Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells April 1794

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Extract from the will of John Amyas, gentleman
   2. Indenture of Sale & Release
   3. Extract paraphrase from the will of Elisha De Hague
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: General Court Baron
Date	April 16th 1794
Steward	Elisha De Hague, gentleman, Steward
Location	For the said Manor at the usual place
Page numbers in Court Roll	32 – 43

Homage

Sworn

John Jolly Roger Curson, junior

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Matthew Lane Mary his wife		Matthew Lane Mary his wife after a recovery because of the confusion between the will of John Amyas [see below] and a sale and release [see below].	Samuel Pettingall the younger of Runhall following a recovery in which Frances Gates was Bailiff.	Themselves	1 acre in Morley St Bottolph1		£1 11s 6d
Samuel Pettingall			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament
Elisha De Hague (deceased)			John Buckle of Norwich, esquire	Himself			£5 5s
December 4th 1793 Susanna Cann of Wymondham, widow, surrendered out of Court		July 5th 1792 under the will of Mary Stevenson (deceased)	John Buckle	Himself	3 acres in Westfield  in Deopham between lands of Margaret Alexander, Widow, late Entwissel’s, otherwise Venters2, East & West, abutts a Way from Stolland Street to the Church of Deopham in part, copyhold lands late of William Barnham held of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter, South, land late of Margaret Alexander, North. 3		£4 4s
Elisha De Hague		October 16th 1752 under a sale & bargain from William Land & John Cooper, trustees of William Lane	John Buckle		3 acres of land in Deopham between land of the Manor of Deopham Hall, East, land of divers men, West, abutts the Powland Way, North.	£5 5s
John Buckle			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament
John Wright (deceased)	1st Proclamation
			John Daniel of Dillington, gentleman	Brand Fuller	Certain lands & tenements held in free & common socage located in Wicklewood, late of Charles Dunham, esquire, before of Alexander Falconer.4	Relief 5d
			William Mallett of Kimberly, husbandman	Himself	One messuage with 1 rood of land held in free & common socage located in Morley St. Peter, late of James Lofty, before of John Stevenson.5	Relief 2d

Extract from the will of John Amyas, gentleman

The following extract from the will of John Amyas, gentleman, dated June 7^th 1762 has been included in the Court Roll:-

Also, I devise unto Matthew Lane, Clerk, and Mary his wife for their lives and to the heirs of the body of the said Mary, All my Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in the use of Matthew Birch in Deopham aforesaid.

Indenture of Sale & Release

Indentures of sale and release dated November 25 & 26^th 1756 had been made between:
1) John Amyas,
2) Mary Amyas, spinster, sister of John Amyas,
3) Matthew Lane,
4) Mary Lane then Mary Amyas, spinster,
5) Samuel Gilman, gentleman.

Extract paraphrase from the will of Elisha De Hague

The following paraphrase from the will of Elisha De Hague dated August 28^th 1777 is included in the Court Roll:-

The said Testator did authorize, impower and direct his Executors therein after named his Executors and Administrators, to make Sale and Disposition of all and every his Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments situate, lying and being in Deopham or Towns adjoining in the County of Norfolk with their and every of their appurtenances to and for the best price or prices that could or might be had or gotten for the same.

Footnotes

1. The will of John Amyas refers to land in Deopham, but the recovery process & subsequent admittance of Samuel Pettingall all relate to the 1 acre in Morley. ↩︎
2. Otherwise Venters: This is a corruption of alius-ventris.  ↩︎
3. It has been noted in the margin that John Dobbs was admitted to this land at the Court of June 11^th 1804. ↩︎
4. It has been noted in the margin that William Daniel acknowledged tenure of this land at the Court of July 20^th 1812. ↩︎
5. It has been noted in the margin that James Cann acknowledged tenure of this land at the Court of June 23^rd 1808. ↩︎

Navigation

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