Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury April 1606

Contents

  1. Heading
  2. Court baron
    1. Inquisitores Ex Officio
  3. Property
    1. Misdemeanors
  4. Court Leet
    1. Capital Leet
      1. Sworn
    2. Election of Officer
    3. Defaulters
      1. Copyhold tenants
      2. Copyhold tenants
  5. Navigation

Heading

TitleDeopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury:
General Court
DateApril 2nd 1606
Steward
Location
Page numbers in Court Roll

Court baron

Inquisitores Ex Officio

Freehold tenantsCopyhold tenants
Sir William Gray
George Kemp, esquire
Roger Huberd, gentleman
Thomas Amyas, gentleman
Demund Stubes, esquire
Heirs of Robert Cock
Richard Walter
Thomas Corbold, clerk
Henry Hynd
Heirs of Thomas Coop [Cooper?]
James Buck
John Walter
Stephen Meeke
Richard James
John Bydwell, minor
Oliver Brohne
Henry Howlet
Robert Layt
William Entwissell, alius ventris
Thomas Brooke
Thomas Burman
John Bydwell …
William Bydwell
John Newman
Robert Jolley
Richard Hynd
Heirs of John Cock
John Amyas, gentleman
Francis Amyas, gentleman
John Longe, sworn
William Read
James Burman, sworn
Mary Stokes, widow
Alexander Cutts, sworn
Ismael Bubin
John Stacy, sworn
Robert Darkyn, sworn
Richard Smyth, sworn
George Brunton, sworn
Robert Childerhouse, sworn
Thomas Carfoe
William Beale




Morley:
Thomas BrohneMartin Sidley
Wicklewood:
Robert Wright
John Bale
Richard Duffield
Ann Reynolds, widow
Robert Wright

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
Corilia Brooke, widow, sold the propertyGeorge Brunton1 acre of enclosed land in Hawfield between land in the tenure of Richard Walter, East,
copyhold land of this Manor called Wormes in copyhold tenure of George [Brunton], North.
3d
Agnes Reynolds (deceased)September 28th 1576Stephen Childerhouse4 acres of land & pasture in 2 pieces next to Burcroft in Wicklewood.16s
John Cock (deceased)Margaret his wife, George Edwardes, schoolmaster,
Thomas Martyn & William Byrd
1½ acres of pasture2d
Richard Duffield (deceased)Edmund Duffield his son & customary heirA Freehold Messuage with a barn & landRelief
2s 10d

Misdemeanors

AccuserOffendersMisdemeanorFinePenalty if not resolved
Peter ChilderhouseThomas Carsey & Katrina his wife£3 6s
William Childerhouse6d40s
John Childerhouse6d40s

Court Leet

Capital Leet

Sworn

Richard James
John Bydwell, senior
John Bydwell, minor
Henry Howlet
Francis Bubin
Alexander Cutts
Richard Myles
William Bullock
Francis Rauson
Thomas Thilthorpe
William Charwood
William Browne
… Cory

Election of Officer

OfficeNamePredecessor
ConstableJohn Bydwell, seniorRichard James

Defaulters

Copyhold tenants

The total amercement in the margin is shown as 18d:

NamePenalty
Martin Sidley, esquire3d
John Amyas, gentleman6d
William Read6d
Robert Newman3d

Copyhold tenants

The total amercement in the margin is shown as 2s 6d:

NamePenalty
Sir William Gray3d
George Kempe, esquire3d
Roger Hubberd, esquire3d
Thomas Corbold, clerk3d
Henry Hynde3d
James Buck3d
John Burman3d
William Bydwell3d
Stephen Childerhouse3d
John Bale3d
DateChange
10/7/26Published – 20250108_102421