Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1704

Contents

  1. Heading
  2. Court Baron
    1. Homage
      1. Sworn
      2. Defaulters in Homage
    2. Property
  3. Court Leet
    1. Capital Pledges
      1. Sworn
      2. Defaulters in Capital Pledge
    2. Officers
  4. Footnotes
  5. Navigation

Heading

TitleDeopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury:
General Court Baron with the Leet & Petty Session
DateSeptember 22nd 1704
StewardWilliam Mantell, Gentleman
Location
Page numbers in Court RollNot paginated

Court Baron

Homage

Sworn

Stephen PayneJohn Cory
Robert DraperThomas Bothell

Defaulters in Homage

The following defaulters were fined 12 pence each:

Walter Carver
William Sedley
Edward Sedley, Gentleman
John Pooley
Thomas Taylor
Edward Colman
John Wodehouse, Baron
Thomas de Grey
William Grigson, Clerk
John Heigham, Gentleman
Samuel Levold, Gentleman
John Amyas, Clerk
Richard Wright
George Kett
John Duffield, Gentleman
John Gaynish
Heirs of John Stone
John Knights
Robert Blomfield
John Colman
Heirs of William Blissie
Heirs of John Reynolds
Heirs of William Salter
Heirs of Richard Raven
Stephen Amyas, Gentleman
Francis Bignell
Stephen Bradford
Thomas Browne

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
Thomas GarwoodOctober 18th 1681Mary living daughter of Thomas Greenwood, wife of Richard PunderTenement Brownes adjoining a pasture in Deopham called The Stolland1
Philip Pooley and Elizabeth his wifeEdward NorthA tenement in Deopham Westfield abutting land of Edward Payne
William Barnham, West
John OsbourneJohn Stacey and Mary his wifeA Messuage near the tenement Brownes, being in Woolwhite also Stolland Streete in Deopham

Court Leet

Capital Pledges

Sworn

Thomas Sowell
Samuel Shuer
Philip Beales
Joseph Taylor
Jonathan Dey
William Mothersole
Edward Wright
Stephen Greene
Robert Willyment
Thomas Hipkin
Robert Mynnes
John Themelthorp

Defaulters in Capital Pledge

The following defaulters were each fined 12 pence (total in margin = 6s):

Edward Beall
Samuel Yeoman
William Royall
John Smith
John Bubbins
John Newman

The following defaulters were each fined 6 pence:

John Stacey
William Rust
George Mothersole, Junior
Robert Peale
Robert Cary
George Mothersole, Senior
Henry Whittle [?]
Thomas Childres
Robert Childres
John Bond
Robert Beusley
William Cuttings

Officers

OfficeName
ConstableEdward Bale

Footnotes

  1. A note in the margin refers to this messuage passing to the use of John Wade in 1715. ↩︎
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2/4/25Published – 202501408_110109