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| Title | Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: Court Barron of Elizabeth Hobart, widow |
| Date | May 11th 1641 |
| Steward | – |
| Location | – |
| Page numbers in Court Roll | 64 – 65 |
Free Tenants
| Sir John Windham Martin Sedley, esquire Robert Longe, gentleman Francis Amyas, gentleman Edward Burman, gentleman Henry Meane, gentleman Richard Wright, gentleman John Jakers Thomas Blisse John Stephenson Robert Syer Thomas Smith, miller | Robert Newman William Bidwell Ruben Godfrey Jane Bale, widow Nicholas Howlett, clerk Edward Cock Philip Cory Ann Kempe, widow Adam Neave Henry Hyndes Edward Stephenson Robert Bale Jeremy Cock |
Inquisitores Ex Officio
| Martin Sedley, esquire Robert Longe, gentleman Francis Amyas, gentleman Edward Burman, gentleman * John Wright, gentleman * George Brumpton, sworn John Brooke, senior Thomas Aldriche Robert Jeckes Francis Bubbins Robert Roper * Anthony Caley, jure uxis, sworn | Henry Cock A * Robert Underwood, sworn *Edward Stephenson, sworn * Richard Raven, sworn * Robert Newman, sworn Edward Cock Robert Allen Robert Juby * Thomas Walters, sworn William Bubbing by William Noobes, guardian1 John Page |
Property
| Person surrendering property | Proclamations | Date of the Copyhold | Beneficiary | Attorney | Identification of property | Rent | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Noobes surrendered out of Court by the hand of Robert Underwood, a copyhold tenant, in the presence of Robert Newman & George Brumpton | April 22nd 1640 following the surrender of William Noobes his father | Richard Smyth | 3 acres in Churchfield in Deopham | 20s | |||
| Robert Underwood & Margaret his wife surrendered by the hand of George Brumpton, a copyhold tenant, in the presence of Francis Amyas, gentleman, & Thomas Walter, copyhold tenants of this Manor | Robert Ockley & Mary his wife | 2 acres in Haughfield in Deepham between land of Margaret Underwood, East, land of Henry Hynde, West, abutts common of Deepham, West, land of the Manor of Bury Hall, North.2 | |||||
| William Bidwell (deceased) | Elizabeth Bidwell relict of William Bidwell (deceased) by the will of William Bidwell (deceased) [see below] | ||||||
| Robert Roper surrendered by the hand of Francis Amyas, gentleman, a copyhold tenant, in the presence of Robert Newman & Anthony Caley | To the Lord of this Manor to the use of his last will | All his copyhold lands & tenements of this Manor | |||||
| Thomas Smythe, miller | Certain freehold land of this Manor3 | ||||||
| Robert Layte [Leight]4 of Deepham (deceased) | 1st Proclamation | John Layte is the customary heir being Robert Layte’s brother. | Copyhold tenant | ||||
| Jeremiah Cock | Free tenant of land of this Manor in Deepham & Morley. |
Extract from the will of William Bidwell
The following extract from the will of William Bidwell has been copied in English into the Court Roll:-
I give and bequeath all my lands and tenements meadowes, pastures, feedinge groundes and hereditaments in all singular there appertaining as they are sett, lying and being in Deepham to Elizabeth my wyffe during the terme of her naturall life.
Footnotes
- See the Court of April 22nd 1640 for the award of guardianship. ↩︎
- This land is mentioned in the record of the Court of October 16th 1752. ↩︎
- There is a note in the margin “Vide lib B p 23“; this page refers to the Court of November 13th 1656. ↩︎
- Although the spelling Layte is used in this Court record, it is clearly the same family name as Leight (see Court of January 18th 1641). ↩︎
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