Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury October 1621

Contents

1. Heading
2. General Court
   1. Inquisitores Ex Officio
      1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Defaulters
4. Court Leet
   1. Capital Leet
      1. Sworn
   2. Election of Officer
   3. Offences
   4. Defaulters
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with Leet & Petty Session
Date	October 15th 1621
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

General Court

Inquisitores Ex Officio

Sworn

James Burman Thomas Blomfield Richard Smythe Peter Cory George Brunton John Ockie

Robert Newman

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Francis Amyas, gentleman, surrendered by the hand of Richard Smithe in the presence of John Amyas, gentleman, & Thomas Blomfield – all copyhold tenants.		September 8th 1604 on the surrender of William Bealles	Robert Longe, gentleman		3 roods in Westfield in Deopham between land of Deopham Hall in the tenure of George Dover, East, land of divers men, West, abutts land of Kohn Long, gentleman, South & North.		3s
John Amyas, gentleman, surrendered by the hand of Richard Smithe in the presence of Francis Amyas, gentleman, & Thomas Blomfield – all copyhold tenants.		October 10th 1583 on the surrender of Thomas Amyas, gentleman.	Robert Longe, gentleman		1 acre in Westfield in Deopham between John Longe, gentleman, South & North, abutts copyhold land of this Manor lately in the tenure of Francis Amyas, now of Robert Longe, gentleman, East
John Newman & Robert Newman sold			John Entwissel		Certain freehold land of this Manor.
John Walter (deceased) before his death had sold			George Dover Mary his wife		Certain freehold land of this Manor.

The bailiff was awarded 26s 8d for apprehending a certain mare, and a further 4d for the 3 hours he had spent in this capture.

Defaulters

These copyhold tenants were penalised 3d each

Thomas Walter Edward Burman Catherine Carsy

John Denys Gregory Hynd

John Amyas, gentleman, was fined 4d.

Court Leet

Capital Leet

Sworn

William Bullock Peter Cory Bartholomew Stone Richard Smythe John Ocloe John Bydwell

George Brunton Richard Crofte John Can William Bydwell William Creake Thomas Brooke

Election of Officer

Office	Name
Constable	Bartholomew Stone

Offences

Offender	Offence	Fine	Penalty if not resolved
Gregory Hynd	Branches blocking the way; ordered to cut them back.	6d	5s

Defaulters

These tenants were penalised 12d each for being in default of their obligations to the Court Leet:-

John Bale James Petit John Denys

Navigation

Date	Change
31/7/26	Published – 20250108_103151