Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury October 1682

Contents

1. Heading
2. Court Baron
   1. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
   2. Homage
      1. Sworn
   3. Property
      1. Extract from the will of Thomas Kett
3. Comments
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	October 17th 16821
Steward	Nathaniel Brome
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court Baron

Capital Pledges

Sworn

Robert Ockley John Smith John Bubben Joseph Thilthorp Henry Porter John Porter

Stephen Payne Daniel Blomfield Francis Thilthorp, senior Thomas Fyson Robert Newman William Reynolds

Homage

Sworn

Robert Ockley	Robert Newman
John Porter	James Martin
Joseph Thilthorp	Francis Thilthorp, senior

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
October 22nd 1678 Thomas Kett surrendered out of Court to the Lord to the befoof & use of his last will & testament		September 23rd in the 11th year of the reign of King Charles (i.e. 1636) from Henry Meen, gentleman	Hester Kett, widow, mother of Mary & Elizabeth, admitted according to the will of Thomas Kett [see below]	Francis Next, gentleman	4 acres of land & pasture in an inclosure called Burcroft in Wicklewood	3s 4d	40s

Extract from the will of Thomas Kett

The following extract from the will of Thomas Kett dated January 16^th 1680 has been copied into the Court record in English:-

And I give and bequeath unto my said grandchildren Mary & Elizabeth Kett, & to their heires, all my messuages, lands & tenements in Wicklewood, Crownthorp & Wymondham aforesaid with their & every of their appurtenances after the death of their said mother & the payment of my debts & performance of this my will.

Comments

This is a very short record, with no salaried appointments nor the appointment of a Constable. Unlike the Courts before (1681) and after (1684), it appears to have been written in haste, not by a calligrapher.
It is dated October 17^th anno domini 1682, which leaves a gap in 1683 when no Court has been recorded.

Footnotes

1. This Court is also described as taking place in the 34^th year of the reign of King Charles II, i.e. 1682. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
29/5/25	Published – 20250108_104948