Bisley Manor Court Roll 19 November 1885
At a Special Court Baron of The Right Honorable William Hillier Earl of Onslow Lord of the said Manor held for the said Manor on Thursday the nineteenth day of November in the forty ninth 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 Humphrey Percy Smallpeice Gentleman Deputy of Frederic Ferdinand Smallpeice Gentleman Chief Steward there.
Heirship of William George Holt
At this Court came here into Court William George Holt of Guildford in the County of Surrey Upholsterer by Thomas Edmonds his Attorney and informed the said Deputy Steward that George Holt 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 died intestate and that he the said William George Holt is his only son and heir according to the custom of this Manor
Admittance of William George Holt
Now at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into Court the said William George Holt by Thomas Edmonds his Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that the scite of one Cottage and fourteen rods of land by estimation more or less one parcel of land called the Common Plot 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 whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Deputy Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod To hold to the said William George Holt 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 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 and gave to the Lord as a Fine for such his admittance as appears afterwards and his fealty was respited.
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here again into Court the said William George Holt by Thomas Edmonds his Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to All that Cottage or tenement with all the lands thereunto belonging containing by estimation One acre and a 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 whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Deputy Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod To hold to the said William George Holt 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 six 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 by his said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid and 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 William George Holt by Thomas Edmonds his Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant 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 whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Deputy Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod To hold to the said William George Holt 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 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 by his said Attorney admitted tenant thereof in form aforesaid and 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 William George Holt by Thomas Edmonds his Attorney and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant 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 whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Deputy Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod To hold to the said William George Holt 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 sixpence Heriot certain Two shillings 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 and gave to the Lord as a Fine for such his four several admittances as appears in the margin [Fine for the whole £50] and his fealty was respited.
Examined
Ferdinand Smallpeice
Steward.