Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells August 1689

Contents

1. Heading
2. Property
3. Footnotes
4. Navigation

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: A Special Court at the request of William Sedley, esquire
Lord of the Manor	John Whitefoot clerk
Date	August 21st 1689
Steward	Arthur Branthwayt, esquire
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	47 – 49

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Edmund Burman, esquire (deceased)	1st Proclamation: October 15th 1688		Ann, wife of William Sedley, was granddaughter & heir of Edmund Burman.	Themselves	1) A messuage & 6 acres of land lately of James Burman; 2) 1½ acres in Hawfield lately Laights; 3) 3 acres lately Smiths; 4) 2 acres lately Brantons; 5) 16 acres in a pightle called Ellis, lately Wrights.
William Sedley & Ann his wife			William Sedley & Ann his wife and the heirs of their bodies		1) A messuage & 6 acres of land lately of James Burman; 2) 1½ acres lately Laights; 3) 3 acres lately Smiths; 4) 2 acres lately Brantons; Total: 12½ acres
William Sedley & Ann his wife			William Sedley		16 acres in a pightle called Ellis, recently Wrights.1		Total fines: £26
William Sedley & Ann his wife conditionally surrendered in return for a mortgage of £12 10s			Thomas Towneshend		1) 10 acres between land lately of John Wright, East, land of Robert Bloomfield & land of the Rector of Morley, West, abutts Longarsty, South, East Hallwood, North; 2) 6 acres in one piece called Mas…. between ….., West, a way called Wood Waies, South, land now of lately of Thomas Amyas, North; 3) A pightle called Ellis Pightle between the tenement called Bunns, East, abutts … lately of William Tompkins, North, land of this Manor, South.

Footnotes

1. It has been noted in the margin that Humphry Prideaux was admitted to this land at the Court of May 16^th 1695, and
   surrendered to William Grigson, Lord of the Manor, at the Court of May 12^th 1709 ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
25/3/26	Published – IMG_4927