Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells November 1670

Contents

1. Heading
2. Declarations of loyalty to the new Lords of the Manor
   1. Freeholders as well as Copyholders
   2. Tenants here in Court profess their loyalty
3. Homage
   1. Sworn
4. Property
   1. Extract from the will of Thomas Walter
   2. Misdemeanors
5. Defaulters
6. Footnotes
7. Navigation

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: The first General Court of Augustine Briggs, Esquire, & Thomas Wisse, Esquire
Date	November 7th 1670
Steward	Robert Dey, gentleman
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	1 –

Declarations of loyalty to the new Lords of the Manor

Freeholders as well as Copyholders

Leonard Newman John Fisher Francis Themilthorpe John Smyth Robert Draper

Henry Porter John Skepper John Raven Robert Blomfield

Tenants here in Court profess their loyalty

William Wyndham, esquire John Sedley, esquire Robert Long, esquire Edward Borman, esquire Thomas Amyas, clerk Thomas Kett, gentleman Henry Gay, gentleman Edward Bale Thomas Blisse Anne Wright, widow John Stephenson’s heirs Robert Juby William Gooch Adam Bale Joseph Alexander John Amyas Reuben Godfrey

Abraham Repps, gentleman Edward Payne Thomas Walter Ann Kemp, widow William Neave Francis Bubbing Mary Stephenson, widow George Brunton William Rant, gentleman Thomas Jeckes John Pooley John Skepper William Elleys John Cooper Robert Childerhouse Thomas Smyth John Cocke

Homage

Sworn

Leonard Newman Robert Day John Fisher Francis Thilthorpe

John Smith Henry Porter John Skepper

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Robert Underwood, senior, (deceased)	1st Proclamation: November 4th 1669	1) January 18th 1647 on the surrender of Edward Cocke; 2) October 21st 1659 3) & 4) October 21st 1659 5) from Robert Underwood the grandfather	Robert Underwood, junior, son	Stephen Bradford	1) 1 acre inclosed in Deopham Field between land now or lately of John Wright, West, land now or lately of Sir Thomas Woodhouse, East, abutts land lately of the priory, North, The Pallow way, South; 2) 1 acre & 3 roods of copyhold land in Morley field; 3) 1½ acres in Heyfield in Deopham between land of Sir Roger Wodehouse, baronet, & Philip Wodehouse, baronet, South, land of the Priory of Canterbury in the tenure of the Rector of Deopham, North, abutts land of Philip Wodehouse, East; 4) 1½ acres in Deopham field between land of Thomas Rogers, East, land of Roger Cryer, West, the north head abutts Roger Cryer, the south head abutts Pallow way; 5) 2 acres in the field of Deopham called the Hawfield, lately inclosed, between land of John Walter, previously Richard James, South, land of Stephen Meeke, North, east head abutts Holmer Way, west head abutts land of the Priory of Canterbury		£3 5s
Robert Underwood, senior, (deceased)					Freehold lands: 1) ½ acre called Winters Half Acre, in Deopham; 2) 1½ acres part of the furlong called Lampitte, 3) land in Morley; 4) ½ acre lately of Edward Cock 5) 3 acres of inclosed land; 6) 1 acre, part of the 4 acres lately of Robert Cock, called Little Wronglands.	½d 1½d 2d ½d ½d 1½d
Thomas Walter (deceased)		July 29th 1635 after the death of Thomas Walter	Grace, relict of Thomas Walter, now the wife of John Bubbyn according to the will of Thomas Walter [see below]	John Bubbyn	3 roods of land in Jeckes Close between land of Robert Seaman, lately William Childerhouse, now William Lincolne, South, a way called Northgate lane, North, abutts Towngreene, East,		8s 5d
July 28th 1670 George Brunton surrendered out of Court by the hand of Henry Porter in the presence of Henry Thilthorpe & Leonard Newman, copyhold tenants of this Manor.			John Smyth of Deopham & Bond his wife		Land which is 20ft in longitude & latitude with two cottages built on it, one in the tenure of George & the other in the occupation of Thomas Smyth situated between the land of Edward Borman, Esquire, East & North, Deopham Pasture, South, Sharkgapp.
January 18th 1666 Edward Stephenson surrendered out of Court; this was formalised at the Court of October 29th 1667		January 24th 1666 according to the will of Edward Stephenson his father	John Jubbs of Wymondham, Beerbrewer; this will take effect after the death of Jane Stephenson formerly wife of Edward Stephenson (deceased)		1 acre of land in Wooding Croft		6s 8d
John Jubbs made a conditional surrender		At this Court following the surrender of Edward Stephenson (deceased)	John Harvys but he released the land to William Stephenson		1 acre of land in Wooddinge Croft1
[not stated, but presumably Mary Barnes]	1st Proclamation		No one came forward		3 acres in Westfield in Deopham between land once of William Matte, and afterwards William Entwissel, East & West, abutts a way from Stalland Street to the Church of Deopham, and land lately of Francis Amyas, gentleman, South, lately in the tenure of Mary lately wife of William Barnes previously wife of Francis Booty.
[not stated, but presumably Joseph Alexander]	1st Proclamation	October 14th 1651			3 acres of copyhold land in Deopham between the land of the Manor of Deopham Hall, East, & land of divers men, West, abutts Lawtam way [?], North, lately in the copyhold tenure of Joseph Alexander
Mary, wife of William Barneham, Esquire, (deceased)

Extract from the will of Thomas Walter

The following extract from the will of Thomas Walter dated April 26th 1669 has been included, in English, in the Court Roll:

I give & bequeath unto Grace my wife all my coppiehold land lying in Deopham aforesaid and to her heires for ever.

Misdemeanors

Name	Misdemeanor	Penalty	Deadline
John Skepper	Hoggs Close	10s	[paid at this Court]
John Cock	At the Court, held on November 2nd 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 of November 4th 1669 increased his fine from the 10s imposed in 1668 to 20s 10d if he missed the latest deadline. At this Court it was reported that he had still not repaired the fences	20s	December 1st

Defaulters

Those who had defaulted in their obligation to attend the Court were amerced 6d each:

John Amyas Thomas Amyas, clerk Edward Borman, esquire Edward Bale Adam Bale Thomas Fyson jure ux Henry Gay Reuben Godfrey William Harpley Heirs of Robert Juby Thomas Kett, gentleman Ann Kempe, widow Robert Long, esquire William Neave Edward Payne John Raven

Francis Ripps, gentleman John Sedley, esquire John Stephenson Mary Stephenson, widow William Wyndham, esquire Ann Wright, widow Thomas Wickes George Coop Robert Childerhouse John Cocke William Ellis Thomas Jeckes John Pooley William Rant, gentleman Susanna Stone

Footnotes

1. It has been noted in the margin that William Stephenson was admitted to this property at the Court of July 23^rd 1678. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
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