Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury June 1748

Contents

  1. Heading
  2. Homage
  3. Property
  4. Fines & Reliefs from Samuel Gilman’s Account
  5. Footnotes
  6. Navigation

Heading

TitleDeopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury:
A General Court Baron
DateJune 8th 1748
StewardSamuel Gilman, Gentleman, Steward
Location
Page numbers in Court Roll121 – 128

Homage

Richard Jolley
John Dey
Stephen Stacey
James Cooper

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
Abigail Hatch (deceased) formerly wife of William Barsham1st ProclamationCopyhold tenant
Stephen Cockle (deceased)1st ProclamationFreehold tenant
Elizabeth RogersDivers freehold lands & tenements late of John Grimmer4s 8d
William Grigson, GentlemanDivers freehold lands & tenements late of Robert Grigson, Esquire7s 4d
Rose BedingfieldJohn Amyas the youngerFreehold tenant of certain lands & tenements late John Bedingfield’s late Bales late Stannard’s2s
6d
Rose BedingfieldJohn Amyas the youngerFreehold tenant of certain lands & tenements late Alexander’s 1s 11½d
George CrossThomas StevensonFreehold tenant of certain lands & tenements late of the widow Coates7½d
John1 Sedey Esquire (deceased)October 24th 1732Henry Somner otherwise Sedley EsquireJohn Amyas the younger3 roods of pasture in Thornyfield in Morley2
Conditional Surrender by Rev. Philip Carver3 in return for a mortgage of £262 10sRev. Richard Gay Lucas of Gt. YarmouthAll & singular the messuages, lands, tenements & hereditaments whatsoever held by Copy of Court Roll.
John Payne (deceased)1st ProclamationDivers lands & tenements held by copy of Court Roll

Fines & Reliefs from Samuel Gilman’s Account

These are taken from the listing of Fines and Reliefs for the period 1742-1769.

Fine/ReliefPersonValue
(£.s.d)
Fine Henry Somner otherwise Sedley0:18:0
FineEdward Payne1:15:6
FineJohn Payne5:10:0
FineThomas Grigson Payne3:5:0
Fine“Another of the same”3:8:0
Guardian Fines “For the three Paynes”0:4:0
ReliefElizabeth Rogers0:4:8
ReliefWilliam Grigson0:7:4
ReliefRose Bedingfield0:4:5½
ReliefJohn Cross0:0:7½
ReliefEdward Payne0:0:10
ReliefJohn Payne0:2:10
ReliefThomas Grigson Payne0:1:11½

Footnotes

  1. This was written up in the Court Book with the forename as Edward, but a note in the margin has a correction to “John”. ↩︎
  2. A marginal note indicated that John Somner Sedley was admitted to this land at the Court of August 4th 1761. ↩︎
  3. At his time, Rev. Philip Carver was vicar of the parishes of Besthorpe and also Tibenham. ↩︎
DateChange
13/1/25Data from Court Book – 20250108_113054
15/5/24Published