Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1643

Contents

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

Heading

Title	The Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury: General Court with Leet & Petty Session
Date	September 14th 1643
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	–

Court baron

Capital Leet

Sworn

Francis Amyas, gentleman Richard Smythe Richard John Cory Robert Ocloe Robert Newman

Anthony Caly John Bullock Sampson Houchin Robert Noobes, senior Robert Noobes, junior Robert Hypkin [?]

Inquisitores Ex Officio

Thomas Smythe, senior Sampson Houchin Richard Smythe, senior Richard Cory Thomas Smythe of Nether-Rowes Robert Newman Anthony Caly

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
George Brunton made a conditional surrender according to an Indenture dated February 8th 1643		September 18th 1595 after the death of John Brunton his father	Edmund Burman		1) A messuage built in Narrow Gate Street in Deopham containing 5 acres in 3 pieces1 One part between Haughfield and George Brunton 2) A pightle called Wren’s Pightle containing 2½ acres with a Croft between land lately of Robert Malter now John Malter, West, land lately of Henry Henlet now of Edmund Burman; abutts the King’s Highway called Margate Lane2, South abutts land lately of Hubbard
Robert Noobes surrendered by the hand of Robert Norman, a copyhold tenant, in the presence of Thomas Smythe & Anthony Caly			Henry Hynd		1 acre of copyhold land in Church Field between Robert Longe, Ar, North, land of Henry Hynd, South, abuitts land of Francis Bubin, West,		13s 4d
Francis Ranson (deceased)			John Chamberlyn		Freehold tenant of 1½ acres with a Messuage built in Tongreen in Deopham
			Francis Blomefield following the death of Elizabeth his mother		Free tenant

Defaulters

Copyhold tenants

The total in the margin was recorded as 14d.

Name	Fine
Martin Sedley	4d
Robert Longe, gentleman	4d
Robert Rooper	6d

Free tenants

The total in the margin was recorded as 15d.

Name	Amercement
Thomas Woodhouse, Knight & Baronet	3d
Robert de Gray, Knight	3d
Henry Cock	3d
George	3d
Elizabeth Layte, widow	3d

Court Leet

Misdemeanors

Name	Misdemeanor	Amercement
Thomas Smythe	Harm in Narrowgate Lane	3d

Defaulters

Name	Amercement
Richard Wright	12d
[?]	12d
[?]	12d

Officer

Office	Name
Constable	Robert Noobes

Footnotes

1. It has been noted in the margin that Edward Sedley was admitted to these premises at the Court of September 22nd 1699. ↩︎
2. In 1699 this is referred to as Margaret Lane. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
21/7/25	Published – 20250108_104127