Bisley Manor Court Roll 8 June 1885
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 Monday the eighth day of June in the forty eighth 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 five Before Frederic Ferdinand Smallpeice Gentleman Steward there.
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2nd Proclamation on Surrender of Henry William Richard Westgarth Halsey
At this Court the second proclamation was made for Frederick Mellersh and Edward Joseph Halsey or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted 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 Ramhurst 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 which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the Surrender of the said Henry William Richard Westgarth Halsey 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 inrolled.
Will of Thomas Waterer
The Homage aforesaid being sworn and charged on their Oath present that Thomas Waterer 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 duly made and published his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the twentieth day of November One thousand eight hundred and seventy eight (probate whereof is now produced and read in open Court) Whereby he gave and devised unto his Wife Harriett Waterer All those his five acres or thereabouts of Copyhold land with the appurtenances then in the occupation of William Chandler the elder situate near to the Hen and Chickens Public House and held of the Manor of Bisley Surrey which land he sometime purchased of James Bedford To Hold the same hereditaments unto his said Wife during her life and at her decease he gave and devised the same land and hereditaments unto and to the use of his Son George Waterer his heirs and assigns.
Admittance of Harriett Waterer
Now at this Court upon the second Proclamation came here into Court the said Harriett Waterer by George Waterer her Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All that piece or parcel of 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 Knowles and James Stedman to John Deacon on the north and which said piece or parcel of land is part and parcel of premises formerly described on the Court Rolls of the said Manor as “All those Copyhold lands arable 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 the Hen and Chickens Field which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said Thomas Waterer 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 Harriett Waterer her heirs and assigns for and during the term of her natural life 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 she was by her said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid and gave to the Lord as a Fine for such her admittance as appears in the margin [£14] and her Fealty was respited.
2nd Proclamation on death of Thomas Litchford Rawlinson
At this Court the second proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted 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 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.
2nd Proclamation on death of same
Also at this Court the second proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted 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 Wide Croft 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 an 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 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.
2nd Proclamation on death of same
Also at this Court the second proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said Thomas Litchford Rawlinson or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted 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 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.
Absolute Surrender George Eacott to Alfred Daborn
The Homage also present a certain Surrender taken out of Court and since the last General Court to wit on the fifth day of February One thousand eight hundred and eighty four Whereby George Eacott of the Parish of Bisley in the County of Surrey Farmer one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of the said Manor in consideration of Eighty pounds to him paid by Alfred Daborn of West End Chobham Surrey Carpenter for the absolute purchase of the piece or parcel of land and hereditaments thereinafter described and with the consent and approbation of Mary Eacott of Bisley aforesaid Widow who was entitled under the Will of her late husband William Eacott deceased dated the fourth day of December One thousand eight hundred and seventy five to such a sum as should be equal to the rack rent for the time being of the said piece or parcel of land and hereditaments during her life or widowhood Surrendered into the hands of the Lord of the said manor by the rod by the hands and acceptance of William Chandler and John Eacott two other of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of the said Manor according to the custom of the same Manor (and the said Mary Eacott being content to receive a rack rent for the time being of another portion of the copyhold hereditaments devised to the said George Eacott by the Will of the said William Eacott deceased in lieu of the rack rent of the hereditaments thereby surrendered) and in consideration thereof and of the sum of Five shillings to her paid by the said Alfred Daborn the receipt whereof was thereby acknowledged thereby released All that piece or parcel of land called Long Close otherwise Longbrook containing one acre two roods and twenty three perches (more or less) situate lying and being in Bisley aforesaid late in the occupation of the said William Eacott deceased and now of the said George Eacott which said hereditaments were heretofore described on the Court Rolls of this Manor as “one close of land called Long Close containing by estimation one Acre” to which said hereditaments the said George Eacott was admitted Tenant at a Special Court holden for the said Manor on the twenty sixth day of November One thousand eight hundred and eighty three to and for the use and behoof of the said Alfred Daborn his heirs and assigns for ever to be holden at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor at and under the rents services fines and incidents of tenure therefore due and of right accustomed
Admittance of Alfred Daborn
Now at this Court upon the first proclamation came here into Court in his own proper person the said Alfred Daborn and humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All that piece or parcel of land called Long Close otherwise Longbrook containing one acre two roods and twenty three perches (more or less) situate lying and being in Bisley aforesaid late in the occupation of the said William Eacott deceased and now of the said George Eacott which said hereditaments were heretofore described on the Court Rolls of this Manor as “one close of land called Long Close containing by estimation one Acre” pursuant to 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 Alfred Daborn 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 apportioned yearly rent of Three 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 [£6] and his fealty was respited.
