Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells October 1654

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Extract from the will of George Roper
4. Footnotes
5. Navigation

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: A General Court of Elizabeth Hobart, widow
Date	October 16th 1654
Steward	–
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	14 – 18

Homage

Sworn

Leonard Newlan William Neave Richard Baxter Robert Ockley Richard Raven

Richard Whynn John Newman John Skipper Thomas Walker John Layte [Leight?]

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
John Fisher		December 18th1643	John Fisher & Ann his wife following a regrant by the Lady of the Manor		4 acres of copyhold land in a Close called Fetes in Hackford between land late of John Cock, West, Common Pasture of Hackford, East, abutts land late in the copyhold tenure of John Dowe …
			William Neave	Himself	3 acres of freehold land in Deopham with a messuage built thereon, abutting upon Low Common.1	Relief 10d
Frances Wright (deceased) – one of the sisters of Richard Wright		April 13th 1654 Upon the death of Richard Wright	1) Margaret the wife of Edmund Bale; 2) Mary the wife of Sampson Sabberton; 3) Martha the wife of Richard Baxter; 4) Ann the wife of Esay Kett Clarke; 5) Elizabeth Wright; 6) Sara Wright (aged 19 years).	Martha by her husband, Sarah by Sampson Sabberton; the other sisters Margaret, Mary, Ann & Elizabeth present in Court	One seventh part of 16 acres of copyhold land & a pightle called Ellys		33s 4d2
Sampson Sabberton & Sarah his wife		April 13th 1654 Upon the death of Richard Wright	Richard Wright		One seventh part of 16 acres of copyhold land & a pightle called Ellys
Esay Kett Clarke & Ann his wife		April 13th 1654 Upon the death of Richard Wright	Lady of the Manor for a regrant		One seventh part of 16 acres of copyhold land & a pightle called Ellys; One sixth part of the inheritance from Frances Wright (deceased) in the 16 acres of copyhold land & a pightle called Ellys		3s
			Sampson Sabberton			6d
William Rant, Doctor of Phisicke (deceased)			William Rant esquire is heir but being only 11 years old, his mother was appointed guardian	Richard Gooding	4½ acres of copyhold land in 4 pieces in Morley:3 1) 2 acres; 2) 3 roods; 3)1½ acres; 4) 1 rood.
George Roper (deceased)		November 10th 1646 according to the will of Robert Roper	1) Margaret Roper 2) Kathryn Roper 3) Ann Roper according to the will of George Roper [see below]		3 acres of land in Westfield in Deopham between the land formerly of William Cutte and lately William Entwisell abutting on a way from Stalland Street to the Church of Deopham, land of Francis Amyas, gentleman, South.

Extract from the will of George Roper

The following extract from the will of George Roper has been included in the Court Roll:-

Item. I give and bequeath unto the said Margaret Roper, Katheryne Roper and Ann Roper, three of my daughters, and to their …. heires for ever as tenants in Common or partners at the law,
All there my Lands, Tenements, Meadowes, Pastures, Feedings and hereditaments lying and being in Deopham aforesaid and Hingham next adjoyning or in either of the said Townes.

Footnotes

1. A marginal note recorded that William Neave acknowledged tenure of this land at the Court of July 20^th 1680. ↩︎
2. A marginal note recorded that the fine of 33s 4d was paid to Richard Gooding in Court. ↩︎
3. This outline is all that has been recorded in the Court Roll. ↩︎

Navigation

Date	Change
9/2/26	Published – IMG_4796