Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury 1690

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Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	September 23^rd 1690
Steward	Not recorded
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Homage

Essoin

Robert Drag
Robert Blomefield
Jeremiah Coleman
James Skipper

Sworn

Thomas Fyson	John Reynolds
John Cory	John Themilthorp

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Fine
John Amyas, gentleman, free tenant (deceased)	[1st]
Arthur Heyham, clerk, free tenant (deceased)	[1st]
Robert Ockly, free tenant	[1st]				1) A Messuage & 3 acres 2) 3 acres & 3 roods of land Bileham Lane, East; 3) 3 acres in Haughfield in Deopham
John Smyth			Augustine Cullyer, gentleman		All his lands & tenements held as a free tenant of this manor
Robert Grigson, gentleman (deceased)	First proclamation				Certain copyhold lands & tenements of this manor
Thomas Garwood (deceased)		December 18^th 1681 on surrender of Francis Burman	Margaret Garwood, as his will [see below]		The west part of the tenement Brownes between John Cory, North, Stolland Common Pasture, North	5s
December 12^th 1689 John Smyth of Deopham, yeoman, surrendered by the hand of John Cory in the presence of Robert Draper & Stephen Day		December 7^th 1662 on the surrender of John Smyth	Augustine Cullyer of Deopham, gentleman	Robert Newman	All his lands & tenements held by copy of Court Roll: 1 rood of copyhold land in Churchfield in Deopham between land of John Smyth, East & West; abutts the Long Headland, South¹	16d
Francis Amyas, clerk (deceased)		September 22^nd 1687 on the surrender of Thomas Amyas	Sarah Amyas, daughter & heir of Francis Amyas	Thomas Sewell	5 roods of copyhold land in 3 pieces: 1) 3 roods in Westfield 2) ½ acre in 2 pieces	12s
			Because Sarah Amyas was 8 years old, Edward Wodehouse was appointed guardian until Sarah Amyas reached the age of 21 years
			Francis Smyth, a Copyhold tenant of this Manor had a cottage which had fallen into ruin. A precept was issued to Robert Newman, Bailiff of this Manor, to seize into the hands of the Lord all premisses; Robert Newman confirmed this seizure in the presence of Thomas Fyson & John Cory.

Extract from the will of Thomas Garwood

The following extract from the will of Thomas Garwood, dated July 7^th 1689 has been included in English in the record of this Court:

I give & bequeath unto my wife all that my house wherein I now dwell with the courtyard & premisses thereunto belonging dureing her naturall life

Court Leet

Capital Pledges

Essoin

Thomas Sewell
Robert Drag
Richard Ponder
James Skipper
Francis Themilthorpe, senior
William Lincolne
Robert Suiyler [?]
Samuel Youngman

John Ryall
Thomas Cushon
Robert Minns
Daniel Blomfield
John Stacey
William Reynolds
Stephen Green
William Culbing

Sworn

Henry Porter
John Cory
Thomas Fyson
John Bubben

John Themilthorpe
William Peel
John Robert Peele

Robert Cullyer
Francis Fyson
John Reynolds
Robert Newman

Officers

Office	Name
Constable	John Corey

Appointments

Name	Serving	Role	Salary
Elizabeth Buffy	Richard Ponder	Domestic	£1 15s
Mary Button	William Cullyer, clerk	Domestic	£2 5s
William Buffy	William Cullyer	Farmhand	£1 12s
Mary Cutts	Henry Fyson	Domestic	£2 5s

Misc

Office	Problem	Payment approved
Bailiff	Extra hours had been involved in capturing a horse.	4s

Note

There is a transcript in the Canterbury archive of the surrenders from Thomas Garwood, John Smyth and Francis Amyas. This contains the same information, but in a different hand.²

Footnotes

It has been noted in the margin that Willliam Cullyer was admitted to this land at the Court of October 4^th 1728. ↩︎
CCA ref 48962 ↩︎

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Date	Change
19/8/25	Note on CCA transcript – 20250109_101652
2/5/25	Published – 20250108_105354