Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells April 1654

Contents

1. Note
2. Heading
3. Homage
   1. Sworn
4. Property
   1. Extract from the will of Richard Wright
   2. Extract from the will of Martin Sedley
5. Footnotes
6. Navigation

Note

The record of this Court from the time of Cromwell’s Commonwealth was written in English.

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: The General Court of Elizabeth Hobart, Widow
Date	April 13th 1654
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	11 – 13

Homage

Sworn

Edward Stephenson Edmund Cocke Robert Oakley [Ockley?] John Leight

William Childerhouse Richard Raven George Roper Richard Whynn

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
November 13th 1652: John Leight conditionally surrendered out of Court by the hand of Robert Hakeley [?] in the presence of Richard Nothym [?] & Francis Bubbyn, all copyhold tenants of this Manor, in return for a mortgage of £16 19s			Bartholomew Stone of Wicklewood, gentleman		4½ acres [?] copyhold inclosed land in Hawfield in Deopham between lands late of Robert Leight, East, lands in the occupation of John Bele [?], West, abutting on the Common Pasture called South Hill, South, land now of late in the use & occupation of Sara Nobbs, North.
Edmund Borman surrendered by the hand of George Roper, a copyhold tenant of this Manor in the presence of Robert Underwood & John Newman, also copyhold tenants			To the Manor to the use in his last will & testament.
Richard Wright (deceased)		November 3rd 1652 after the death of John Wright his father	Mary Wright, & Margaret the wife of Edward Bale, Frances, Martha, Ann, Elizabeth Wright and Sarah Wright being the seaven sisters of the said Richard Wright according to his will [see below].		16 acres of copyhold land and a pightle called Ellys in Deopham1		£12
Martin Sedley (deceased)		April 1617	William Sedley, gentleman according to the will of Martin Sedley [see below]	Francis Smyth, gentleman	1) 1 acre copyhold 2) 3 acres copyhold in the tenure of Richard Randolph in Morley, 3) 8 acres copyhold in St Peters in Morley in 3 parts 2		£6
			William Sedley being only 13 years old, Elizabeth …. , widow, grandmother of William, was appointed guardian.

Extract from the will of Richard Wright

The following extract from the will of Richard Wright dated July 24^th 1653 has been included in the Court Roll³:

Item. All the residue of my Messuages, Lands, Tenements, hereditaments, pastures, feedings & hereditaments whatsoever in my own occupation in Deopham aforesaid and in Morley & Wicklewood next adjoyninge, I give & devise unto all my seaven sisters equally to be divided as copartners at the Common Lawe or as tenants in Common to them & their severall & respective heires and assignes for and in satisfaction and discharge of all & every such legacy & legacies or gift whatsoever was geven to them or any of them by my father’s will & testament
And soe as if any of my said sisters shall at any tyme bringe any action against or troubles my Executrixes hereafter named or either of them that then the party soe bringing action or …. to release shall forfit her & their part in all the said premisses to my said Executrixes untill such release be made & in due forme of same delyvered to my said Executrixes or one of them.

Extract from the will of Martin Sedley

The following extract from the will of Martin Sedley dated January 10^th 1654 has been included in the Court Roll:

Item. I doe devise & bequeath unto my grandchild William Sedley my Coppyhold Lands … of the Manor of Shadwells also Cockerells

Footnotes

1. There is a more extensive description of this property at the Court of November 3^rd 1652 when Richard Wright inherited. ↩︎
2. A note in the margin recorded that John Sedley was admitted to this land at the Court of May 29^th 1705. ↩︎
3. There is a full copy of the will of Richard Wright here. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
5/2/26	Published – IMG_4791