Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells April 1779

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Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley The General Court Baron
Date	April 27^th 1779
Steward	Elisha Le Hague the Younger, Gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	131 – 139 and a copy of the admission of Sir John Wodehouse

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
William Donne the Younger and Anna Maria his Wife surrendered for £1500 – see receipts below.			Sir John Wodehouse of Kimberly, Baronet, following a recovery and surrender	Thomas Coningesby Watson	1) 3½ acres between the land now or late of William Ellis, South; lands part of Deopham Hall, North; abuts upon land of divers men, East; a certain Way leading from Church Street into a field called Church Field, West; late in Copyhold Tenure of John Newman; 2) An inclosure called Garrards formerly built containing 3 acres in an inclosure of John Cock, West; a Garden called Palmers late of John Cock, East; abuts upon the Common Pasture, North; a way leading to the West Gate to a Messuage late of the said John Cock, South; 3) 2 acres of copyhold land between John Cock, West; and abuts the said Way, North; 4) 3½ roods of Copyhold land between lands late of John Cock, West; lands of the Manor of Blomeviles, East; 5) ½ acre & ½ rood of Copyhold land between John Cock, East; lands of the Manor of Blomeviles, West; piece no 4 above, North; 6) 1½ acres of Copyhold land at South Hill between lands of Manor of Blomeviles and lands formerly of Robert Cryer and afterwards of Underwood, South; Lands of the Priory of Canterbury, East & West; Total: 11 acres & 2 roods		£14
Henry Bidewell (deceased)		April 18^th 1766: on the forfeited conditional surrender of John Hubbard	Robert Hubbard of Sharborn, husbandman, according to the will of Henry Bidewell [see below]	Himself	4 acres of Copyhold land called Feetes in Hackford		£10 15s
Robert Hubbard			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament
			1) John Adams of Attleborough, Farmer, & Sarah his wife; 2) William Wormall of Bowthorpe, Farmer, & Mary his wife		Certain lands & tenements held in free & common soccage, late of William Childerhouse¹	Relief 1s
			John Lane		Certain lands & tenements held in free & common soccage, late of James Cooper²	Relief 1s 7d
Thomas Stevenson	1st proclamation to come into Court & pay his arrears of Quit Rent otherwise his property will be seized.
Henry Bidewell (deceased)	1st proclamation				Copyhold tenant
William Childerhouse (deceased)	1st proclamation		Adams & Wormall (see above)		Freehold tenant	1s

Receipts for the Wodehouse transaction

The Estate

Steward’s Fees

Extract from the will of Henry Bidewell

The following extract from the will of Henry Bidewell dated May 2^nd 1777 has been copied into the Court Roll:

First, I Give and Devise All and every my Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments as well Freehold as Copyhold or of whatsoever other nature or Tenure, the same be situate or lying and being in Hackford in the County aforementioned or in any other Town or Towns, Parish or place thereunto next or near adjoining, as the same now are in the Tenure and Occupation of Joseph Jacob, his Assignee or Assign, Undertenant or Undertenants, with their and every of their Appurtenances, unto Robert Hubbard, the Son of John Hubbard of Hackford, aforesaid Carpenter,
To Hold to him the said Robert Hubbard, his Heirs and Assigns for ever.

Footnotes

It has been noted in the margin that Robert Curston junior acknowledged tenure of this property at the Court of November 28^th 1780 ↩︎
It has been noted in the margin that John Rudd acknowledged tenure of this property at the Court of June 6^th1796 ↩︎

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Date	Change
7/10/25	Court Roll – IMG_20250604_134259
23/6/24	Receipts
31/5/24	Published (ref IMG_20240321_150806)