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) |
| 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, John Carter, Thomas Sergeant, John Durrant, Bernard Chamberlin, George Jolliffe, Robert Chaffey, John Banger |
| 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) Tenants: Richard Snooke, Robert Langman, Andrew Loder, Nicholas Farvis, William Kember, John Loder, Elizabeth Hellier (widow), Henry Snooke, Thomas Bingham, Thomas Hobbs, William Clerke, George Snooke, George Crosse, Anne Turner, John Paveatt, Margery Coombs |
Property Transactions
| Transaction | Individuals, Relationships and Roles | Premises & Land |
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| AdmissionAdmission was the legal process granting a new tenant rights to copyhold property. The court 'admitted' someone following a previous... In full. in ReversionThe automatic transfer of a tenancy upon the termination of the current tenant's interest. In manorial practice, reversions were commonly... In full. for 2 lives. Robert Jolliffe and his wife Elizabeth take a reversion (for their joint lives in succession) on the property, pending cessation of the existing tenancy of George Jolliffe. The fineA fine was a customary payment made to the lord of the manor upon changes to tenancy arrangements. It acknowledged... In full. is paid jointly by Robert Jolliffe and Thomas Seymour (Elizabeth’s father). Rent 22s 10d HeriotHeriot was a duty the lord of the manor collected at the end of a tenancy. It traditionally consisted of... In full. when due Fine £180 | George Jolliffe (father of Robert, current tenant) Robert Jolliffe (son of George, admittedAdmission was the legal process granting a new tenant rights to copyhold property. The court 'admitted' someone following a previous... In full. in reversion) Elizabeth Jolliffe (wife of George, admitted in reversion) Thomas Seymour (father of Elizabeth) | One tenementA tenement was any holding of land with at least one building. A customary tenement was held according to the... In full. containing a virgateAn area of about 30 acres. Also known as a yardland. One quarter of a hide (as mentioned in the... In full. of land and called Brookhouse One enclosure of land and pasture called Goudites and ten acres of Overlands One acre of meadow in Langmead Half an acre of meadow in Freeman |
| SurrenderSurrender was the formal procedure of returning a copyhold tenancy to the lord of the manor. It served several purposes:... In full. and Admission George Jolliffe surrenders the property with the intent his son Robert is admitted tenant for life, which was done. | George Jolliffe (current tenant, surrenderer) Robert Jolliffe (son of George Jolliffe, admitted) | The kitchen the Chamber over the hall, the buttery within the hall, the Milkhouse, Bakehouse, Barn, Stable, stall, all the outhousing Two orchards one called lower orchard otherwise called Barn Orchard Five enclosures called Wanbridge containing about seventeen acres One enclosure called Breach containing forty acres One arable enclosure called Stony Feild containing seven acres One enclosure called New Close containing two acres Communal pasture for fifty sheep in the CommonLand over which manorial tenants held shared rights. These typically included common of pasture (grazing), turbary (cutting turf for fuel),... In full. |
| Reversion for 2 lives John Smith is ‘tenant by right of his wife’ Mary to the property listed. John’s son Peter and daughter Elizabeth are admitted in reversion to the property, pending the cessation of Mary Smith’s tenancy. Rent £4 3s 4d Heriot £8 Fine £350 | John Smith (holder through his wife) Peter Smith (son of John Smith, admitted in reversion) Elizabeth Smith (daughter of John Smith, admitted in reversion) Mary Smith (wife of John Smith) | One tenement containing one acre One enclosure called Longmead about three and a half acres One enclosure called Hilly meadow containing three acres One enclosure called Home Meadow containing two and a half acres One enclosure called Berry Croft about six acres One enclosure called Square meadow containing three acres One enclosure called Lane Close containing six acres One enclosure called Quarr Field about five acres One enclosure called Middlefeild about six acres One enclosure called East Feild containing six acres Two enclosures called Broad Closes and Poyne containing twelve acres Two enclosures called Indbrooke containing fourteen and a half acres Two other enclosures called Greate Feild and Little Feild about twenty acres, three acres under the wood and communal pasture for sheep and beasts within the manor of Anteox aforesaid recently in the tenure of John Smith by right of his wife One enclosure of meadow called Parke LeazeA dialect term for a pasture or grazing right, common in the south-west of England. It could refer either to... In full. containing three roods One other enclosure of meadow called Northwood about four acres recently also in the tenure of John Smith by right of his wife |
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 our 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. 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 common 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 Jos Snooke Thomas Hobbs | Ambrose Snooke. John Loder. Jos Snooke and Thomas Hobbs are to scour their ditches at their Closes called Easter against Easter Lane by Michaelmas next 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 each person. (Margin note: Done for Hobbs only) |
| Maintenance and Repair | John Loder | Item we present that John Loder’s outhousings need repairing and must be done by Michaelmas next on pain of 5s. (Margin note: Done) |
| Maintenance and Repair | Thomas Serjeant | Thomas Serjeant’s house on the Stones tenement needs repairing and must be done by Michaelmas next on pain of 5s. (Margin note: Done) |
| Maintenance and Repair | The Pound wall and post of the door need repairing and ought to be done by the lord of the manor | |
| Maintenance and Repair | John Loder Robert Chaffey Robert Kember Robert Langman Thomas Hobbs George Crosse | Pye? Lane gate needs repair and is to be done by John Loder, Robert Chaffey, Robert Kember, Robert Langman, Thomas Hobbs and George Crosse by 24th June next on pain of 10s each person. |
| Maintenance and Repair | Joseph Snooke | Joseph Snooke is to lay a sufficient Bridge across the Brook at his ground called Burn meadow by Michaelmas next on pain of 10s. |
| Maintenance and Repair | Ambrose Snook | Ambrose Snook’s stone stile between his ground called Red Lane and John Loder’s meadow called Mappleton meadow should be repaired within three weeks on pain of 5s. |
| Maintenance and Repair | Elizabeth Hellier | Elizabeth Hellier’s house needs repairing and it’s ordered her to complete the same by Michaelmas next on pain of 10s. |
| Failure to do suitIn the manorial system, a tenant's obligation to attend the manor court was called 'suit of court'. Suit of court... In full. | We present all that have made default of appearing this day |