Court Officials and Attendance
| Lord of the ManorThe Lord of the Manor was the landowner with legal and economic control over a manor. They collected rents, administered... In full. | William Whitchurch (Esquire) |
| HaywardThe hayward was a manorial official appointed to protect the fields during growing and harvest seasons. Duties included maintaining hedges,... In full. | John Carter |
| The HomageHomage referred to the sworn body of tenants who served as the jury of a manor court. Selection for the... In full. | Robert Bullen, Thomas Cooke, John Carter, Thomas Serjeant, Nicholas Farvis, Bernard Chamberlin, Robert Chaffy |
| Did not Attend | Free suitorIn the manorial system, a tenant's obligation to attend the manor court was called 'suit of court'. Suit of court... In full.: William Weston (Esquire) – amercedAn amercement was a monetary penalty imposed by the court for breaching custom. The origin of the word reflects the... In full. 5s. affeered at 1s. Tenants: Abraham Forrister (gentleman), Richard Snooke, Robert Langman, Andrew Loder, William Kember, John Durrant (by marriageJure uxoris ('by right of wife') was how a husband gained rights over his wife's property. In the English property... In full.), John Loder, Elizabeth Hellier (widow), Henry Snooke, Thomas Bingham, Robert Jolliffe, Thomas Hobbs, Mary Hellier (widow), Joan Chamberlin (widow), Ambrose Sergeant, Elizabeth Hancock, Robert Kember (by marriage), Joseph Snooke, James Carter, Richard Bishopp, George Jolliffe junior, George Jolliffe senior, Thomas Hobbs, William Clarke, George Snooke, George Crosse, John Banger, Anna Turner, John Paviatt, Margery Coombs, William Banger – amerced 4d. |
presentments by the Homage
| PresentmentPresentments constituted the formal declarations and findings submitted by the Homage at each sitting of the manor court. The Homage... In full. | Individuals, Relationships and Roles | Premises & Land or Rights |
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| Customary RightsThe rules, rights and obligations by which a particular manor was governed/administered. These customs acquired legal force through long usage... In full. | It is the customThe rules, rights and obligations by which a particular manor was governed/administered. These customs acquired legal force through long usage... In full. to have firebootBoot (or Bote) was a customary right allowing tenants to take timber for designated purposes. Categories included: Fireboot (deadwood for... In full. without assignmentManorial custom might require agreement (assignment) to use common resources, such as wood for building or repairing houses (houseboot). In full. and housebootBoot (or Bote) was a customary right allowing tenants to take timber for designated purposes. Categories included: Fireboot (deadwood for... In full. and ploughbootBoot (or Bote) was a customary right allowing tenants to take timber for designated purposes. Categories included: Fireboot (deadwood for... In full. with assignment | |
| Customary Rights | No tenant is allowed to take any agistmentAgistment was an arrangement whereby landowners or tenants permitted others to pasture their livestock on lands for a specified fee.... In full. sheep to the commonLand over which manorial tenants held shared rights. These typically included common of pasture (grazing), turbary (cutting turf for fuel),... In full. and let them lodge or couchIn manorial usage, 'to lodge or couch' on the common means that animals grazing there remain resting or lying, typically... In full. there. They are to be penned, and if not penned by the tenant who allowed them onto the common, any other tenant is free to pen them. | |
| Maintenance and Repair | Ambrose Snooke John Loder | Ambrose Snooke is to repair his stile at his ground called Redland against John Loder’s meadow called Mapelton meadow by the 24th of this June on pain of'On pain of' was a phrase in presentments specifying the penalty for non-compliance with a court directive. When the court... In full. 10s. (Margin note: Done in part) |
| Maintenance and Repair | Ambrose Snooke John Loder Joseph Snooke | Ambrose Snooke, John Loder and Joseph Snooke are to scour their ditches against Easter Lane by Michaelmas next on pain of 5s each person. (Margin note: Done) |
| Maintenance and Repair / Antisocial Behaviour | George Snooke Robert Bullen | George Snooke has scoured the brook at his meadow called Hempped against the ground of Robert Bullen called Woolons but has encroached by cutting away Robert Bullen’s ground and putting it to his own bank |
| Antisocial Behaviour | John Banger | John Banger has enclosed one piece of ground in the common belonging to this manor |
| Customary Rights | The tenants of Anteox have no right to bring or feed their cattle on the common belonging to Stalbridge Weston manor but only on Stalbridge Common | |
| Maintenance and Repair | William Lush | Upon the oath of William Lush, the housing belonging to the tenementA tenement was any holding of land with at least one building. A customary tenement was held according to the... In full. that was formerly Calpens needs to be repaired by the tenant that now owns it. (Margin note: done) |
| Maintenance and Repair | Robert Kember Robert Longman John Loder Thomas Hobbs senior George Crosse Robert Chaffey Thomas Hobbs junior | Pye Lane gate is to be repaired by Robert Kember, Robert Longman, John Loder, Thomas Hobbs senior, George Crosse, Robert Chaffey and Thomas Hobbs junior. (Margin note: done) |