Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury 1699

Contents

1. Heading
2. Court Baron
   1. Homage
   2. Property
      1. The will of Edward Borman
3. Court Leet
   1. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
      2. Defaulters
   2. Officers
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: General Court Baron with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	September 22nd 1699
Steward	William Mantell, gentleman
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	Not paginated

Court Baron

Homage

Joseph Payne	John Cory
Robert Draper	John Osborne

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Edmund Borman (deceased)		September 14th 16431	Edward Sedley, brother of William Sedley, according to the will of Edmund Borman [see below]		1) 1 Messuage in Narrowgate Streete in Deopham with 5 acres of land & pasture between Haughfield in Deopham and Wrens Pightle; 2) 2 acres & 2 roods of land & pasture in occupation of Mary Themilthorpe in Haughfield between land of John Pooley, West, and land of Edward Borman called Wrens Pightle, East, abutts the King’s Highway called Margarett Lane, otherwise Stolland Lane, from Townegreene to The Stolland in Deopham, South, abutts land of Edward Borman.2
Edward Sedley			To the hands of the steward for the last testament & will declared or to be declared.

The will of Edward Borman

The following text (in English) has been imbedded in the record of this Court:

In the name of God, Amen.
I Edmund Borman of Deopham in ye County of Norffolk
I give, devise & bequeath all & singular my Messuages, houses, lands, Tenements and grounds and hereditaments, as well freehold & charterhold as coppyhold & customary tenure, scituate, lying & being in ye parish of St Peters of Mancroft in ye Citty of Norwich,
And alsoe in Greate Plumstead, Little Plumstead, Witton, Postwick in ye said County of Norffolke, & in Thorpe next Norwich;
And alsoe those in Deopham aforesaid & in everie & any of them which are not heretofore by use settled & which I have power & liberty to dispose of with their & every of theire rights, members and appurtenances whatsoever unto ye said William Sedley my greate grandchild, & to his heires for ever;
Neverthelesse, my mind & will is, & I doe hereby declare it soe to be, That if ye said William Sedley my greate grandson shall dye & departe this life before ye time or terme of yeares be expired, That ye said Messuages, lands, Tenements, hereditaments & premisses are herein after given & devised to my Executor herein after named for ye payment & performance of ye Legacys in this my last will & Testament given & bequeathed; Then I give, devise & bequeath all & singular the said Messuages, houses, lands, Tenements, yards, grounds, hereditaments and premises with their appurtenances unto ye aforesaid Edmund Sedley & to his heres for ever, this my will or any thing herein conteyned to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

Court Leet

Capital Pledges

Sworn

Thomas Sewell John Cory Henry Porter Stephen Greene Thomas Cory Francis Hynds

George Mothersole Joseph Taylor Thomas Hipkin Robert Mynes Thomas Buchell Jonathan Dey

Defaulters

The following defaulters were each fined 12d (the total in the margin is 14s):

Henry Whittle Samuel Youngman John Bubou Robert Smith William Lewis Rohn Ryall Samuel Holt

Thomas Cushen Samuel Aylmer William Middleton Robert Bullock John Themelthorpe William Cutting John Stone

Officers

Office	Name
Constable	Edward Wright

Footnotes

1. This date of admission has been added in English in a different hand in the margin. ↩︎
2. It has been noted in the margin that Mary Fidd was admitted to this land at the Court of August 11^th 1713 ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
24/4/25	Published – 20250108_105919