Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells October 1771

Contents

1. Heading
2. Homage
   1. Sworn
3. Property
   1. Extract from the Will of Elizabeth Britiffe
4. Defaulters
5. Footnotes
6. Navigation

Heading

Title	Shadwell’s otherwise Cockerell’s in Morley: The General Court Baron
Date	October 21st 1771
Steward	Richard Longe, Gentleman, Steward
Location	–
Page numbers in Court Roll	106 – 109

Homage

Sworn

John Wright John Jolly

Property

Person surrendering property	Proclamations	Date of the Copyhold	Beneficiary	Attorney	Identification of property	Rent	Fine
Elizabeth Britiffe (deceased)			Catherine Scottowe of Norwich, spinster, according to the will of Elizabeth Britiffe [see below]	Robert Harvey, gentleman	4½ acres of copyhold land in 4 pieces in Lawfield in Morley …		£5 5s
John Woodcock		July 16th 1733 by the will of John Warren	John Jackson of Wymondham, Draper & Grocer	Nicholas Jackson his father	1 Messuage with 3 roods belonging to the Messuage, formerly of Thomas Reynolds, near the Messuage late of Richard Reynolds, East, abutts the Common Way, South.1	£1 14s
Evan Pilgrim & Alice his wife (formerly Alice Taylor). She was the actual copyholder.	1st Proclamation for this transfer		Stephen Taylor the younger of Attleburgh, Yeoman2		All & singular the lands, tenements and hereditaments …3
			James Cooper		Certain lands held in free & common soccage, late of Sarah Cooper.4	Relief 1s 7d
Alexander Falconer (deceased)	1st Proclamation Precept issued to Bailiff to distrain.				Certain lands held in free & common soccage.5

Extract from the Will of Elizabeth Britiffe

The following extract from the Will of Elizabeth Britiffe, dated March 11^th 1771, has been copied into the Court Roll:

Item: I Give and Devise unto my said Niece Catherine Skottowe the Daughter of my said late Brother John Skottowe, and to her Heirs and Assigns for ever,
All and every my Farms, Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever, Scituate, lying and being in Morley in the said County of Norfolk, Or in any Other Town or Towns, Parish or Parishes, thereunto near or next Adjoining with their Appurtenances, And all Rent and Rents which shall be in Arrear at the Time of my Death from the Tenant or Tenants thereof,
To hold to her thee said Catherine my Niece, her Heirs and Assigns for ever.

Defaulters

Those who had defaulted were amerced 6d each.

Footnotes

1. It has been noted in the margin that John Bousell was admitted to these premises at the Court of June 7^th 1798 ↩︎
2. It has been noted in the margin that Evan Pilgrim was admitted on a regrant at the Court of October 29^th 1772 ↩︎
3. At the Court of October 29^th 1772 the land is specified as “1 acre in Woodingcroft in Morley” ↩︎
4. It has been noted in the margin that John Lane acknowledged tenure of this land at the Court of April 27^th 1779 ↩︎
5. It has been noted in the margin that Charles Dunham acknowledged tenure of this land at the Court of September 18^th 1776; at that Court it is recorded that the land in question was located in Wicklewood. ↩︎

Navigation

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