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The General Court Baron of The Right Honorable Arthur George Earl of Onslow Lord of the said Manor there held in and for the said Manor on Monday the tenth day of April in the seventeenth 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 four Before Joseph Hockley Gentleman Steward there.

Homage to wit

Death of George Marshall
The Homage aforesaid being Sworn and charged on their Oath do present that George Marshall late one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of the said Manor who held to him and his heirs by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said manor  All that messuage or tenement Barn Stable Granary and other outbuildings thereunto belonging And all those several pieces or parcels of Arable Meadow and Coppice  land lying and being in the said parish of Bisley and All those two pieces or parcels of meadow Land containing together by admeasurement three acres three roods and nineteen perches be the same more or less situate and lying in the parish and Manor of Bisley in the said County of Surrey adjoined to the Lands hereinafter described called Loam Pitts And also all that piece or parcel of Arable Land called the Shoulder of Mutton field containing by admeasurement one acre two roods and three perches be the same more or less also situate and lying in the parish and Manor of Bisley aforesaid by the yearly rent of one shilling and one penny heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services Also all those two pieces or parcels of Arable Land called Loam Pits Containing by admeasurement nine acres one rood and one perch be the same more or less situate and lying in the parish and Manor of Bisley aforesaid by the yearly rent of four pence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services Also all that Customary messuage with the Orchard formerly in the tenure of Philip Roberts and one Close of land to the same belonging containing by estimation one acre more or less and one acre of land more or less in Neltro with the appurtenances by the yearly rent of ten pence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services  Also all that parcel of Arable Land in the Common field called Neltro in Bisley containing by estimation one acre more or less and half an acre of Meadow in Church bourne mead with the appurtenances in Bisley by the yearly rent of eight pence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services And also all that messuage or Tenement with the appurtenances called Whichwood and one Close of Land adjoining by estimation one acre lying in Bisley aforesaid by the yearly rent of three pence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services Also two acres of land and half an acre of land more or less lying in the Common field called Neltro and two acres of land and half an acre of land more or less lying in the Common field called Widecroft in the said Manor of Bisley by the yearly rent of fourpence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services  And also all that one Close of Customary Arable land late Woodland containing by estimation two acres more or less and two acres of land more or less lying in the Common field called North Hill by the yearly rent of sixpence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services Died since the last General Court so thereof seized Whereupon Eight heriots to wit the eight best live beasts of the said George Marshall became due to the Lord of the said Manor and that eight horses were seized and compounded for with the Executrix at the sum of ___________

His Will
And the Homage further present that the said George Marshall duly made and published his last Will and Testament in writing in the words following “This is the last Will and Testament of me George Marshall of Godalming in the County of Surrey Timber Merchant I devise and bequeath all the real and personal Estate to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease unto my dear Wife Sarah Marshall absolutely but as to Estates vested in me Upon Trust or by way of Mortgage subject to the equities affecting the same respectively and I appoint my dear Wife Sarah Executrix of this my Will  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty eight George Marshall.  Signed by the said testator as his last Will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses
R C Mogrine 5 St Andrews C.t Holborn Sol.r  J A Rogers his Clerk.”

1st Proclamation
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that messuage or tenement Barn Stable Granary and other outbuildings thereunto belonging And all those several pieces or parcels of Arable Meadow and Coppice land situate and being in the said parish of Bisley and which are Copyhold tenure held of the Manor of Bisley aforesaid and by a late admeasurement are Computed to contain thirty four Acres two roods and six perches (be the same more or less) being all the Copyhold Land which forms part of the farm called or known by the name of Bull Rowzen farm Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on the death of George Marshall
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All those two pieces or parcels of Meadow Land containing together by admeasurement three acres three roods and nineteen perches be the same more or less situate and lying in the parish and Manor of Bisley in the said County of Surrey adjoined to the Lands hereinafter described called Loam Pitts And also all that piece or parcel of Arable Land called the Shoulder of Mutton field containing by admeasurement one acre two roods and three perches be the same more or less also situate and lying in the parish and Manor of Bisley aforesaid Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on the death of the same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All those two pieces or parcels of Arable Land called Loam Pits Containing by admeasurement nine acres one rood and one perch be the same more or less situate and lying in the parish and Manor of Bisley aforesaid Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on the death of the same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that Customary messuage with the Orchard formerly in the tenure of Philip Roberts and one Close of land to the same belonging containing by estimation one acre more or less and one acre of land more or less in Neltro with the appurtenances Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on the death of the same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that parcel of Arable Land in the Common field called Neltro in Bisley containing by estimation one acre more or less and half an acre of Meadow in Church bourne mead with the appurtenances in Bisley Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on the death of the same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that messuage or Tenement with the appurtenances called Whichwood and one Close of Land adjoining by estimation one acre lying in Bisley aforesaid Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on the death of the same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to two acres of land and half an acre of land more or less lying in the Common field called Neltro and two acres of land and half an acre of land more or less lying in the Common field called Widecroft in the said Manor of Bisley Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on the death of the same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Sarah Marshall or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that one Close of Customary Arable land late Woodland containing by estimation two acres more or less and two acres of land more or less lying in the Common field called North Hill Which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Marshall to come into Court and take the same out of the hand of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.

Examined by
Joseph Hockley
  Steward