Bisley Manor Court Roll 30 July 1886
The General Court Baron of The Right Honorable William Hillier Earl of Onslow Lord of the said Manor held in and for the said Manor on Friday the thirtieth day of July in the fiftieth 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 eighty six Before Frederic Ferdinand Smallpeice Gentleman Steward there.
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Admittance of Frederick Mellersh and Edward Joseph Halsey
At this Court upon the third proclamation came here into Court Frederick Mellersh and Edward Joseph Halsey by Francis Dowse their Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All those several parcels of Arable and Wood ground called Wide Strod and Newlands Burchett and also one grove of wood containing by estimation two acres called Gonwins Grove and one plot of land containing by estimation seven acres in Bisley Wood formerly Martins and also one croft called Newins lying near Ramshurst Heath all which said premises were heretofore said to contain together thirty and three acres little more or less and are situate in Bisley and held of the said Manor but which said lands are now known and distinguished by the several names and contain by admeasurement the quantities following that is to say – Long Mead four acres three roods and eighteen perches – The Five Acres five acres three roods and twenty six perches - The Six Acres seven acres and twenty eight perches – Miles Green five acres and three roods - The Corner Field two acres three roods and five perches – Oak Field six acres and two perches and The Four Acres five acres one rood and thirty one perches altogether thirty seven acres three roods and thirty perches which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the surrender of Henry William Richard Westgarth Halsey as presented at the General Court held in and for this Manor on the fifteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred and eighty one 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 Frederick Mellersh and Edward Joseph Halsey their 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 Three shillings and ten pence Heriot certain four pounds suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed but nevertheless upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers provisoes and declarations expressed and declared or referred to of or concerning the same premises in and by a certain Indenture of Appointment and Settlement dated the second day of December One thousand eight hundred and eighty and made between Henry William Richard Westgarth Halsey and Henry Joseph Tenison Halsey of the one part and the said Frederick Mellersh and Edward Joseph Halsey of the other part And so they were by their said Attorney admitted tenants thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a Fine for such their admittance as appears in the margin [1st life £54 2nd life £27 = £81] and their fealty was respited.
Will of the Reverend James Jerram
The Homage aforesaid being sworn and charged on their Oath present that the Reverend James Jerram late one of the copyhold or customary tenants of this Manor whose death was presented at the last General Court Baron held in and for this Manor by his last Will and testament dated the twenty sixth day of September One thousand eight hundred and seventy three (an extract from which is also now produced and read in open Court) declared that the devise contained in the said will of estates rested in him as a Trustee should not include the estates vested in him as Trustee of the Will of Richard Collyer Esquire late of Parkhurst in the parish of Chobham in the County of Surrey deceased And he thereby devised all freehold and copyhold estates which at his death should be vested in him under or by virtue of the said Will of the said Richard Collyer deceased unto Charles Carlos Clarke of Esher in the County of Surrey Esquire and his heirs subject to the trusts affecting the same
Admittance of Charles Carlos Clark
Now at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into Court the said Charles Carlos Clarke by Wyatt Gibbs his Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that copyhold messuage or tenement (now used as two tenements) with the gardens orchards back sides edifices and buildings thereunto belonging with the appurtenances containing by admeasurement One rood and twenty eight perches (little more or less) And also all that piece or parcel of arable land containing by admeasurement two acres two roods and twenty perches little more or less commonly called or known by the name of the Strip And also all that piece or parcel of Arable land containing by admeasurement two acres two roods and thirty one perches commonly called or known by the name of the Long two acres And also all that piece or parcel of Meadow land containing by admeasurement three acres three roods and thirty perches little more or less and commonly called or known by the name of Trully Meadow And also all that piece or parcel of arable land containing by admeasurement four acres six perches little more or less and commonly called or known by the name of the Hatchett field And also all that piece or parcel of Arable land containing by admeasurement one acre three roods and twenty eight perches more or less commonly called or known by the name of the Furze Field with their and every of their appurtenances which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said James Jerram 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 Charles Carlos Clarke his heirs and assigns upon the trusts mentioned in the Will of the said Richard Collyer deceased 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 shillings Heriot when it shall happen suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed and so he was by his said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a Fine for such his admittance as appears afterwards and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here again into Court the said Charles Carlos Clarke by the said Wyatt Gibbs his Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that piece or parcel of arable land containing by admeasurement two roods and thirty five perches more or less and commonly called or known by the name of Port Lane Plat And also all that piece or parcel of Arable land containing by admeasurement One acre three roods and three perches more or less situate in Widecroft Common Field and abutting on the land of John Robinson on the North East part and the land of Isaac Gosden on the SouthWest part And also all that piece or parcel of Meadow land containing by admeasurement One rood and twenty nine perches little more or less situate in Churchbourn Meadow abutting on the land of Mrs Bell on the North part and the land of William Chandler on the south part with their and every of their appurtenances which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said James Jerram 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 Charles Carlos Clarke his heirs and assigns upon the trusts mentioned in the Will of the said Richard Collyer deceased 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 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 by his said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a Fine for such his admittance as appears afterwards and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here again into Court the said Charles Carlos Clarke by the said Wyatt Gibbs his Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that piece or parcel of arable land formerly in two pieces containing by admeasurement exclusive of a piece of freehold land adjoining thereto containing thirty eight perches situate in the parish of Chobham six acres One rood and three perches more or less and commonly called or known by the name of North Hills And also all that piece or parcel of meadow land containing by admeasurement two roods and twenty five perches more or less being part and parcel of meadow land called Barn Mead the remaining part whereof is freehold and situate in the said Parish of Chobham which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said James Jerram 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 Charles Carlos Clarke his heirs and assigns upon the trusts mentioned in the Will of the said Richard Collyer deceased by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor by the yearly rent of Tenpence Heriot when it shall happen suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed and so he was by his said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a Fine for such his three several admittance as appears in the margin [Fine for the whole £55] and his fealty was respited.
