Bisley Manor Court Roll 29 May 1858
At a Special Court
Baron of The Right Honorable Arthur George Earl of Onslow Lord of the said
Manor held for the said Manor on Saturday the twenty ninth day of May and in
the Twenty first year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace
of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the
Faith and in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and fifty Eight Before Joseph
Hockley Gentleman Steward there.
Death of Abraham Honner
At this Court came here into Court Harden
Honnor of Laleham in the County of Middlesex Farmer one of the Grandchildren of Arthur Harden whose Will was produced at a General
Court Baron held for this manor on the twenty fourth day of October one
thousand eight hundred and thirty three and informed the said Steward that Abraham Honnor in such Will named departed this life
intestate and unmarried previous to the decease of the said Testators daughter Harriett Honnor (whose death was presented at the
last General Court Baron held for this manor on the twenty first day of May) he
having first attained the age of twenty one years and that the said Harden Honnor was the only Brother and heir at Law of
the said Abraham Honnor deceased
Death of Ann Honner
And again at this Court came again into Court the said Harden Honnor and informed the said Steward that Ann Honnor also one of the Grandchildren named in
the Will of the said Arthur Harden departed
this life unmarried and intestate previous to the decease of the said Testators
daughter the said Harriett Honnor she the said Ann Honnor having first attained the age of twenty
one years and that he the said Harden Honnor was
the only Brother at heir at Law of the said Ann Honnor
deceased
Death of Harriett Honner
And at this Court came again into Court the said Harden Honnor and informed the said Steward that Harriett Honnor also one of the Grandchildren named
in the said Will of the said Arthur Harden departed
this life unmarried in the life time of the said Testators daughter Harriett Honnor her mother she the said Harriett Honnor the Grandchild having first duly made
and published her last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the twenty fifth
of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine the probate whereof was
produced and read in open Court whereby she devised as follows “I give devise
and bequeath all my Estate Right and Interest under the respective Wills of my
late Grandfather and Father and all and every other my Estate and effects
whatsoever and wheresoever both real and personal whether in possession
reversion remainder or expectancy unto and to the absolute use of my dear
Mother Harriett Honnor her heirs executors
administrators and assigns”
And at this Court came here again into Court the said Harden Honnor and produced the last Will and
Testament of the said Harriett Honnor the
Mother bearing date the sixteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine whereby she devised (after the decease of her said daughter Ann Honnor without lawful issue) as follows “I give
devise and bequeath all my Worldly Estate both real and personal and of
whatsoever nature or kind unto my said Son Harden
Honnor absolutely”
Admittance of Harden Honner
Now at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into Court
in his proper person the said Harden Honnor and
humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one undivided fourth part or share of and in All that Copyhold Messuage or
Tenement with all the lands to the same belonging in Bisley aforesaid [Margin note: ???? ???? sold
for £610 ????? £50 ??? ???? £10] which came into the hands
of the Lord of this Manor on the death of Harriett
Honnor and daughter of said Testator Arthur
Harden To whom the Lord of
the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin
thereof by the rod To hold to the said Harden Honnor his
heirs and assigns for ever by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord
according to the custom of the said Manor by the yearly rent of one half penny heriot
when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore
formerly due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof in
form aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine for such his admittance as appears in
the Margin [£5 10s] and his fealty was respited.
