Introduction
This document is titled:
A Survey of the State and Condition of the Manor house Lands and Premisses of the Manor of Deopham in the County of Norfolk taken the 25, 26, & 28th day of January 1679 taken by me Jacob Janoray.
Main building
The Manor house small and Thatched consisting in Six roomes & a little Buttery. A Barne Stable & wood house. The land thereabouts belonging Exactly agreeing to the Terrar delivered in to the Church but the measure seemeth small.
The Copyhold Tenants
| Forename | Surname | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Robert | Long | Esquire |
| John | Sodley | Esquire |
| Edmond | Boreman | Esquire |
| Thomas | Amyas | Gent |
| Robert | Grigson | Gent |
| Edward | Payne | |
| John | Laite | |
| Thomas | Taylor | |
| Francis | Themilthorp | |
| Robert | Drasper | Jure exoris1 |
| John | Smith | |
| Stephen | Payne | |
| John | Corf | |
| Robert | Underwood | |
| Frances | Wohifrar | Widdow |
The whole Manor not Exceeding Five & Thirtie Acres greatest part whereof is Arable and aboute Foure Cottages or Tenements.
The estimate of 35 acres is the lowest of the extant terriers.
Unlike later terriers, there is no listing of the individual pieces of land so the location of these four “cottages or tenements” was not recorded. Later terrars (e.g. the terrar of 1723) described the 34th piece of copyhold land, located in Hawfield (now called Halffield), as “having formerly a tenement upon it”.
Source Document
Reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of Canterbury; their ref CCA U63 70380
Footnotes
- Jure exoris = by right of his wife ↩︎
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| 13/3/24 | Published |
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