Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury July 1870

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Title	The Manor of Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: Proceedings had and taken
Date	July 23^rd 1870
Steward	Henry Hansell
Location	Half Moon
Page numbers in Court Roll	DCC U63/183718: Not paginated DCC U63/183717: 8-15

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
			June 16^th 1870: Robert Wade of Deopham, Farmer agreed Deed of Enfranchisement		2 roods & 18 perches: piece no 87 on the Inclosures Commission Map of 1814

It was prayed that a certain Deed of Enfranchisement¹ dated the 16^th day of June 1870 and made between
1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
2) Charles William Millard of the Hamlet of Thorpe & Rev^d Jeffery Watson Millard of Shimpling²
3) Robert Wade of Deopham, Farmer
might be entered in the Court Rolls of this Manor and the same is accordingly entered ….

Source Court document

This version of the record is a rough copy from the time of the meeting. A much fuller version occurs in the formal minutes (ref 183717 in the Canterbury Archive).

Reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of Canterbury; their ref U63 183718

Extracts from the Deed of Enfranchisement

This Indenture made the sixteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and seventy
Between The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (the Lords of the Manor of Deopham in Norfolk) of the first part –
Charles William Millard of the hamlet of Thorpe in the County of the City of Norwich, Gentleman, and The Reverend Jeffery Watson Millard of Shimpling in Norfolk, Clerk, of the second part and
Robert Wade of Deopham in Norfolk aforesaid Farmer of the third part ….

Robert Wade acknowledged to hold of the Lord of the said Manor in free and Common Socage certain lands and tenements late of the said John Duffield Wade at the annual rent of Three Shillings and ten pence three farthings …

by virtue of the Acts of Parliament relating to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners and of an order of Her Majesty in Council dated the sixth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty two³ … the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners became, and are now seized of and absolutely entitled in fee simple, to the said Manor subject nevertheless to a Lease thereof granted to William Salter Millard late of Catton in the said County of Norfolk, Land Agent, deceased, his executors, administrators and assigns for the term of twenty one years from the eighteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty six …

And whereas the said William Salter Millard by his Will dated the fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine appointed his sons the said Charles William Millard and Jeffery Watson Millard Executors thereof ….

And whereas by another Order of Her Majesty in Council dated the ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty three … the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners were authorized to make the Agreement and Enfranchisement hereinafter contained
And whereas it hath been agreed between the parties hereto of the first and second parts on the one hand and Robert Wade on the other hand that they the said parties hereto should convey, release and assure to the said Robert Wade, his heirs and assigns, All their estate and interest in the piece of land to which the said Robert Wade was admitted tenant as aforesaid and also the said Lands and Tenements as held by the said Robert Wade in free and common socage, as aforesaid, freed and absolutely discharged from all fines, quit rents, suits and services incident to the same including also the rights reserved by the Copyhold Act 1852 Section 48 and that in consideration of such Conveyance and Release the said Robert Wade should pay to the Parties hereto of the first and second parts in the manner hereinafter appearing the sum of Twelve Pounds and which sum it hath been agreed shall be apportioned as follows, that is to say,
That the sum of Nine Pounds and ten shillings part thereof shall be considered as the consideration money for the purchase of the reversion estate and interest of the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the said hereditaments and premises, and
the sum of Two Pounds and ten shillings residue thereof shall be considered as the consideration money for the purchase of the estate and interest of the said Charles William Millard and Jeffery Watson Millard in the same hereditaments and premises;
Now this Indenture witnesseth that in pursuance of the said Agreement and in consideration of the sum of Nine Pounds and ten shillings sterling paid by the said Robert Wade into the Bank of England account of the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the receipt of which said sum of nine pounds and ten shillings is intended to be acknowledged by a Memorandum hereon endorsed and signed by two of the Treasurers of the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
And also in consideration of the sum of Two pounds and ten shillings sterling to the said Charles William Millard and Jeffery Watson Millard also paid by the said Robert Wade, the receipt of which said sum of Two pounds and ten shillings the said Charles William Millard and Jeffery Watson Millard do hereby acknowledge and therefrom do, and each of them doth, hereby release the said Robert Wade, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns;
They the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners as to their reversion estate and interest expectant upon the determination of the said Lease of and in the said hereditaments and premises,
Do hereby grant, release, enfranchise, convey and confirm,
And the said Charles William Millard and Jeffery Watson Millard as to the Estate and interest vested in them by the said hereinbefore recited Will of the said William Salter Millard,
Do, and each of them Doth, hereby grant, release, enfranchise, convey and confirm unto the said Robert Wade, his heirs and assigns,
All that piece or parcel of land situate and being in Deopham in Norfolk being the third allotment by the Award of the Commissioners for inclosing lands in Deopham aforesaid, made to Joseph Say deceased and marked on the Map annexed to their Award N^o 87 containing two roods and eighteen perches bounded by the fourth private road West, and by other lands allotted to the said Joseph Say deceased lately belonging to the said John Duffield Wade and now to the said Robert Wade on all other parts …
And also all the lands and Tenements holden by the said Robert Wade of the said Manor in Free and Common Socage as aforesaid;
And also the Annual rent of Three shillings and ten pence three farthings payable for or in respect thereof;
Together with all the rights reserved by the said Copyhold Act 1852 Section 48;
And all the Estate right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever of the said parties hereto of the first and second parts respectively in, to and upon the said hereditaments and premises;
To have and to hold the said piece of land, hereditaments and premises hereinbefore described and hereby enfranchised and released
Unto and to the use of the said Robert Wade, his heirs and assigns for ever absolutely freely, clearly and absolutely enfranchised and discharged by these presents henceforth for ever from all yearly and other payments, Quit rents, Free rents, Chief rents, Customary or Copyhold rents, fines, herriots, suits of Court and other usual Customary or Copyhold payments services or customs whatsoever which according to the custom of the said Manor the said piece of land, hereditaments and premises hereby enfranchised and released have or hath been or would otherwise be subject or liable to or charged with paid, done or performed …

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Transcription © G. Sankey

Location on the Deopham 1814 Inclosures Map

Piece no 87

Locations of all lands of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury

Footnotes

The Deed of Enfranchisement transferred the land from the Lord (the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in this case) to a new owner (Robert Wade in this case). The new owner paid a consideration for the transaction, as detailed in the indenture above. The Copyhold Act of 1852 allowed tenants to demand enfranchisement. The Act stated that if the fee simple of the land was conveyed to the tenant, then the copyhold nature of the land was permanently extinguished. See further:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/researchguidance/deedsindepth/copyhold/enfranchisement.aspx
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The Millard brothers (Charles William Millard and Jeffery Watson Millard) were the lessees of the Manor of Deopham having inherited it from their father (William Salter Millard). See further details in the links here. ↩︎
There is a transcript of this order as published in the London Gazette here. ↩︎

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Date	Change
4/8/25	Link to London Gazette of 1862
3/2/25	Reviewed against Court Book – 20250108_145348
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