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 Loder |
| The HomageHomage referred to the sworn body of tenants who served as the jury of a manor court. Selection for the... In full. | Robert Chaffey, Thomas Seargeant, Robert Bullen, John Loder, Robert Jolliffe, Thomas Hobbs, Bernard Chamberlin |
| 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 2s. 6d. Tenants: Abraham Forrister (gentleman), Thomas Cooke, Richard Snooke, Robert Langman, Nicholas Farvis, Andrew Loder, William Kember, John Durrant, Elizabeth Hellier, Henry Snooke, Thomas Bingham, Mary Hellier (widow), Joan Chamberlin (widow), Ambrose Sergeant, Elizabeth Hancock, Robert Kember, Joseph Snooke, James Carter, Richard Bishopp, Margaret Miles, George Jolliffe senior, George Jolliffe junior, William Clerke, George Snooke, George Crosse, John Smith, John Banger, Anne Turner, John Paviat, Margery Coombs, William Banger – affeered at 6d each |
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. | Tenants are allowed 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. | |
| Antisocial Behaviour | John Banger | We continue the presentment against John Banger for not laying out the encroachment on the Common |
| Maintenance and Repair | Elizabeth Hellier | Elizabeth Hellier’s housing needs repairing and we order her to mend the same 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. (Margin note: done) |
| Maintenance and Repair | John Loder | John Loder’s barn needs repairing and he is ordered to repair it by Michaelmas next on pain of 10s. (Margin note: done) |
| Customary Rights | Barnard Chamberlin George Snook | By the oath of Barnard Chamberlin the way to Ricksbed Mead is through the ground of George Snook called Lys |
| 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 at the court | |
| Maintenance and Repair | Robert Kember Robert Langman John Loder Thomas Hobbs senior George Crosse Robert Chaffey Thomas Hobbs junior | Pye Lane gate is out of repair and ought to be repaired by Robert Kember Robert Langman John Loder Thomas Hobbs senior George Crosse Robert Chaffey and Thomas Hobbs junior |