Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1638

Contents

1. Heading
2. Court baron
   1. Capital Leet
      1. Sworn
   2. Inquisitores Ex Officio
      1. Sworn
   3. Property
   4. Defaulters
      1. Copyhold Tenants
      2. Copyhold Tenants
      3. Freehold Tenants
3. Court Leet
   1. Misdemeanors
   2. Officer
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with the Leet & Petty Session
Date	September 24th 1638
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court baron

Capital Leet

Sworn

Francis Amyas, gentleman Richard Smythe, senior Richard Whyn Philip Cory George Brunton Robert Newman, junior

Anthony Caly Francis Ranson Robert Noobes William Bydcock William Turner William Noobes, junior

Inquisitores Ex Officio

Sworn

Robert Underwood Richard Smythe Philip Cory George Brunton Anthony Caly Robert Newman

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
January 4th 16371: Robert Newman, junior surrendered by the hand of Robert Underwood (Copyhold tenant) in the presence of Francis Amyas, gentleman, & Anthony Caly (Copyhold tenants)			Lord of the Manor for the use of his last will & testament		All his hereditaments & tenements held of this Manor
Thomas James sold			Francis Bubin		3 acres of pasture in Deopham lately of Thomas Coubold between land occupied by Henry Hynd, South, Robert Long, Ar, Thomas Woodhouse, Knight & Baronet, North	23d
			Robert Smythe		4 acres of freehold land in 3 pieces in Deopham: 1) 2 acres with a messuage in Haughfield between land of Manor of Wicklewood, East, George Brunton, West, abutts Narrowgate lane, North 2 & 3) 2 separated acres in Haughfield lately Anthony Slight, and before Thomas Brooke2	14d
Philip Cory			The Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament		All his copyhold lands & tenements
			John Smythe		A certain piece of a farm by the windmill (now defunct) built in Low Common alias Deopham Moore, near the watermill of Miles Hobart, South & West, length 60 feet, width 60 feet.	2s 6d
Arthur Smythe (deceased)					Freehold & Copyhold tenant
John Entroosoe (deceased)			William Entroosoe		Freehold tenant

Defaulters

Copyhold Tenants

The total recorded in the margin is 20d

Name	Amercement
Martin Sedley, Ar	4d
Robert Long, gentleman	4d
Robert Roper	6d
William Styles	6d

Copyhold Tenants

The total recorded in the margin is 9d

Name	Amercement
Thomas Walter	3d
Henry Hynd	3d
Edward Burnham	3d

Freehold Tenants

The total recorded in the margin is 3s

Name	Amercement
Thomas Woodhouse, knight & baronet	3d
Miles Hobart, esquire	3d
Robert Gray, esquire	3d
William Homman, gentleman	3d
Henry Cock	3d
George Donor	3d
Sampson Houchin	3d
William Thrower	3d
Thomas Copling	3d
Samuel Harding, clerk	3d
John Bale	3d
Robert Bale	3d

Court Leet

Misdemeanors

Name	Misdemeanor	Penalty
Robert Johnson	Had not adequately cleared out the ditch between Bilam Falgate	3d (10s if not sorted out)
Margaret Cocke	Had not cut the branches of a tree by the way running from Haughfield to a common	3d (3s 4d if not sorted by May 1st)

Officer

Office	Name elected	Succeeding
Constable	Robert Noobes	Anthony Caly

Footnotes

1. Ecclesiastical calendar ↩︎
2. It has been noted in the margin that in 1684 this land was now of John Pooley. This is not mentioned in the record of the Court of 1684. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
4/8/25	Published – 20250108_103912