Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells July 1792

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Extract from the will of Mary Stevenson
   2. License to Susanna Cann
4. Defaulters
5. Footnotes
6. Navigation

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: General Court Baron
Date	July 5th 1792
Steward	Elisha De Hague the younger, gentleman
Location	For the said Manor at the usual place
Page numbers in Court Roll	28 – 31

Homage

Sworn

Stephen Taylor Robert Curson the younger

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Mary Stevenson, widow (deceased)	1st Proclamation: May 17th 1790 2nd Proclamation June 7th 1792	September 15th 1746 according to the will of Edward Hatch (deceased)	Susanna Cann of Wymondham, Widow, according to the will of Mary Stevenson [see below]	Herself	3 acres in Westfield in Deopham between lands of Margaret Alexander, Widow, late Entwissel’s, otherwise Venters1, East & West, abutts a Way from Stolland Street to the Church of Deopham in part, copyhold lands of William Barnham held of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter, South, land late of Margaret Alexander, North.		£5 5s
Susanna Cann			Lord of the Manor to the use of her last will & testament	Herself

Extract from the will of Mary Stevenson

The following extract from the will of Mary Stevenson dated March 23^rd 1776 has been included in the Court Roll:

First, I give and devise unto my Daughter Susanna Cann, Widow,
All and every my Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever, as well Freehold as Copyhold, situate, lying and being in Deopham in the said County of Norfolk or in any other Town or Towns thereunto near or adjoining,
To Hold the said Premises with their and every of their Appurtenances (Subject as therein mentioned) unto her my said Daughter Susanna Cann and her Heirs for ever.

License to Susanna Cann

Susanna Cann was granted license by the Lord of the Manor to “cut down and convert to her own use five small Oaks standing and growing on the copyhold land” to which she had just been admitted.
She had to pay three guineas to the Lord in Court for this license.

Defaulters

Those who had defaulted were amerced 3d each.

Footnotes

1. Otherwise Venters: This is a corruption of alius-ventris.  ↩︎

Navigation

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