Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1613

Contents

Title	Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	September 28^th1613
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Robert Darkin
John Oclo
Richard Smythe
George Brunton
Peter Childerhouse

Person surrendering property	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Stephen Chiterlinge (deceased)	April 2^nd 1606	Jane Chiterlinge as guardian of their son Stephen who was only 14 years old.	4 acres of inclosed copyhold land & pasture in 2 pieces at Burcroft in Wiklewood.		16s
		Robert Cock	A freehold messuage called Smythes in Tonne Greene in Deopham, lately of William Bydwell	3s
John Cutts surrendered by the hand of Richard Smythe in the presence of George Brunton & Peter Childerhouse, all copyhold tenants.	September 25^th1610 on the surrender of Walter Cutts	John Dover & Mary his wife	A pightle called Scotts in Haughfield in Deopham containing 2½ acres between the land of the Manor of Deopham alius Blomeviles called Somers, West, land of Thomas Reynold, East.		20s
Robert Laight (deceased)		Robert Laite (sic) is son & customary heir	Freehold property	Relief 14d
Richard Walter (deceased)		Thomas Walter is son & customary heir; bailiff ordered to distrain	Freehold property	10d

William Bullock
William Wright
John Bydwell, senior
Robert Underwood
Richard Smythe
John Ocloe

Edward Brunton
Stephen Meeke
Thomas Brooke
Robert Cock
William browne
John Luce

Accuser	Offender	Offence	Fine	Penalty if not resolved
The Capital Pledges	Inhabitants of the village of Deopham	Not repairing their boundaries	6d
	Robert Newman	Not sufficiently looking after the fences & ditches next to the Kings Highway by the Staland	6d	6s 8d
	John Ocloe John Luce		3d each	3s 4d

Office	Name
Constable	William Wright

Date	Change
19/7/26	Published – 20250108_102753