Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury June 1647

Contents

1. Heading
2. Court baron
   1. Inquisitores Ex Officio
      1. Sworn
   2. Essoin
3. Property
4. Court Leet
   1. Misdemeanors
5. Footnotes
6. Navigation

Heading

Title	The Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury: A Court
Date	June 8th 1647
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court baron

Inquisitores Ex Officio

Sworn

Robert Newman Thomas Smith, senior Thomas Smith, junior

Robert Underwood Anthony Calye

Essoin

Name	Reason
Margaret Smith, widow	Essoin de coi – Excused due to illness at home

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Richard Smith (deceased)		September 25th 1602 on surrender of Robert Hurkin [?]	Three daughters and co-heirs of Richard Smith (deceased): 1) Thomasina, wife of Thomas Wrighte of Hingham; 2) Elizabeth, wife of John Taylor of Hingham; 3) Frances, wife of John Bullard of Deopham		1) 7 acres & 1 rood of customary land; 2) 1 acre between the freehold land lately of Richard Smith (deceased) in The Homestall, North & South, abutts on a way from Deopham Coe [?Deopham Field?] to Hingham Stalland, West, 4) 1 rood of customary pasture 5) 3 roods 6) 2½ acres 7) 3 roods between a freehold furlong called The Four Acre Close, lately of Richard Smith (deceased), East 8) 1½ acres of customary land in Deopham Field, 9) ½ acre of customary land in Deopham Field
			Alexander Brooke		One piece of freehold land1	1d
Robert Noobes (deceased)	[1st]		Prudence Noobes, relict of Robert Noobes (deceased)		3 roods of freehold land in the Churchfield in Deopham	Relief 5d
Richard Thurrold (deceased)	1st proclamation				Freehold tenant
			1) Thomas Wrighte & Thomasina his wife; 2) John Taylor & Elizabeth his wife; 3) John Bullard & Frances his wife		Freehold land lately owned by Richard Smith (deceased)	Relief 4d

Court Leet

Misdemeanors

Names	Misdemeanor	Penalty
Robert Lyncolne Henry Hynde Robert Fox William Cory Margaret Layte, widow	In arrears with their rent
William Matlasse	Leaving his horses loose on the Field of Deopham to the detriment of his neighbours	3s 4d

Footnotes

1. A note in the margin recorded that this was passed to Thomas Thilthorp in 1684 although is is not recorded in that Court. However, at the Court of September 1685, Thomas Thilthorp disposed of two pieces of freehold land. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
1/7/25	Published – 20250108_104209