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| Title | Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: A General Court |
| Date | May 7th 1674 |
| Steward | Thomas Baron |
| Location | – |
| Page numbers in Court Roll | 12 – 16 |
Homage
Sworn
| Edward Payne Robert Blomefield Mathew Gold | William Barnes Henry Porter |
Property
| Person surrendering property | Proclamations | Date of the Copyhold | Beneficiary | Attorney | Identification of property | Rent | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Alexander (deceased) | 1st proclamation: November 4th 1669 | October 14th 1651: on the surrender of John Sympson & Alice his wife | Margaret Alexander relict of Joseph Alexander (deceased) according to her husband’s will [see below] | One third part of 3 acres of land in Deopham between land of the Manor of Deopham land of divers men, West, abutts Powland, North | 5s | ||
| Margaret Alexander | Lord of the Manor to the use of her last will & testament | ||||||
| Elizabeth Stevens (deceased) | October 17th 1640 as a coheir of William Entwisell, gentleman | Robert Stevens, son & customary heir | Joseph Alexander | One third part of 3 acres of land in Deopham between land of the Manor of Deopham Hall2, East, land of divers men, West, abutts Powland, North | 7s | ||
| John Fisher & Ann his wife | October 16th 1654 | Elizabeth Smith of Honingham, spinster | 4 acres of copyhold land in a close called Feetes in Hackford between land of John Cock, West, common pasture of Hackford, East & South, …. | 40s | |||
| Elizabeth Smith | Lord of the Manor to the use of her last will & testament | ||||||
| Thomas Jeckes | Certain freehold lands in Deopham inherited from his father, Robert Jeckes | 8d | |||||
| February 12th Thomas Amyas, clerk, out of Court conditionally surrendered by the hand of Henry Porter in the presence of Leonard Newman & John Smith, copyhold tenants of this Manor. This was in return for a mortgage of £89 1s. 3 | January 24th 1666 after the death of Francis Amyas, gentleman, his father. | Robert Cary | 1) 4 acres called Murriells [Marriotts?] in Deopham; 2) 2 acres in Westfield lately inclosed. | 25s | |||
| John Cock surrendered in return for a loan of £63 12s | Edward Heyhoe de Hingham | All his lands & tenements held of this Manor by copy of Court Roll. | |||||
| Robert Longe in the presence of Francis Bacon, esquire, surrendered | Lord of the Manor to the use of her last will & testament |
Extract from the will of Joseph Alexander
The following extract from the will of Joseph Alexander, dated August 10th 1657, has been included in the Court Roll in English:
Item: I give and bequeath unto Margaret my wife for her life all my houses and lands being in Deopham in the County of Norfolk.
Defaulters
Those who had defaulted were amerced 3d each:
| Adam Bale Edmund Borman Robert Childerhouse Leonard Newman | John Raven William Sedley, gentleman John Smith Thomas Smith |
Footnotes
- The word “Hall” has been crossed out in this description. ↩︎
- The word “Hall” appears in this description, although previously it had been crossed out. ↩︎
- A detailed schedule of repayments is included in the Court Roll. ↩︎
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| 5/3/26 | Published – IMG_4884 |
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