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, Thomas Cooke, John Carter, Thomas Sergeant, Andrew Loder, Bernard Chamberlin, George Jolliffe, Robert Chaffey |
| 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, Nicholas Farvis, William Kember, John Durrant, John Loder, Elizabeth Hellier (widow), Henry Snooke, Thomas Bingham, Thomas Hobbs, William Cooke, George Snooke, George Crosse, John Banger, Anna Turner, John Paveatt, Margary 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. George Snooke senior takes the reversion of property to be held by George Snooke junior for his lifetime on the financial terms below, taking effect after the end of the current tenancy of Mary recently called Mary Bartlett (wife of John Durrant) and Mary (recently called) Mary Linington. Rent 5s 6d HeriotHeriot was a duty the lord of the manor collected at the end of a tenancy. It traditionally consisted of... In full. 20s FineA fine was a customary payment made to the lord of the manor upon changes to tenancy arrangements. It acknowledged... In full. £16 | George Snooke the elder John Durrant (recent holder through wife) Mary Bartlett (formerly wife of John Durrant, lately Mary Bartlett, now Mary Linington) George Snooke (younger child of George, tenant in reversion) | One small enclosure of meadow about one acre and called Eastward Close. One enclosure or arable ground called Church Close about six acres. One enclosure of meadow or pasture called Stitchen of about four acres. |
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. 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 Joseph Snooke Thomas Hobbs | Ambrose Snooke, John Loder, Joseph Snooke and Thomas Hobbs are to scour their ditches at their Closes called Easter against Easter Lane by Michaelmas 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. 5s. (Margin note: not done) |
| Maintenance and Repair | John Loder | John Loder must repair his outhousing by Michaelmas next on pain of 5s. |
| Maintenance and Repair | Thomas Serjeant Andrew Loder | Thomas Serjeant must repair his fence at his ground called the Downe against the Common and against Andrew Loder’s Downe by Midsummer next on pain of 10s. |
| Maintenance and Repair | The pound wall and door need to be repaired by the Lord of the Manor | |
| Maintenance and Repair | Thomas Cooke | Thomas Cooke needs to repair his hedge and ditch against the highway leading towards PursCaundle at the Close called Little Winsy Lane by Christmas next on pain of 5s. |
| Customary Rights | Mr Forrester | We present there was ever a way through Mr Forrester’s ground called Redd Lane which has been in part denied by his tenant. |
| Customary Rights and Maintenance and Repair | Joseph Snook | We present there is a lawful way in the inside of the hedge of Joseph Snook’s ground called Burne meadow against the house road and that he ought to set up a Bridge in the same ground across the brook by Midsummer 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 |