Noted in the original as the first court with George Thornehull as 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..
Court Officials and Attendance
| Lord of the Manor | George Thornehull Esquire |
| The HomageHomage referred to the sworn body of tenants who served as the jury of a manor court. Selection for the... In full. | William Wattes, Richard Lane, William Gawtrell, Barnard Chamberlen, Michael Snooke, William Child, John Dybbin, John Maudeslie, John Togood, William Snowke, William Locke, Robert Pearce, Robert Kember, William Gawtrell, William Chamberlen |
| Attended | Elizabeth Hutchins (widow), Eleanor Locke (widow), Mary Pond (widow) |
| 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.: Thomas Weston Esquire |
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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| Stray animal | Robert Pearce (has animal in custody) | One horse foal colour brown blue appraised at 5s was proven stray on the first day of September. |
| Customary rightsThe rules, rights and obligations by which a particular manor was governed/administered. These customs acquired legal force through long usage... In full. | Bennett the cleric, Eleanor Hill (widow) John Calpin | Those mentioned, tenants of the manor of Sturton Caundle, allowed more animals to pasture on the CommonLand over which manorial tenants held shared rights. These typically included common of pasture (grazing), turbary (cutting turf for fuel),... In full. of the manor than they should have done by right. |
| Failure to obey customThe rules, rights and obligations by which a particular manor was governed/administered. These customs acquired legal force through long usage... In full. | William Snooke, William Chamberlen and Agnes Tiler, Nicholas Ploughman (subtenant of Richard Lane). | Those mentioned cut down furze and wood in the common of the manor without right. William Snooke, William Chamberlen and Agnes Tiler are tenants of new cottages. |
| Failure to maintain | Joan Fill (widow) | Her barns and other necessary buildings are in decay, in walling, roofing repair, and timberwork. To be sufficiently repaired before the feast of St John the Baptist 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. |
| Failure to maintain | Agnes Tiler (widow) | Her dwelling house is in decay, in walling and roofing. To be repaired before the feast of St John the Baptist next on pain of 5s. |
| Failure to maintain | John Toogood | His dwelling house is in decay in walling, and his barns in roofing. To be repaired before the feast of St John the Baptist next on pain of 6s 8d. |
| Failure to maintain | John Maudeslie | He ought to repair a certain gate between the dwelling houses of John and Thomas Weston, esquire, which is now in decay. To be done before the feast of Easter next on pain of 5s. |