Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1618

Contents

1. Heading
2. General Court
   1. Note
3. Property
   1. Defaulters
4. Court Leet
   1. Offences
   2. Election of Officer
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with Leet & Petty Session
Date	September 22nd 1618
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

General Court

Note

Unlike the Courts before and after which listed separate juries for the General Court and the Court Leet, this Court has a single list of jurors:

Francis Amyas, gentleman Thomas Blomefield John Ocloe Richard Smythe George Brunton Robert Newman William Daman William Bydwell Francis Ranson Robert Juby

John Cock, gentleman John Amyas, gentleman John Darkyn John Walter Richard James John Bydwell, senior John Bydwell, junior Henry Howlet John Cutts

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
John Thorne (deceased) surrendered after the last Court & before his death by the hand of Francis Amyas, gentleman, in the presence of George Brunton & Thomas Blomfield – all copyhold tenants of this Manor – to the use of his last will & testament	September 20th 1616 on the surrender of John Cutts		Thomas Bubin		2½ acres in Deopham between land of Francis Amyas, gentleman, South, freehold land of John Cutts, North, abutts the common pasture of this Manor called The Stalland, West.		13s 4d
Richard James			Edward Howlet		1 rood of freehold land in Haughfield in Deopham	1d
John Amyas, gentleman			John Fox		2 acres of freehold land in Deopham	4d
William Bydwell			Francis Ransin		2 acres of freehold land in Haughfield in Deopham
Thomas Smythe, senior (deceased)			Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Blomfield, according to Thomas Smythe’s will.		5 roods of freehold land
Thomas Smyth sold			Robert Newman: bailiff instructed to distrain Robert Newman.		Certain freehold lands
			Martin Sedley, esquire,

Defaulters

The following copyhold tenants were fined 3d each for failing to attend Court;

James Burman Gregory Hynd Edward Burman

William Nobys John Cutts John Dennys

The following freehold tenants were fined 3d each for failing to attend Court;

Sir Henry Hobart, baronet Sir John Woodhouse, baronet Sir William de Gray John Long … Long, gentleman Thomas Walter Peter Coop

Richard Layte Peter Burman John Newman Richard Hynde George Edwardes Thomas Thinge Heirs of Edmund Duffield

Court Leet

Offences

Offenders	Offence	Penalty	Penalty if not resolved
The inhabitants of Deopham	Not adequately maintaining the boundaries	6d	6s 8d
Elona Ward	Quarrelling with the Lord	12d	6s 8d

Election of Officer

Office	Name
Constable	William Bydwell

Navigation

Date	Change
26/7/26	Published – 20250108_103039