Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells November 1731

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Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: A Special Court at request of Joseph Payne & John Amyas, gentleman Court of Robert Grigson, Lord of the Manor
Date	November 15^th 1731
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	6 – 8

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Identification of property	Fine
Edward Payne (deceased)	May 4^th 1682		Joseph Payne according to the will of Edward Payne [see below].	Half of 2½ acres of Copyhold land in Deopham between land of this Manor, West, land of the Manor of Deopham Hall, North, abutts on land now and lately of Leonard Newman, West, and Tunsgreene, East.¹	£1 17s 6d
Joseph Payne			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament
Sarah Calender		November 6^th 1690	John Amyas of Hingham, gentleman	1) 4 acres of land called Murrells in Deopham; 2) 2 acres in Westfield ²	Not recorded
John Amyas			Lord of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament

Extract from the will of Edward Payne

The following extract, written in English, from the will of Edward Payne dated November 2^nd 1680 has been copied into the record of this Court. An extract from the same will also appears in the record of the Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall dated October 26^th 1730 except that it includes the passages crossed out below. It may be that the passages struck out are related to the MAnor of Deopham Hall and of no relevance here in the context of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells in Morley.

In the Name of God, Amen.
I Edward Payne etc.,
Item: I Give & Bequeath unto Edward Payne my Grandchild
All that my Messuage or Tenement with the Crofte thereunto adjoining, containing by estimation Five Acres (whether the same be more or less) lying & being in Deopham aforesaid
And also one other piece of Land Adjoyning to the said Crofte containing by estimation Five Acres, both which pieces I purchased of one Thomas Walters
And also One other piece of Land inclosed which I purchased of One Thomas Smith, woolcomber, lying in Deopham aforesaid, containing by estimation Seven Acres
And also One other Inclose of Land lying in Deopham aforesaid containing by estimation Four Acres & three roods: Four Acres & One rood thereof I purchased of one George Brooke & the other Two roods I purchased of Thomas Smith
~~And also~~ All those Four Inclosures of Land & Pasture which I purchased of one Leonard Newman, lying & being in Deopham aforesaid;
And also All the Lands which I purchased of George Cooper, Clerk, lying in Deopham aforesaid containing by estimation Five Acres (whether the same be more or less);
And also All manner of Evidences & Writings to those premisses & any part thereof belonging;
To have and to hold the said premisses & every of their Appurtenances unto him the said Edward Payne during the Term of his natural Life
And after the decease of him the said Edward Payne,
Then to the Issue of his body lawfully begotten & then living,
And for want of Such Issue to be then living, I Give & Bequeath
All the said premisses with their Appurtenances unto Stephen Payne & Joseph Payne my Grandchildren and to their heirs for ever to be Equally to be devided betwixt them.

Footnotes

It has been noted in the margin that Robert Payne was admitted to this land at the next Court – May 3^rd 1733 ↩︎
It has been noted in the margin that Ann Amyas was admitted to this land at the Court of November 17^th 1763 ↩︎

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16/7/25	Published