Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1705

Contents

  1. Heading
  2. Homage
    1. Sworn
    2. Defaulters in Homage
  3. Property
  4. Capital Pledges
    1. Sworn
    2. Defaulters in Capital Pledge
    3. Offices
  5. Footnotes
  6. Navigation

Heading

TitleDeopham of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury:
General Court Baron with the Leet & Petty Session
DateSeptember 25th 1705
StewardWilliam Mantell, Gentleman
Location
Page numbers in Court RollNot paginated

Homage

Sworn

Robert Drag
Thomas Buchell
John Stacey

Defaulters in Homage

The following defaulters were fined 12 pence each:

Walter Carver
Edward Sedley, Gentleman
Edward Wodehouse
Sare Amyas
John Pooley
Stephen Payne
Samuel Youngman
Edward Colman
Stephen Baldwyn
Edward Payne
Robert Burrowes
Joseph Payne
R Punder
Edward Heth [?]
John Wodehouse, Ban
Thomas de Grey
William Grigson, Clerk
S. Bale
John Amyas, Clerk
Richard Wright
George Kett
John Duffield, Gentleman
Joseph Gaynir
Francis Wise, Gentleman
John Knights
John Coog
John Colman Pieret
Arthur Blisse
Heirs of John Reynolds
John Thilthorpe [Themilthorpe?]
Heirs of William Salter
Heirs of Richard Raven
Stephen Amyas, Gentleman
Thomas Browne

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
Edward WrightMessuage, land & tenement 1s 3d
John Cory (deceased)John Stacey, Nephew & heir of John Cory (deceased)1) A tenement called Brownes with a house built thereon in Deopham in a way called Woolwyte otherwise Stalland Streete containing 2 acres 2 roods) bounded by
Free lands of John Cutts, North,
a pasture of this Manor called The Stalland, West.
[?]
John Stacey (deceased)
Executor John Nobbs of Besthorpe
Richard Nobbs of Besthorpe12 acres & 1½ roods in Deopham between land of Robert Roy late of Stephen Payne, South,
John Cutts, North,
Abutting common pasture of this Manor called The Stalland, West.
No fine
William Sedley (deceased)1st Proclamation
S. BaleA Messuage with 4½ acres in Deopham

Capital Pledges

Sworn

Thomas Sowell
John Stone
Joseph Taylor
Edward Bale
Stephen Greene
Thomas Buchell
Thomas Hipkin
Robert M
William Reynolds
John Smith
William Royall
John Stacey
Jonathan Dey

Defaulters in Capital Pledge

The following defaulters were fined 12 pence each:

Robert Willimont
S Bale
Samuel Youngman
John Newman
William Mothersole
Philip Hales
A Bale
Robert Ruolly [?]
Richard Jolley
Archibald Bale

The following defaulters were fined 6 pence each:

John Themilthorpe
William Peele
Thomas Childerhouse
John Bubbin
John Curle
William Cutting
H Blackborne
Stephen Greene, Junior
Robert Beusley
Richard Smith
Thomas Cary
Robert Cary
William Rust

Offices

OfficeName
ConstableThomas Sowell

Footnotes

  1. There is a note in the margin dated in 1706 signed by Richard Nobbs “I do acknowledge my selfe satisfyed the conditional surrender as wittness my hand, Richard Nobbs. ↩︎
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1/4/25Published – 202501408_110127