Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells October 1651

Contents

1. Note
2. Heading
3. Homage
   1. Sworn
4. Property
5. Footnotes
6. Navigation

Note

The record of this Court from the time of Cromwell’s Commonwealth was the first to be written in English.

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: General Court of Elizabeth Hobart, widow
Date	October 14th 1651
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	5 – 6

Homage

Sworn

John Wright George Roper Thomas Walter Robert Ockley

Robert Childerhouse Edward Richard Raven John Leight

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
			Katherine Brooke & Susan Brooke				6d
			John Amyas of Hingham		Land held in free & common socage:- 1) 5½ acres abutting upon Bloody Land, North, land of John Amyas, South; 2) 1 acre & 3 roods in Morley between land belonging to the Rectory of Deepeham, abutts on the land of the land of the Lady of this Manor, West, the highway heading from Morley to Deepeham, East; 3) 1 rood in Deepeham in a field called Pall Rood, between land of Edmund Burman, East, Rectory lands of Deopham, West. Acquired after the death of George Amyas his father.	2s 3d
July 13th 1651: Robert Allen, gentleman, surrendered out of Court into the hand of the Lady of this Manor by the hand of Thomas Walter, copyhold tenant, in the presence of Robert Newman & Robert Ockley, also copyhold tenants of this Manor		October 27th 1642 after the death of Robert Allen his father	Richard Whynne	Himself	All his Copyhold lands & tenements in Great Ellingham	1s 9d
John Sympson, gentleman, & Alice his wife, she being one of the coheirs of William Entwisell, gentleman, (deceased), surrendered		October 16th 1644 William Entwisell	Joseph Alexander, gentleman	Himself	One third part of 3 acres of land in Deepeham between land of the Manor of Deepeham Hall, East, land of divers men, West, abutts upon Powland Way, North.1	3s 3d
Joseph Alexander			Lady of the Manor to the use of his last will & testament
September 12th 1651: Robert Newman surrendered out of Court into the hand of the Lady of the Manor by the hand of George Roper, copyhold tenant, in the presence of Thomas Walter & Robert Ockley, also copyhold tenants of this Manor			John Newman, & Martha Brooke, heirs of Robert Newman		2½ acres in the West Field of Deepeham between land of this Manor, South, land of the Manor of Deepeham Hall, North, land of Robert Newman, West, a way leading to Tungreen, East.2	12d
Phillip Corey (deceased)			Frances, relict of his son John Cory, now wife of John Whiscodd to be tenant for the term of her life.
James Bubbyn (deceased)	1st Proclamation		William Bubbyn, son & heir needs to come to Court
			William Ellys		Church Streete in Deepeham, formerly Corke’s, and since John Brooke
George Roper			The Lady of the Manor to the use of his last will

Footnotes

1. This land was inherited by Joseph Alexander’s son at the Court of June 1^st 1699. ↩︎
2. The formal admittance of John & Martha Newman took place at the Court of November 3rd 1652. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
21/10/25	Published – IMG_4778