) informeth the said Steward that the said Andrew Lane died on or about the August 24^th 1845 … leaving the said John Lane his eldest son and heir at law and heir according to the custom of this Manor;
And that the said John Lane and Franklin Lane having renounced Probate of the said Will of the said Andrew Lane, Letters of Administration of his personal Estate and Effects with his said will annexed were granted to Daniel Alexander of Hingham aforesaid, Gentleman, by the Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk on June 25^th last;
And thereupon the said Mary Lane and John Lane (by their said Attorney) desire to be admitted Tenants to the Lands and Tenements whereof the said Andrew Lane so died seized as aforesaid, that is to say,
– the said Mary Lane desires to be admitted Tenant thereto for her life, and
– the said John Lane desires to be admitted Tenant to the Reversion or Remainder expectant on the decease of the said Mary Lane …

Defaulters

All persons owing suit and service who have made default are amerced 9 pence each.

Location on the Deopham 1814 Inclosures Map

Piece no 171

Footnotes

The extract from the will of Andrew Lane (deceased) indicates a farm size of 40 acres: the remainder were either not Copyhold, or not Copyhold of this Manor. It can be seen in the 1814 map above that 7 acres of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells as well as 1 acre of the Manor of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury are adjacent to the piece no 171 being transferred at this Court. ↩︎
It has been noted in the margin that William Miles was admitted to this property on November 30^th 1846. ↩︎
It has been noted in the margin that William Miles acknowledged his obligation to the Court for this property on November 30^th 1846. ↩︎

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Date	Change
21/5/25	Published – IMG_20250312_112945