Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury 1691

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Extract from Will of Robert Grigson
4. Court Leet
   1. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
   2. Officers
   3. Appointments
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	September 23rd 1691
Steward	William Mantell. Gentleman
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	Not paginated

Homage

Sworn

Robert Draper

John Cory

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
			John Amyas, gentleman		A Messuage and 6 acres of land & pasture abutting a pasture of this Manor called Towngreen	2s 6d
			Arthur Heigham, free tenant of this Manor		A Messuage in Snaylegate Lane alias Townehouse Lane	4s 8d
			Robert Ockley		1) A Messuage & 3½ acres; 2) 3 acres & 3 roods, east of Bileham Lane 3) 3 acres in Haughfield in Deopham	16d
Francis Amyas, Clerk, free tenant of this Manor (deceased)			S Amyas, daughter & heir		Certain land & tenements	10s
Robert Grigson, gentleman (deceased)		September 22nd 1678	William Barnham, gentleman according to Robert Grigson’s will [see below].		1 acre of land in Westfield, Deopham the greater part in a close between Thomas Jay to the South, Edward Payne, East, William Barnham, West		12s
William Barnham			The hands of the Lord by means of the steward to the use & behoof of his last testament & will

Extract from Will of Robert Grigson

The following extract from the will dated December 3^rd 1688 of Robert Grigson has been imbedded in the Court record (in English):

In the name of God, Amen.
I, Robert Grigson of Hardingham in the County of Norfolk, gentleman,
I give & bequeath unto William Barnham my grandchild & his heires
All those my Messuages, lands, Tenements & Hereditaments scituate, lying & being in Deopham & Hingham in the said County or other of them now in ye ??? & occupacion of Charles Smith

Court Leet

Capital Pledges

Sworn

Henry Porter Francis Hines Francis Lews John Mobs John Cory Richard Punder

Robert Mynnes Robert Newman Stephen Green Joseph Taylor Robert Drag Robert Bowen

Officers

Office	Name
Constable	Francis Hynes

Appointments

Name	Serving	Role	Salary
Mary Lewis	William Cullyer	Domestic	45s
Robert Payne	William Cullyer, clerk	Farmhand	34s

Navigation

Date	Change
2/5/25	Published – 20250108_105458