Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells November 1669

Contents

1. Introduction to Robert Ockley & John Smyth
2. Heading
3. Inquisitores ex Officio
   1. Sworn
4. Property
5. Misdemeanor
6. Defaulters
7. Assessors
   1. Sworn
8. Footnotes
9. Navigation

Introduction to Robert Ockley & John Smyth

This is a complex Court in so far as the transactions concerning Robert Ockley and John Smyth are concerned. There are two packages of land involved:
1) 2 acres in Haughfield
2) 3 acres abutting Pye Lane + 1 acre in The Breeds.
It was recorded that Robert Ockley made a conditional surrender, to Bartholomew Stone, of the 2 acres at an out-of-Court session on October 10^th 1668 in order to raise a loan of £25 11s 6d.
This transaction should have been formalised at the following Court held on November 2^nd 1668, but is was not brought to the Court.
The out-of-Court conditional surrender for the 2 acres was repeated on November 10^th 1668 and then brought before this Court for enrolment in the Court records. The terms of the loan were unchanged.
However, John Smyth asserted that Robert Ockley had already paid Bartholomew Stone the £25 11s 6d. This meant that Bartholomew Stone did not need to be admitted as a tenant, and that therefore Robert Ockley was at liberty to surrender the 2 acres.
The final event in this saga recorded that Robert Ockley in another out-of-Court transaction surrendered the 2 acres to Robert Blomfield who was formally admitted as tenant at this Court.
The bailiff confirmed that John Smyth held the 3 acres + 1 acre by copy of Court Roll, and had done so since November 6^th 1660.

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: A General Court of Miles Hobart, Esquire
Date	November 4th 1669
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	48 – 50

Inquisitores ex Officio

Sworn

Edward Payne John Fisher Robert Draper Henry Porter

Leonard Newman John Raven George Brunton Thomas Walters

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Thomas Walter			Lord of the Manor to the use of Thomas Walter’s last will & testament
George Brunton			Lord of the Manor to the use of George Brunton’s last will & testament
October 10th 1668: Robert Ockley out of Court conditionally surrendered by the hand of John Smyth in the presence of Leonard Newman & George Brunton, copyhold tenants of this Manor, in return for a mortgage of £25 11s 6d			Bartholomew Stone of Wicklewood, gentleman		2 acres of copyhold land in Deopham in a field called Haughfield by land now or lately of Samuel Houchin, West, abutts a common pasture, South, land of Bury Hall, North.
November 10th 1668: Robert Ockley out of Court conditionally surrendered by the hand of John Smyth in the presence of Leonard Newman & George Brunton, copyhold tenants of this Manor, in return for a mortgage.			Bartholomew Stone		2 acres of Copyhold land
	November 6th 1660		John Smyth admitted at this Court despite inheriting in 1660		1) 3 acres of inclosed copyhold land in Churchfield in Deopham between the land of the Manor of Deopham, North, land now or recently of Thomas Amyas, gentleman, South, abutts Pye Lane, West; 2) 1 acre of copyhold land in the Breedes between land of John Seaman, now or lately of John Amyas, East, land of the Priory of Canterbury, West,
October 25th 1669: Robert Ockley surrendered by the hand of Henry Porter in the presence of Thomas Walter & George Brunton, copyhold tenants of this Manor			Robert Blomfield		2 acres in Haughfield between land now of lately of Bridget Downing, widow, land of Bury Hall, North
Robert Underwood (deceased)			Robert Underwood is son & heir
Edward Stephenson (deceased)			Edward Stephenson is son & heir
Joseph Alexander (deceased)

Misdemeanor

At the last Court, held on November 2^nd 1668, John Cocke was fined for failing to repair the fences between Glauson called The Sixteen Acre Close and the land of John Fisher. The Court increased his fine from the 10s imposed in 1668 to 20s 10d if he missed the latest deadline

Defaulters

Those who had defaulted in their obligation to attend the Court were amerced 3d each; the total in the margin shows 2s 3d:

William Sedley, gentleman Edward Borman, esquire Thomas Amyas, clerk John Smyth William Rant, gentleman

Thomas Jeckes William Ellys Thomas Smyth John Cock

Assessors

Sworn

John Pooley Adam Bales

Footnotes

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Date	Change
1/3/26	Published – IMG_4862