Death of Rev.d James Jerram
The Homage also present that The Reverend James Jerram late one of the Copyhold or customary Tenants of this Manor who held to him and his heirs upon the trusts of the Will of Richard Collyer deceased by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said manor All that Copyhold messuage or tenement (now used as two tenements) with the Gardens Orchards backsides 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 and commonly called or known by the name of the Ship And also all that piece or parcel of arable land containing by admeasurement Two acres two roods and thirty one perches little more or less and 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 the Trulley Meadow And also all that piece or parcel of arable land containing by admeasurement four acres and 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 by the yearly rent of Two shillings Heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs And also 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 Wide Croft Common Field and abutting on the land of John Robinson on the North East part and the land of Isaac Gosden On the South West 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 by the yearly rent of one shilling Heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs And also 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 a piece or parcel of Meadow land called Barn Mead the remaining part whereof is freehold and situate in the said Parish of Chobham by the yearly rent of Ten pence Heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs died since the last Court so thereof seized Whereupon three heriots of the best Beasts became due to the Lord of this manor but none were seized because the said James Jerram had no live beast at the time of his death.
1st Proclamation on death of James Jerram
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said James Jerram deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that the said Copyhold messuage or tenement (now used as two tenements) with the Gardens Orchards backsides 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 and commonly called or known by the name of the Ship And also all that piece or parcel of arable land containing by admeasurement Two acres two roods and thirty one perches little more or less and 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 the Trulley Meadow And also all that piece or parcel of arable land containing by admeasurement four acres and 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 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.
1st Proclamation on death of same
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said James Jerram deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that the said 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 Wide Croft Common Field and abutting on the land of John Robinson on the North East part and the land of Isaac Gosden On the South West 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 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.
1st Proclamation on death of same
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said James Jerram deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that the said 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 a piece or 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 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.
Death of George Holt
The Homage also present that George Holt late one of the Copyhold or customary Tenants of this 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 the scite of one Cottage and fourteen rods of land by estimation more or less One parcel of Land called the Common Plott containing by estimation one quarter of an acre lying at Knaphill in Bisley with the appurtenances by the yearly rent of One shilling Heriot when it shall happen suit of Court and other services and customs And also All that Cottage or tenement with all the Lands thereunto belonging containing by estimation one acre and an half or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of John Crouch and late of John Carman situate lying and being within and held of the said Manor by the yearly rent of Sixpence Heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs And also All those two acres of Land part of a parcel of Land called Miles Grove within this Manor and which said two Acres of Land adjoin Port Lane on the East the Copyhold Land late of William Walden called Wheat Leas on the West two acres other part of Miles Grove heretofore surrendered by James Living To the use of James Stedman on the North and another Acre part of Miles Grove also heretofore surrendered by the said James Living To the use of James Hone on the South by the yearly rent of one penny Heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs {And also All that piece or parcel of the waste of this Manor lying and being at Staveck Lake in the said Manor adjoining to property belonging to the said George Holt on the South side thereof containing about One acre more or less [margin note: Ensd 6th Dec.r 1895]} And also All that piece or parcel of the waste of this Manor lying opposite to the said property called Staveck Lake and adjoining to other property of the said George Holt on the North side thereof and containing about One acre more or less by the yearly rent of Sixpence Heriot certain Two shillings Suit of Court and other services and customs died since the last Court so thereof seized Whereupon three heriots of the three best beats [sic] and a heriot certain of five shillings became due to the Lord of this manor but no beasts were seized because the said George Holt had no live beast at the time of his death.
1st Proclamation on death of George Holt
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said George Holt deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that the said scite of one Cottage and fourteen rods of land by estimation more or less One parcel of Land called the Common Plott containing by estimation one quarter of an acre lying at Knaphill in Bisley with the appurtenances which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Holt 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.
1st Proclamation on death of same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said George Holt deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that Cottage or tenement with All the Lands thereunto belonging containing by estimation one acre and an half or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of John Crouch and late of John Carman situate lying and being within and held of the said Manor which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Holt 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.
1st Proclamation on death of same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said George Holt deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All those two acres of Land part of a parcel of Land called Miles Grove within this Manor and which said two Acres of Land adjoin Port Lane on the East the Copyhold Land late of William Walden called Wheat Leas on the West two acres other part of Miles Grove heretofore surrendered by James Living To the use of James Stedman on the North and another Acre part of Miles Grove also heretofore surrendered by the said James Living To the use of James Hone on the South which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Holt 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.
