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 (merchant) |
| The HomageHomage referred to the sworn body of tenants who served as the jury of a manor court. Selection for the... In full. | William Loder (foreman), Thomas Cooke, Richard Snooke, Robert Jolliffe, John Carter, Robert Langman, William Miles, Nicholas Farvis, Thomas Sergeant, Bernard Chamberlaine, Andrew Loder, Robert Clarke, Thomas Snooke |
| Attended | Widows: Jane Hobbs, Mary Hellier |
| 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, excused) Tenants: Robert Kember (excused), Richard Bishopp (excused), Edward Hellier (excused), James Ellis (excused), Thomas Hobbs (excused), William Pinne (excused), John Snooke, George Hancocke, Thomas Lambert, Henry Snooke, Thomas Bingham, Robert Hobbs, Lucy Thornhill (widow), Grace Snooke (widow), Joan Locke (widow), Frances Lane (widow) |
| AffeerersAn affeerer was a manor court official who assessed and adjusted amercement amounts. Selected from among the manor's tenants, affeerers... In full. | Thomas Snooke, Robert Clarke |
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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| Failure to do Free SuitIn the manorial system, a tenant's obligation to attend the manor court was called 'suit of court'. Suit of court... In full. Not amercedAn amercement was a monetary penalty imposed by the court for breaching custom. The origin of the word reflects the... In full.. | William Weston esquire | |
| Failure to Attend Amerced 3s 4d Assessed at 3d | ‘the rest of the tenants who have made default this day’ | |
| Maintenance and Repair | Lord of the Manor | The Pound door needs repair. |
| Customary RightsThe rules, rights and obligations by which a particular manor was governed/administered. These customs acquired legal force through long usage... In full. | 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 | Mary Hellier John Snooke | Their houses need repair. |