Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury February 1797

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
3. Property
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: A General Court Baron
Date	February 20th 1797
Steward	Samuel Gilman, Gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	299 – 303

Homage

Jonathan Dey

John Jolly

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Thomas Grigson Payne of Hardingham, Esquire		June 8th 1748 by virtue of the will of John Payne his father	William Lock of Reymerstone, Farmer	Himself	1) 2 acres & 1 rood of Copyhold land in Deopham in Fiddeman’s Close; 2) 1 acre & 3 roods of Copyhold land in Deopham between lands formerly of Leonard Newman, North & South, an acre called Westfield West; lands formerly of John Howchin, afterwards Robert Draper East ; 3) 3 roods in Westfield in an inclosure between Joseph Alexander, North; Edward Payne, South; Leonard Newman, East; lands formerly of Alexander West		See below
Thomas Grigson Payne of Hardingham, Esquire		August 19th 1757 by virtue of the will of John Payne his brother	William Lock of Reymerstone, Farmer	Himself	1) 1 acre with a void messuage in Deopham1; 2) 3 roods of Copyhold land in West Field between Margaret Alexander, East & North; William Lock, West; the Dragway, South. 3) 2 acres, 2 roods & 20 perches between John Skip2, East; Land of the Manor of Blomefield called Lomers3, West; Haugh Pightle, South; Stolland Common Pasture, North. 4		£13 for the whole.
William Lock			Into the hands of the Lady of the Manor to the use & behoof of his last will & testament.
			William Lock		Certain freehold lands & tenements formerly Scott’s late Payne’s	2s
			William Lock		Certain freehold lands & tenements formerly Scarning’s late Payne’s	6d
			William Lock		Certain freehold lands & tenements formerly Skipper’s late Payne’s	4d
			William Lock		Certain freehold lands & tenements formerly Browne’s late Payne’s	1s 2d
			William Lock		Certain freehold lands & tenements formerly Mreman’s late Payne’s	7½d
James Cooper (deceased) Samuel Jolly (deceased)	1st Proclamation				Copyhold tenants, “seized of One Cottage built upon the Waste of the Lady of this Manor called The Low Common, with a piece of land to the said Cottage adjoining”.

Footnotes

1. It has been noted in the margin that Robert Knights was admitted to 1 rood & 3 perches being part of this one acre on December 21^st 1797.  ↩︎
2. The Court of October 18^th 1681 has the land to the East is described as belonging to John Skipper. This error appeared first in the Court of August 1757 and has been copied forward here. ↩︎
3. The record clearly states Lomers to the West, although in the Court of October 18^th 1681 it was recorded as Somers . This error appeared first in the Court of August 1757, as with the name of John Skipper above. ↩︎
4. It has been noted in the margin that William Lock was readmitted to this property on April 7^th 1814. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
20/1/25	Published – 20250108_120544