Will of Thomas Litchford Rawlinson
The Homage present that Thomas Litchford Rawlinson late one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of this Manor whose death was presented at the General court Baron held in and for this Manor on the fifteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred and eighty one by his Will dated the seventh day of May One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven (a copy whereof is now produced in Court) after giving unto his wife Grace Rawlinson and her assigns a certain annuity for her life as in the said Will is mentioned and the Sum of Two hundred pounds sterling unto every his child or children except his daughter Mary Elliott who should be living at his decease and should have attained or should attain the age of twenty one years and the issue of such of them as should die either in his lifetime or after his decease under that age leaving issue who should attain the age of Twenty one years And he charged his hereditaments and real estate thereinafter devised with the payment of the said Annuity and legacies And subject and charged as thereinbefore mentioned and also subject and charged with the payment of the mortgage debt and interest which might be secured thereon at his decease in complete exoneration of his personal estate he devised all that his copyhold estate at Bisley in the County of Surrey And all other his messuages lands tenements hereditaments and real estate whatsoever and wheresoever To the Use of such person or persons for such estate or interest and generally in such manner as his said daughter Mary Elliott the wife of Robert Elliott notwithstanding her then present or any future coverture should by any deed or deeds or by her Will appoint and in default of and so far as any such appointment if made should not extend and in the meantime subject thereto To the use of the said Mary Elliott her heirs and assigns for ever.
Admittance of Mary Elliott
Now at this Court upon the third proclamation came here into Court the said Mary Elliott by Thomas Edwards her Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that close or parcel of arable land situate at Bisley aforesaid containing by estimation Five acres and seven perches more or less formerly in the occupation of Joseph Bedford afterwards of Stephen Steptoe and late of __________ Together with the messuage or tenement and other buildings erected and built thereon which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson 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 Mary Elliott her heirs and assigns subject to a conditional surrender thereof to Maria Cook dated the twenty third day of August One thousand eight hundred and seventy six and subject also as in the said Will of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson deceased is expressed by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor by the yearly rent of Four pence Heriot when it shall happen suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed and so she was by her said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a Fine for such her admittance as appears afterwards and her fealty was pardoned.
Admittance of same
Also at this Court upon the third proclamation came here again into Court the said Mary Elliott by the said Thomas Edwards her Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that one close of land called Hunger Hills containing by estimation One acre and a half and four acres of land lying and being in the Common Field called Widecroft and two acres of land lying in the Common Field called South Earsh and one acre of land lying in the Common Field called Bur Croft And also one mead called Newbridge Mead containing by estimation one acre and an acre and a half in Westburn Mead and half an acre of Meadow in Churchburn Mead which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson 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 Mary Elliott her heirs and assigns subject to the before mentioned conditional surrender and subject also as in the said Will of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson deceased is expressed 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 shillings and sixpence Heriot when it shall happen suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed and so she was by her said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a Fine for such her admittance as appears afterwards and her fealty was pardoned.
Admittance of same
Also at this Court upon the third proclamation came here again into Court the said Mary Elliott by the said Thomas Edwards her Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that one Meadow called Bisley Mead adjoining to Newbridge containing by estimation one acre more or less which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson 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 Mary Elliott her heirs and assigns subject to the before mentioned conditional surrender and subject also as in the said Will of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson deceased is expressed 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 shillings and sixpence Heriot when it shall happen suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed and so she was by her said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a Fine for such her three several admittances as appears in the margin [Fine for the whole £55] and her fealty was pardoned.
2nd Proclamation on death of John Mose
At this Court the second proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said John Mose deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that
messuage or tenement with the Blacksmiths shop Garden and edifices belonging containing One hundred rods or thereabouts with the appurtenances called or known by the name of Paynes in Bisley aforesaid which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said John Mose to come into Court and take the same out of the hands of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the second proclamation and default are here inrolled.
