Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells August 1649

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
4. Defaulters
5. Source Documents
6. Footnotes
7. Navigation

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: General Court of Elizabeth Hobart, widow
Date	August 8th 1649
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	77 – 78

Homage

Sworn

Robert Underwood Robert Newman Thomas Walter Francis Bubbyn Robert Childerhouse

Robert Ockley Edward Stympson Richard Raven

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
August 10th 1648: William Bidwell, son & heir of William Bidwell & Elizabeth, surrendered out of Court into the hand of the lord of the Manor by the hand of Anthony Caley, copyhold tenant, in the presence of Robert Newman & Robert Ockley, copyhold tenants, to John Gostling			John Gostling		½ acre inclosed in Deepham between land lately of William Bidwell (deceased), North, Robert Newman, South.1
Roger Skipper2 (deceased) Roger Skipper, clerk, is son & heir of Roger Skipper (deceased) July 16th 1679: Roger Skipper, clerk surrendered out of Court into the hand of the Lord of the Manor by the hand of Thomas Walter, copyhold tenant, in the presence of Robert Newman & Robert Ockley, copyhold tenants, to the use of John Skipper, brother of Roger Skipper, clerk	January 18th 1641: on the surrender of John Page		John Skipper		7 acres of copyhold land in Deepeham in diverse pieces: 1) 2 acres at Scotte Gappe between land of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury, West, Narrowgate Lane, East, Common Pasture of Deopham, North, 2) 2 acres at the end of The Haught between land lately of Anthony Gurny, West & East, a Way from Deepeham to Ellingham, South, 3) 2½ acres near Short Road between land lately of James de Gray, Ar, South, Common Pasture of Deepeham called Stolland, North, Anthony Gurny, East, 4) ½ acre of land in Hawfield in Deepeham @ rent of 5s p.a.3 5) 3 acres & 3 roods of copyhold land called Hogs Croft in The Westfield in Deepeham between land of William Cutt, South, land of Simon Humfrey, North, a Common Way called Margarets, West, land of the Priory of Canterbury, East, @ 3s 6d rent4		£10 10s
July 30th 1649 George Brunton & Dorothy his wife out of Court into the hand of the Lord of the Manor by the hand of Thomas Walter, copyhold tenant, in the presence of Robert Newman & Robert Underwood, copyhold tenants.		December 18th1643	Thomas Smythe	Himself	Cottages in which George Brunton was living, on a piece of land 20 feet in length & 20 feet in breadth situated in Hawfield between land of Edward Burman, East, Sharke Gap5, West George Brunton, South.

Defaulters

Those who had defaulted were amerced 3d each.

Source Documents

The record of this Court is fairly chaotic with multiple corrections and crossings out, as shown by the reproductions below; the last section, concerning the cottages on a piece of land 20 feet square, has been added in a different hand.

All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original; their ref is NRO MS 20632

Footnotes

1. It has been noted in the margin that Robert Longe, ar, was admitted to this land at the Court of November 6^th 1650 ↩︎
2. The surnames
   Skipper
   
   and
   Skepper
   
   appear to be used interchangeably in the record of this Court. For consistency, the form Skipper has been adopted in this transcription. ↩︎
3. Unlike the other pieces, this half acre is not explicitly described as Copyhold, yet it’s included in the 7 acre total. ↩︎
4. This piece of 3 acres & 3 roods is described as copyhold, yet has not been included in the total copyhold acreage (stated to be 7 acres).  ↩︎
5. Later records refer to Clarke’s Gap, not Sharke Gap: for example, see the Court of August 5^th 1777. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
20/10/25	Published – IMG_4593