Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury November 1788

Contents

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

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: The Special Court at the Request of John Somner Sedley Esquire
Date	November 12th 1788
Steward	Samuel Gilman, Gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	270 – 285

Homage

Jonathan Dey

Robert Clark

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
The Special Court at the Request of John Somner Sedley Esquire by his Attorneys: John Hutter of Ketteringham and William Wells of Norwich			John Sparkhall of Deopham, Farmer			8s 2d
John Hutter		February 11th 1783	Archibald Rowing	Himself	1) 2½ acres of pasture in Hill Field between lands late of Robert Waters, South; the King’s Way late called Huns green leading from Deopham Town Green as far as Morley Green, North; Snalegate Lane now called Town House Lane East; land late of Miles Hobart called Urry’s West. 2) 2 acres called Grimsmeer between the lands formerly of William Bidwell, late of Edward Sedley, South; Land of this Manor late in the tenure of Edward Sedley, North; Halmer Way, East; land late of William ke Grey, West. 3) 1 acre between (2) above and the land of William de Grey, North & West; Halmer Way East; 4) 3 roods late of William Beales between lands late of Thomas Brooke, late of Edward Sedley, South; lands of the Manor of Deopham Hall in tenure of Jacob Skipper North; Common Way East; 5) ½ acre called Scotts Pightle with a House built thereupon between lands of Edward Sedley South & North; Snalegate Lane, alias Town House Lane, East. 6) 3 roods in Thorny Field in Morley.
			Samuel Parker challenged Archibald Rowing; the Court calls upon the bailiff to recover the property and seisin is handed over to Samuel Parker.
Samuel Parker			John Sparkhall of Deopham, Farmer		As above1		£9 9s
John Sparkhall		The present Court	Thomas Robinson	John Hutter	3 roods in Thorny Field in Morley2		£1 1s
John Sparkhall			Into the hands of the Lady of the Manor to the use & behoof of his last will & testament

Footnotes

1. It has been noted in the margin that James Sparkhall was admitted to the whole of this property, except the 3 roods in Morley, on November 14^th 1791. ↩︎
2. It has been recorded in the margin that George Denny Graver was admitted on November 19^th 1801, although there is no mention of this in the Court record. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
18/1/25	Published – 20250108_120056