Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury April 1689

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Extract from the settlement of Edmond Burman
   2. Extract from the will of Edmond Borman
4. Footnotes
5. Source Document
6. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: General Court
Date	April 24th 1689
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Homage

Sworn

Robert Draper

Stephen Payne

Thomas Fyson

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Robert Longe, Ar, (deceased)	[1st]				Freehold & copyhold tenant
John Feilby sold this propert			Blomefield		A cottage in freehold tenure of this Manor	3d
Margaret, wife of Edward Borman (deceased) and Margaret his wife		September 20th 1616 on surrender of James Borman [Burman]	Ann, customary heir of Margaret Borman, the wife of William Sedley, gentleman		1) 2½ acres of pasture in Hillfield between land lately of Edward [Borman] now William [Sedley], lately of Robert Walters, South, by the King’s Highway called Hunsgreen from Deopham Towngreen to Morley Green, North, Abutts Snaylgate Lane, now called the Townhouse Lane, East; land of Miles Hobart called Urrys, West; 2) 2 acres in an enclosure in Haughfield called Grimsmere between land of William Bidwell & lately of Edward [Borman], South; land of this Manor in the tenancy of Edward [Borman], North; abutts Holmerway, East; land of William de Gray, West; 3) 1 acre next to the above 2 acres; 4) 3 roods (by estimation) of land between Thomas Brooke, South, land of the Manor of Deopham Hall in the tenancy of James Skipper, North; 5) Scots Pightle with a home built thereon containing (by estimation) 1 acre 2 roods in Deopham between Edward Borman, South & North; abutts Snaylgate Lane alias Townhouse Lane, East.1		£5 10s
Edward Borman		September 14th 1643 on surrender of George Brunton	John Jubbs of Carlton Road by the last testament and will of Edward Borman dated September 29th 1686 [see below]		1) A Messuage built in Narrowgate Street in Deopham with 5 acres of land and pasture; 2) Wrens Pightle; 3) A Croft containing 2½ acres of land & pasture in tenancy of Francis Themilthorp, senior, in Haughfield between land of John Walter, now John Wooley, West; Wren’s, East; abutts the King’s Highway called Margaret Lane aka Stolland Lane running from Towngreen to The Stolland in Deopham
			William Sedley & Anne his wife		A messuage with 6 acres & 3 roods	6s 6d
			John Jubbs		A messuage with 7 acres & 2 roods	6s 6d

Extract from the settlement of Edmond Burman

The following extract from a document of Edmond Boreman dated January 1^st 1660 called “The Settlement” has been copied in English into the record of this Court:

– Edmond Burman by the name of Edmond Boreman of the Citty & County of Norwich Esquire of the one parte and Brampton Gurdon by the name of Brampton Gurdon of Eatton in the County of Norfolk Esquire and
– John Burman by the name John Burman of the Citty and County of Norwich aforesaid Esquire of the other part.

Extract from the will of Edmond Borman

The following extract from the will of Edmond dated September 29^th 1686 has been copied in English into the record of this Court:

I Edmond Borman of Deepham in the County of Norfolk, Esquire, provided alwaies and I doe hereby declare my mind and will to be and so it is that my Executors herein after named shall have, take and receive all the rents …. and fitts of all and singular the Mesuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments and premisses herein before given and devised unto the said Edmond Sedley and William Sedley my great grandchildren;
And also all my goods, cattells and chatles, mony, plate, rights, credits and ??? all estate whatsoever which shall be mine at the time of my decease and the same to imply to the uses, intents and purposes herein after mentioned (that is to say):-
– for the satisfaction and payment of the Legacies, Summe, & Summes of money whatsoever either heretofore or hereafter in this my will & last testament given and bequeathed;
– And principally for the payment and satisfaction of the summe of fifteen hundred pounds unto the sisters of them the said Edmond Sedley and William Sedley my great grandchildren.

The executors of this will were named as:
– John Jubbs and
– Master John Browne of the city of Norwich, Sugarbaker²

Footnotes

1. A marginal note indicates that on
   March 20^th 1711 Bridgett Tench & Katherine Gurney were admitted to 2/4^ths;
   August 11^th 1713 Elizabeth Needham and Anne Brandon were to 2/4^ths;
   August 11^th 1713 Edward Sedley, after a Common Recovery, was admitted to the whole. ↩︎
2. There is much more about John Browne the Sugarbaker (sweet confectioner and sugar refiner) in the following article by Andrew Marsden:
   https://www.academia.edu/65921817/Transplanted_to_a_Better_Nursery_Susan_Browne_of_Norwich_a_Token_Issuers_Daughter
   It is explained in this article that John Browne operated from premises on the site of the present Forum in Norwich and later moved to Wacton. A memorial to his many children who died very young exists in the entrance to St. Peter Mancroft church in front of the Forum.
   ↩︎

Source Document

Reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of Canterbury; their ref CCA-U63/183714

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Date	Change
24/5/26	Source document
14/5/25	Published – 20250108_105306