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| Title | Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: A General Court Baron |
| Date | May 14th 1745 |
| Steward | Samuel Gilman, Gentleman, Steward |
| Location | – |
| Page numbers in Court Roll | 113 – 120 |
The Court Baron
Homage
| Richard Jolley |
| John Dey |
Property
| Person surrendering property | Proclamations | Date of the Copyhold | Beneficiary | Attorney | Identification of property | Rent | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Sedley, Esquire (deceased) | 1st Proclamation | Copyhold tenant | |||||
| John Cock (deceased) | 1st Proclamation | Copyhold tenant | |||||
| Elizabeth Brown (deceased) | April 25th 1710: surrender by Philip Pooley & Elizabeth to Elizabeth; Elizabeth was remarried to John Brown. John Brown inherited at Court of June 29th 1742 on the death of Elizabeth. | John Payne | Jermyn Heyhoe | 2 acres & 1 rood in Deopham in a close formerly called Fidemans1 | £3 3s | ||
| John Payne | Jermyn Heyhoe | Freehold tenant of a house & 2 acres in Haughfield and 2 single acres | 1s 2d | ||||
| Francis Boreman & Martha his wife (deceased) | September 23rd 1700 “to the use of the Overseers of the Poor of Deopham for ever with a piece of land to the same adjoining”. | James Cooper & Samuel Jolley, Overseers of the Town of Deopham, | “One cottage built upon the Waste of the Lord of this Mannor with a piece of land thereto adjoining called the Low Common” | ||||
| James Cooper | Diverse freehold lands & tenements late of the widow Branthwayte | 5d | |||||
| James Stacey (deceased) | October 4th 1728 | Stephen Stacey, son of James Stacey (deceased) according to his father’s Will | 1) One tenement called Brownes with a Barn thereupon built lying in Deopham in Woolwyte Street, otherwise Stalland Street; 2) 2 acres & 1½ roods of Copyhold land between land of Robert Roper now or late of Stephen Payne South; Free land of John Cutts and the residence North; Stalland Common pasture West2 | £9 | |||
| Stephen Stacey | Surrendered into the hand of the Lord of the Manor to the use & behof of his last will & testament |
Fines & Reliefs from Samuel Gilman’s Account
These are taken from the listing of Fines and Reliefs for the period 1742-1769.
| Fine/Relief | Person | Value (£.s.d) |
|---|---|---|
| Fine | John Payne | 3:3:0 |
| Fine | James Cooper & Samuel Jolly | 1:0:0 |
| Fine | Stephen Stacey | 9:0:0 |
| Relief | John Payne | 0:1:2 |
| Relief | James Cooper | 0:0:5 |
Footnotes
- It has been noted in the margin that Thomas Grigson Payne was admitted to this land at the Court held on June 8th 1748 ↩︎
- A marginal note recorded that Mary Stacey was admitted to this land on March 1st 1764. ↩︎
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| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 13/1/25 | Data from Court Book – 20250108_112904 |
| 15/5/24 | Published |
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