Deopham History

Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells October 1625

Contents

  1. Heading
  2. Tenants
  3. Inquisitores ex Officio
  4. Property
  5. Defaulters
    1. Copyhold tenants
    2. Freehold tenants
  6. Footnotes
  7. Navigation

Heading

TitleShadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley:
Final Court of Sir Henry Hobart, baronet
DateOctober 25th 1625
Steward
Location
Page numbers in Court Roll37 – 39

Tenants

Sir William de Graye
Sir Anthony Drury
Sir John Windham
Martin Sedley, esquire
Robert Long, gentleman
John Amyas, gentleman
Henry Meane, gentleman
Henry Cornby – dead
Robert Wright
John Dakers
Robert James
Robert Cock
Thomas Blisse
John Stephenson
Robert Jubye
Gregory Hynde
John Entwisle, alius ventris
Robert Purkyn
Robert Newman
Richard Hynde
William Neave – dead
John Omsby
Ruben Godfrey
Jane Bale, widow
Henry Woodhouse
Edward Bale
Richard Howlett, clerk
Edward Cock
Francis Farmage
Henry Colman – dead
Philip Cory
Edmund Burman

Inquisitores ex Officio

Martin Sedley, esquire
John Aldrich, esquire
Robert Long, gentleman
* John Amyas, gentleman
Margaret Wright, widow
John Raven
Richard James – dead
* Thomas Walters alias Singer
* Thomas Reynoldes – sworn
Richard Leighte
John Bydwell – sworn
Henry Howlett
George Brunton
William Hynde – alien
John Ocle, jure ux
* Richard Whynne – sworn
William Bydwell
* Robert Juby – sworn
Robert Allen – sworn
Edward Howlet
Francis Bubbyng – sworn
Robert Roy
Edward Burman
* Henry Cock – sworn
* John Fytling – sworn
Edward Cock
Rose Cock
Robert Cock – dead
John Entwisel
George Amyas
* Edward Stephenson
James Bubbyn

Property

Person surrendering propertyProclamationsDate of the CopyholdBeneficiaryAttorneyIdentification of propertyRentFine
Philip Walter BrookeEdward Cock paid £34 2s to redeem his mortgage
Richard James (deceased)October 3rd 1560
on the surrender of Stephen Meke [Meek] & Mary his wife
Richard James was son & customary heir2 acres in Deopham field called the Hawfield lately inclosed between land lately of John Walters, now Richard James, South,
Stephen Meke, North,
East head abutts Holmwaye,
West head abutts Priory of Canterbury.
13s 4d
September 6th 1624:
Robert Cock conditionally surrendered out of Court by the hand of John Fitling, copyhold tenant of this Manor, in the presence of John Bydwell & Henry Cock, also copyhold tenant of this Manor, in return for a mortgage of £30.
Henry Cowper of Hingham, yeoman1) Garrards with a building and 8 acres in total of copyhold land between a close lately of Robert Cryer, West,
a furlong called Palmers, East,
abutts the Common Pasture of Deopham, North,
a way running from the Westgate to a messuage once of Robert Cryer, South;
2) 3 acres between land lately of Robert Cryer, West,
abutts the aforementioned way, North;
3) 3½ roods between land lately of Robert Humphrye, West,
land of the Manor of Blomvyles, East & West,
land in the tenure of Robert Cryer, South;
4) 2½ roods of land between land once of Robert Colyer, East,
land of the Manor of Blomvyles, West,
abutts the last piece, North;
5) 1½ acres by Southill between land of the Manor of Blomvyles & land once of John Cryer, South,
abutts land of the Priory of Canterbury, East & West.1
Richard Laighte surrendered out of Court by the hand of Richard James, copyhold tenant in the presence of John Ocley & Robert Allen, also copyhold tenants of this Manor.April 10th 1615Edmund Burman 1½ acres in Deopham in Hawfield betwen land of Robert … , East,
land lately of Banyardes, West,
abutts land of the Priory of Canterbury, North,
a common way, South
William Neave (deceased)Freehold tenant
Robert Cock (deceased)Freehold tenant
Henry Coman (deceased)Freehold tenant
George BignetAcknowledges to hold freehold of a messuage & 12 acres of land & pasture in HackfordRelief 4d

Defaulters

Copyhold tenants

The following copyhold tenants defaulted in their duty to appear at Court; the total penalty imposed is shown in the margin as 18d:

NamePenalty
Thomas Walters alius Singre [?]3d
Richard Leight3d
William Hynde3d
Robert Roy3d
Rose Cock3d
George Amyas3d

Freehold tenants

The following freehold tenants defaulted in their duty to appear at Court; the total penalty imposed is shown in the margin as 15d

NamePenalty
Henry Meane, gentleman3d
Thomas Blisse3d
Gregory Hynde3d
John Ortison3d
John Cory3d

Footnotes

  1. These premises were transferred again at the Court of October 15th 1627 upon the death of Henry Cowper. ↩︎
DateChange
15/11/25Published – IMG_4507