Deopham Manor – Tenant’s Terrier 1769

1. Introduction
   1. The buildings
   2. Dimensions of the buildings
2. A summary of the Terrar
3. The source document
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Introduction

This terrier is headed:

A true Terrier of the Lands and Tenements belonging to the Manor and Parsonage of Deopham being parcel of the possessions of The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury made and Renewed By Anne Amyas Spinster Lessee of the same the Twenty Second Day of May One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Nine as followeth:

The document’s wrapper states that this terrar was “delivered in by the Tenant”, i.e. Anne Amyas. A renewal date in 1769 is mentioned above; the preceding lease was dated in 1767 and required the delivery of a terrar in the first year of the term and in the tenth year of the term.

The buildings

The first piece is the Site of the Manor and Parsonage aforesaid containing by estimation four Acres with a House, Barn, Stables and carthouse built thereupon all with Studs and clay and all Thatched. The house has two Rooms on the Ground Floor and three on the Upper Floor besides closets, pantrys, Dairy and Cellar.

Dimensions of the buildings

The dimensions recorded in this survey are:-

Building	Dimensions in feet
House	66 x 15
Barn	88 x 55
Stable	42 x 22
Carthouse	24 x 23

A summary of the Terrar

Piece Number	Comments	Acres & roods	To the East	To the West	To the North	To the South
1	Farmhouse & yard	4a 0r	Vicar	King’s Highway called Church Lane	William Donne	Churchyard
2		13a 0r	William Donne	Anne Amyas	Deopham Hall + Anne Amyas	King’s Highway called Palloway
3		13a 0r	Sodley Gentleman	William Donne	Palloway	William Grigson Gentleman + William Donn
4	Lying at the west end of Stonehill furlong	1a 0r	Diverse men	William Donne	A certain way	Palloway
5	Called the Gravel pits lying upon Stonehill	2a 2r	A park Lane	Piece no 4	Edward Payne	Manor of Deopham Hall
6	Camplin Close	1a 1r	William Donne	William Donne	William Donne	Manor of Deopham Hall
7	Butts Close in Morley Parish	1a 3r	Mill Hill Lane	William Grigson	William Grigson	William Donne
8	Butts Close in Morley Parish	0a 3r	Mill Hill Lane	William Grigson	William Donne	Manor of Deopham Hall
9	In Morley Parish	0a 2r	Mill Hill Lane otherwise Frances Lane	William Grigson	William Grigson	William Grigson
10	Called Church Lane Pightle otherwise Monks Pightle	1a 0r	William Donne	Church Lane	Richard Jolly the younger + John Curle	William Donne
11	Piece called Squires	8a 0r	John Jolly	King’s Highway	Revd Mr Matthew Lane	–
12	Called Hill Holland in Hawfield	3a 0r	Diverse men	Diverse men	–	Common pasture called Southhill
13	King’s Highway passes through it	0a 3r	William Donne	John Jolly + Anne Amyas	–	Manor of Deopham Hall
14	Lies in Cockfield near to Piece no 13	0a 3r	Philip Carver (Clerk)	James Cooper late Gays	Palloway	John Jolly
15	Lies in Cockfield near to piece no 14	0a 1r	William Donne	Charles Carver	Palloway	–
16	In the close of William Donne	1a 0r	William Donne	William Donne	Palloway	William Donne
17	Called Broods	0a 2r	James Cooper	William Donne	Palloway	William Donne
18	Called Bloodlands	0a 2r	William Donne	James Cooper	Palloway	William Donne
19	Called Watch Oak Pightle	1a 2r	William Donne	Church Lane	Palloway	A lane
20		0a 3r	William Donne	William Donne	William Donne	William Donne
21	Lying in a furlong called Stonehill otherwise Claypit Close	1a 2r	Anne Amyas	Park Lane	Manor of Deopham Hall	Anne Amyas
22&23	Lying in a close called Cross Meadow Close (the highway passing through it)	1a 2r	Edward Payne	Park Lane	Manor of Deopham Hall	Manor of Deopham Hall
24	Meadow	1a 0r	Park Lane	Manor of Deopham Hall	a meadow of William Donne	–
25	In Cutbush Field	0a 2r	Close of Thomas Stephenson	Charity Land	Manor of Deopham Hall	Edward Payne
26	In Cutbush Field	1a 0r	Close of Thomas Stephenson	James Cooper	Edward Payne	Thomas Grigson Payne, Gentleman
27	In the further Cutbush Field	1a 0r	Rectory of Morley	James Cooper	Luggorsty Way	Palloway
28		0a 3r	Sodley Esq	William Grigson	William Grigson	Luggorsty Way
29	Lyeth in a close of James Cooper The Kings Bridleway passing through it	0a 3r	James Cooper	James Cooper	James Cooper called neither Marriotts North	Luggorsty Way
30		2a 0r	Rectory of Morley	William Grigson	William Grigson	William Grigson + Edward Payne + Deopham Hall
31		0a 2r	William Grigson	William Grigson	Piece 30	Palloway
32	In Broad Close	0a 2r	James Cooper	James Cooper	Anne Amyas	Edward Payne
33	In Cutbush Field	2a 0r	Thomas Stephenson	James Cooper Called Isabell’s Acre	Diverse Men	Anne Amyas + Edward Payne
34	Lyeth in Hawfield	4a 0r	Common pasture called Town Green	–	Hawfield Lane	–
	Total	73a 1r

The source document

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Reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of Canterbury; their ref CCA-U63-70380

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Date	Change
12/3/24	Published