1st Proclamation on death of same
Also at this Court the first proclamation was made for the heir at law of the said George Holt deceased or any other person or persons who hath or have a right to be admitted to All that piece or parcel of the waste of this Manor lying and being at Staveck Lake in the said Manor adjoining to property belonging to the said George Holt on the South side thereof containing about One acre more or less And also All that piece or parcel of the waste of this Manor lying opposite to the said property called Staveck Lake and adjoining to other property of the said George Holt on the North side thereof and containing about One acre more or less which came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said George Holt 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.
Death of John Mose
The Homage also present that John Mose late one of the Copyhold or customary Tenants of this 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 (Subject to a conditional surrender thereof to the Honorable George Chapple Norton and Joseph Hockley dated the twenty ninth day of August One thousand eight hundred and sixty five) 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 by the yearly rent of three pence Heriot when it shall happen 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 John Mose had no live beast at the time of his death.
1st Proclamation on death of John Mose
Now at this Court the first 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 first proclamation and default are here inrolled.
Conditional Surrender Robert Scott Lorraine to William Grimsley
The Homage also present a certain Conditional Surrender taken out of Court and since the last General Court in the words following to wit
Manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey Be it remembered that on the third day of May One thousand eight hundred and eighty four Robert Scott Lorraine of Pewsley in the Parish of Hillingdon in the County of Middlesex Coal Merchant came before Humphrey Percy Smallpeice Gentleman Deputy of Frederic Ferdinand Smallpeice of Guildford in the County of Surrey Steward of the said manor and in consideration of the sum of Eighty Pounds paid by William Grimsley of Bicester in the County of Oxford Fishmonger to Henry Potter of Farnham in the County of Surrey Gentleman and Edward Stedman of Godalming in the County of Surrey Wine Merchant by the direction of him the said Robert Scott Lorraine in satisfaction of all principal monies and interest secured to Henry Roker late of Godalming aforesaid now deceased by a conditional Surrender of the copyhold hereditaments hereinafter described which conditional Surrender is dated the ninth day of February One thousand eight hundred and fifty did Surrender into the hands of the Lord of the said Manor by the hands and acceptance of the said Deputy Steward according to the custom of the said Manor All that one acre of land part of a parcel of land called Miles Grove within the said Manor and which said acre adjoins to Miles Green on the South to the copyhold Land called Wheat Leaz on the West to other part of Miles Grove on the North and to one acre other part of Miles Grove on the East Together with the messuage or tenement formerly divided into two tenements and which were erected and built thereon by William Glazier now deceased and which are now in the occupation of ________ McNeil To the use of the said William Grimsley his heirs and assigns for ever at the will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor by and under the rents heriots suits and services therefore due and of right accustomed Subject nevertheless to this Condition that if the said Robert Scott Lorraine his heirs executors administrators or assigns do and shall on the third day of November next pay to the said William Grimsley his executors administrators or assigns the sum of Eighty pounds sterling with interest for the same after the rate of Five pounds per cent per annum computed from the date of this Surrender then and in such case this Surrender shall be void and of no effect but otherwise shall remain in full force and virtue Robert Scott Lorraine This Surrender was taken and accepted the day and year above written by me Humphrey P Smallpeice Deputy Steward
Enfranchisement John Frederick Cooper
The Homage also present that the Copyhold or customary hereditaments to which John Frederick Cooper was admitted tenant at a General Court Baron on the twentieth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine have been lately enfranchised and are now held freely of this Manor
Enfranchisement Louisa Amelia Wing
The Homage also present that the Copyhold or customary hereditaments to which Louisa Amelia Wing was admitted tenant at a Special Court Baron on the fourteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighty three have been lately enfranchised and are now held freely of this Manor
Enfranchisement Mary Bowyer and Joseph Hollis
The Homage also present that the Copyhold or customary hereditaments to which Mary Bowyer and Joseph Hollis were admitted Tenants at a Special Court Baron on the seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighty have been lately enfranchised and are now held freely of this Manor
Enfranchisement William Eacott
The Homage also present that part of the Copyhold or customary hereditaments to which William Eacott was admitted Tenant at a Special Court Baron on the twenty ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty three have been lately enfranchised and are now held freely of this Manor
Enfranchisement George Eacott
The Homage also present that part of the Copyhold or customary hereditaments to which George Eacott was admitted Tenant at a Special Court Baron on the twenty ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty three namely a piece of land containing One acre part of Neltro and a piece of land containing two acres and twelve perches also part of Neltro have been lately enfranchised and are now held freely of this Manor
Examined
Ferdinand Smallpeice
Steward.