Admission of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his proper person the said Harden Honnor
and humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one undivided fourth part or share of and in All that one parcel of
Customary Heathy Lands called Feets
containing by estimation three acres more or less with the appurtenances lying
in Bisley aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the
death of Harriett Honnor the daughter of said
Testator Arthur Harden To whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid
granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod To
hold to the said Harden Honnor his heirs
and assigns for ever by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to
the custom of the said Manor by the yearly rent of two pence heriot when it
shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly
due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form
aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine for such his admittance as appears in the
Margin [£2] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his proper person the said Harden Honnor and
humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one other undivided fourth part or share of and in All that Copyhold
Messuage or Tenement with all the lands to the same belonging in Bisley
aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of Harriett Honnor the daughter of said Testator Arthur Harden To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Harden Honnor his heirs and assigns for ever by Copy
of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor
by the yearly rent of one half penny heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court
and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed And
so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine
for such his admittance as appears in the Margin [£5 10s] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his proper person the said Harden Honnor and
humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one undivided fourth part or share of and in All that one parcel of
Customary Heathy Lands called Feets
containing by estimation three acres more or less with the appurtenances lying
in Bisley aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the
death of Harriett Honnor the daughter of said
Testator Arthur Harden To whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid
granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod To
hold to the said Harden Honnor his heirs
and assigns for ever by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to
the custom of the said Manor by the yearly rent of two pence heriot when it
shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly
due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form
aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine for such his admittance as appears in the
Margin [£2] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his proper person the said Harden Honnor
and humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one other undivided fourth part or share of and in All that Copyhold
Messuage or Tenement with all the lands to the same belonging in Bisley
aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of Harriett Honnor the daughter of said Testator Arthur Harden To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Harden Honnor his heirs and assigns for ever by Copy
of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor
by the yearly rent of one half penny heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court
and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed And
so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine
for such his admittance as appears in the Margin [£5 10s] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his proper person the said Harden Honnor
and humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one other undivided fourth part or share of and in All that one parcel of
Customary Heathy Lands called Feets containing
by estimation three acres more or less with the appurtenances lying in Bisley
aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of
Harriett Honnor the daughter of said Testator Arthur
Harden To whom the Lord of
the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin
thereof by the rod To hold to the said Harden Honnor his
heirs and assigns for ever by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord
according to the custom of the said Manor by the yearly rent of two pence heriot
when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore
formerly due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof in
form aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine for such his admittance as appears in
the Margin [£2] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his proper person the said Harden Honnor and
humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one other undivided fourth part or share of and in All that Copyhold
Messuage or Tenement with all the lands to the same belonging in Bisley
aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of Harriett Honnor the daughter of said Testator Arthur Harden To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Harden Honnor his heirs and assigns for ever by Copy
of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor
by the yearly rent of one half penny heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court
and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed And
so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine
for such his admittance as appears in the Margin [£5 10s] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his proper person the said Harden Honnor and
humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that one other undivided fourth part or share of and in All that one parcel of
Customary Heathy Lands called Feets
containing by estimation three acres more or less with the appurtenances lying
in Bisley aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the
death of Harriett Honnor the daughter of said
Testator Arthur Harden To whom the
Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the same and
delivered seizin thereof by the rod To hold to the said Harden Honnor his heirs and assigns for ever by Copy
of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor
by the yearly rent of two pence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and
other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed And
so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine
for such his admittance as appears in the Margin [£2] and his fealty was respited.
Absolute Surrender James Bedford to Thomas Waterer
At this Court came here into Court in in his proper person James Bedford of Knaphill
in the parish of Woking in the County of
Surrey Grocer one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of the said manor and in
consideration of the Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds of lawful money of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of English value and currency to
him paid by Thomas Waterer of Knaphill in the County of Surrey Farmer
Surrendered into the hands of the Lord of the said Manor by the Rod and by the
acceptance of the Steward aforesaid according to the Custom of the said Manor All that piece or parcel of arable land
containing by admeasurement four acres and three roods be the same more or less
lying in the parish and manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey abutting on the
highway leading from Guildford to Bagshot on the East and on the freehold land
formerly sold by John Knowls and James Stedman to John Deacon
on the North and which said piece or parcel of land is part and parcel of
premises described on the Court Rolls of the said Manor as “all those Copyhold
lands Stable Meadow and Pasture with the appurtenances containing by estimation
nineteen acres more or less in the parish of Bisley” and now known by the name
of Hen and Chicken field To the
only proper and absolute use and Behoof of the said Thomas Waterer his heirs and assigns for ever
Admittance of Thomas Waterer
Now at this Court upon the first proclamation came here into Court
in his proper person the said Thomas Waterer
and humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that that the before mentioned premises in pursuance of the said Surrender To whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid
by his Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the
rod To
hold to the said Thomas Waterer his heirs
and assigns for ever by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to
the custom of the said Manor by the yearly apportioned rent of one shilling heriot
when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore
formerly due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof in
form aforesaid gave to the Lord as a fine for such his admittance as appears in
the Margin [£5] and his fealty was respited.