Death of Sarah Ann Robinson
The Homage also present that Sarah Ann Robinson late one of the copyhold or customary tenants of this Manor who held to her and her heirs by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said manor All that customary messuage or tenement with the appurtenances (now in Two tenements) together with the edifices buildings gardens orchard and curtilage to the said messuage or tenement belonging (except about forty rods parcel of the said garden sold to John Daborn) situate lying and being in Bisley Green in the parish of Bisley aforesaid abutting on the said green on the south north and east parts heretofore in the occupation of George Slyfield late of ______ Ford and then of Thomas Eacott now or late in the occupation of Henry Edwards and ___________ by the yearly rent of Fourpence Heriot certain Two shillings Suit of Court and other services and customs died since the last Court so thereof seized Whereupon a heriots of the best beast became due to the Lord of this manor but none was seized because the said Sarah Ann Robinson had no live beast at the time of her death.
1st Proclamation on death of Sarah Ann Robinson
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said Sarah Ann Robinson deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that the said customary messuage or tenement with the appurtenances (now in Two tenements) together with the edifices buildings gardens orchard and curtilage to the said messuage or tenement belonging (except about forty rods parcel of the said garden sold to John Daborn) situate lying and being in Bisley Green in the parish of Bisley aforesaid abutting on the said green on the south north and east parts heretofore in the occupation of George Slyfield late of ________ Ford and then of Thomas Eacott now or late in the occupation of Henry Edwards and ____________ which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said Sarah Ann Robinson to come into Court and take the same out of the hands of the Lord of this Manor but no one came Whereupon the first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
Conditional Surrender William Chandler to Mark Smallpeice
The Homage also present a certain Conditional Surrender taken out of Court and since the last General Court in the words following that is to say :- Manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey Be it remembered that on the second day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty six William Chandler of Bisley in the County of Surrey Yeoman one of the copyhold or customary Tenants of the said Manor came before Frederic Ferdinand Smallpeice Steward of the said Manor out of Court and in consideration of One hundred and fifty pounds to the said William Chandler paid by Mark Smallpeice of Guildford in the said County of Surrey Gentleman Did according to the custom of the said Manor Surrender into the hands of the Lord of the said Manor by the rod and by the hands and acceptance of the said Steward All those two acres of land part of a parcel of land called Miles Grove within this Manor and which said two acres adjoin Port Lane on the East the Common Field called Neltro on the North the copyhold land late of William Walden and since William Smiths called Wheat Leaz on the West and two acres other part of Miles Grove on the South late William Walkers And also one acre of land other part of the said parcel of land called Miles Grove and which acre adjoins to Miles Green on the South to Port Lane on the East to an acre of land other part of Miles Grove late James Hones on the West and to the said two acres late William Walkers on the North to which said premises the said William Chandler was admitted tenant at a General Court Baron held for the said Manor on the thirteenth day of June One thousand eight hundred and seventy three And also all that piece or parcel of land or ground containing One acre two roods and twenty nine perches or thereabouts situate and being in Neltro Common Field within the said Manor bounded on the North by old inclosed lands belonging in part to the said William Chandler and in part to __________ and also by the allotment numbered 9 on the Inclosure plan and the allotment next hereinafter described and numbered 5 on the same plan on the East by a road leading from Guildford to Bisley on the south by the allotments awarded to William Eacott and numbered 10 and 11 on the same plan and on the West by the Allotment awarded to William Chandler deceased and numbered 8 on the same plan Which said piece of land is numbered 4 on the same plan And also all that piece or parcel of land formerly the property the said William Chandler deceased containing Twenty one perches bounded on the North by land of the said William Chandler and on the South and East and West by the said allotment numbered 4 on the said Inclosure plan which allotment hereinbefore described is No.d 5 on the said plan to which said premises the said William Chandler was admitted tenant at a General Court Baron held for the said Manor on the twentieth day of August One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine To the use and behoof of the said Mark Smallpeice his heirs and assigns for ever at the will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor and by and under the rents heriots suits and services therefore due and of right accustomed Provided always and upon condition nevertheless that if the said William Chandler his heirs executors administrators or assigns do and shall on the second day of September next pay to the said Mark Smallpeice his executors administrators or assigns the sum of One hundred and fifty pounds sterling with interest for the same in the meantime at the rate of Five pounds per centum per annum without any deduction then this Surrender to be void and of no effect or otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue And the said William Chandler Doth hereby declare and agree that the said Mark Smallpeice shall have the same powers and to the like extent in respect of the hereditaments herby surrendered as he would have in respect of freehold hereditaments on a Mortgage made by Deed ~ William Chandler Taken the day and year first above written by me Ferdinand Smallpeice Steward
[Margin Note: Be it remembered that on the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven Mark Smallpeice in this Surrender named did by writing under his hand acknowledge that he had been paid and satisfied All principal and interest moneys due and owing upon and by virtue of this Surrender and did thereby Empower authorize and require the Steward of this Manor to enter that his acknowledgement of having received such satisfaction upon the Court Rolls of the said Manor accordingly. Witness my hand Ferdinand Smallpeice Steward]
Examined
Ferdinand Smallpeice
Steward.