Conditional Surrender James Bedford to Thomas Hockley
At this Court came here into Court in in his proper person James Bedford of Knaphill in the parish of Woking in
the County of Surrey Grocer one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of the
said manor and in consideration of the Sum of Three hundred pounds of lawful
consideration of the Sum of Sixty Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to
him paid by Thomas Hockley of Thorley Vicarage in the Isle
of Wight Clerk Surrendered into the hands of the Lord of the said Manor
by the Rod and by the acceptance of the Steward aforesaid according to the
Custom of the said Manor All that
Copyhold Close or parcel of Arable land Situate at Bisley aforesaid containing
by estimation five acres and seven perches more or less late in the occupation
of Joseph Bedford afterwards of Stephen Steptoe and now of James
Hill Stephen Steptoe and himself the said James
Bedford together with the Messuage or Tenement thereon erected and built
and now in the occupation of James Hill to
which premises the said James Bedford was
admitted Tenant at a Court held in and for the said Manor on the thirtieth day
of April one thousand eight hundred and forty one with the appurtenances And also all that Copyhold Messuage or
Tenement called Radsells Grove with the Barn
buildings Orchards Gardens and all the lands thereto belonging with the
appurtenances containing by estimation five acres more or less in the parish of
Bisley late in the occupation of William Slaughter
and since of John Hill that is to say the South
end of the said Messuage the Garden before the Orchard behind it half the Barn
the West end half of the Yard and four plots of ground one against the house
two below that and one against the Common Southward containing about two acres
and an half more or less to which premises the said James
Bedford was admitted at a Court held for this manor on the twenty third
day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty nine To the use and behoof of
the said Thomas Hockley his heirs and assigns
for ever Upon Condition nevertheless
to be void if the said James Bedford his heirs
executors administrators or assigns do and shall well and truly pay or cause to
be paid unto the said Thomas Hockley his
executors administrators or assigns the full sum of Three hundred pounds
together with Interest for the same after the rate of five pounds for one
hundred pounds for a year of lawful money aforesaid on the twenty ninth day of
November next ensuing
[Margin
notes: Be it remembered that on the
twenty third day of February one thousand eight hundred and sixty one Thomas Hockley in this surrender named did
acknowledge that he had that day been paid the sum of two hundred and eight
five pounds in part discharge of the sum of Three hundred pounds and Interest
in this Surrender mentioned And the said Thomas
Hockley did by writing under his hand of that date authorise and empower
the Steward of this Manor to enter his acknowledgement of having received the
same on the Court Rolls or Books of the said Manor accordingly and to discharge
the Copyhold close or parcel of arable land situate at Bisley containing by
estimation five acres and seven perches more or less with the Messuage or
Tenement thereon erected and built (as in this Surrender mentioned) of and from
the payment by James Bedford herein named of
the said sum of Three hundred pounds and Interest Witness my hand Joseph Hockley
Be
it remembered that on the third day of January one thousand eight hundred and
sixty two Thomas Hockley in this surrender
named did acknowledge that he had that day been paid and satisfied All
principal and Interest monies and all demands due and owing upon and by virtue
of this Surrender And the said Thomas Hockley did by writing under his hand of that
date authorise and empower the Steward of this Manor to enter this his
acknowledgement of having received the same on the Court Rolls or Books of the
said Manor accordingly Witness my hand Joseph Hockley]
Examined
by
Joseph Hockley
Steward