The following manor document is a set of estreats for ten court sessions, Devon Heritage Centre reference 314M/M/9. Estreats included fines, amercements and other payables due to help those responsible for collecting the monies.
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| Date | Tithing | Action | Amount | Description | Surnames |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the Reeve of Bratton | |||||
| 19 Oct 1627 (front right) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the law court with view of frankpledge held in the same place on the nineteenth day of October 1627. | |||
| 1s 3d | Of Sir Thomas Wyes <3d>, of the Noble Order of the Bath, knight, the heirs of Sir William Kirckham <3d>, knight, Sir Shilston Callmady <3d>, knight, John Moore <3d>, esquire, John Dynham <3d>, esquire, free tenants which owed suit then and made default. | Wyes, Kirckham, Callmady, Moore, Dynham | |||
| 1s 6d | Of Richard Chastie <9d> and William Pengellie <9d>, common suitors, for certain defaults at several courts. | Chastie, Pengellie | |||
| 1s | Of Hillary Hill, conventionary tenant, for his default then. | Hill | |||
| 6d | Of Christopher May <3d> and John Pryn <3d> for their defaults. | May, Pryn | |||
| 1s 3d | Of Thomas Burnebury <3d>, gent, Oliver Spry <3d>, George May <3d,> Thomas Hopper <3d>, Oliver Bickell <3d>, suitors of the said court at twice by the year. | Burnebury, Spry, May, Hopper, Bickell | |||
| 1s | Of Daniel Downe <3d>, Moses Vodon <3d>, Henry Eastcott <3d> and Roger Pengelly <3d>, sensors, for not paying their sensors’ rent. | Downe, Vodon, Eastcott, Pengelly | |||
| 1s 6d | Of Moses Vodon <6d>, David Vodon <6d> and Richard Vodon <6d> for certain defaults upon a presentment. | Vodon | |||
| 6d | Of Richard Blagdon <6d> for certain defaults in trespass at the suit of John Mettar. | Blagdon, Mettar | |||
| 2s | Of Henry Pengellie <2s> for diverse defaults upon a presentment. | Pengellie | |||
| 6d | Of Henry Eastcott <6d> for certain defaults in a plea of trespass to the suit of Oliver Bickle. | Eastcott, Bickle | |||
| 1s | Of Henry Pengelly <1s> for diverse defaults upon a presentment. | Pengelly | |||
| 1s 6d | Of the same [Henry] Pengelly <1s 6d> for 9 diverse defaults upon a presentment plea of trespass at the suit of Daniel Downe. | Pengelly, Downe | |||
| 1s | Of Henry Eastcott <1s> for certain defaults in upon a presentment. | Eastcott | |||
| 1s | Of Beniamen Stombury <1s> for 10 defaults in an action of trespass at the suit of John Dynham, esquire. | Stombury, Dynham | |||
| 6d | Of Thomasine Peirce <6d>, widow, for ten defaults in trespass at the suit of Oliver Bickell. | Peirce, Bickell | |||
| [6d] | Of Richard Pengellie <6d> for diverse defaults in a plea of debt at the suit of Thomas Cripson. | Pengellie, Cripson | |||
| 9d | Of William Pengellie <9d> for ten defaults in a plea of debt to the suit of Thomas Pengellie. | Pengellie | |||
| 6d | Of Charity Knight <6d> for 10 defaults in a plea of debt to the suit of Moses Lanyford, gent. | Knight, Lanyford | |||
| 9d | Of Thomas Cripson <9d> or Roger May his surety for 10 defaults in a plea of trespass to the suit of Hillary Hill. | Cripson, May, Hill | |||
| 6d | Of William Pengellie <6d> for 10 defaults in a plea of debt to the suit of the said Hill. | Pengellie, Hill | |||
| 6d | Of Tristram Hodge <6d> or David May his surety for 10 defaults in a plea of trespass to the suit of John Saunders. | Hodge, May, Saunders | |||
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| (reverse left) | 1s | Of Henry Pengellie <1s> for 10 defaults upon a presentment. | Pengellie | ||
| 1s | Of Robert Crocker <6d> and David Vodon <6d> alias Birsely for 4 defaults in a plea of taking to the suit of David Vodon. | Crocker, Birsely | |||
| 6d | Of William Pengellie <6d> of Fursdon for one default and a licence in a plea of trespass upon the case to the suit of John Pellow and his wife. | Pengellie, Pellow | |||
| 3d | Of Richard Pengellie <3d> the younger for a licence in a plea of debt to David May’s suit. | Pengellie, May | |||
| 6d | Of Timothy Norrish [for] 10 defaults in an action of debt to the [suit] of John Saunders. | Norrish, Saunders | |||
| 3d | Of John Chastie <3d> for a licence in a plea of debt at the suite of Christopher May. | Chastie, May | |||
| 6d | Of Charity Knight <6d> of … defaults in a plea of trespass upon the case at [the] suit of Richard Stere | Knight, Stere | |||
| 6d | Of Thomas Cockeram <6d> for one default and a licence in a plea of trespass to the suit of John Mettar. | Cockeram, Mettar | |||
| 3d | Of John Mettar <3d> for a licence in a plea of trespass to the suit of Hillary Hill. | Mettar, Hill | |||
| 3d | Of the same [John] Mettar for a licence in another action of trespass to the suit of the same Hill. | Mettar, Hill | |||
| 3d | Of John Vodon <3d> or David May his pledge for a licence in trespass to the suit of David Vodon. | Vodon, May | |||
| 3d | Of Hillary Hill <3d> for a licence in a plea of trespass to the suit of John Mettar. | Hill, Mettar | |||
| 3d | Of William Morckham <3d> [for] a [licence] with William Pengellie … … trespass. | Morckham, Pengellie | |||
| 3d | Of Henry Pengellie <3d> for a licence with Moises May in trespass. | Pengellie, May | |||
| 3d | Of Henry Pengellie <3d> for a licence in a plea of debt to the suit of Jo: Incledon, gent. | Pengellie, Incledon | |||
| 3d | Of Thomas Robyns <3d>, gent, or Timothy Basely his surety, for a licence in trespass with Jo: Mettar. | Robyns, Basely, Mettar | |||
| 3s | Of Roger Pengellie <2s> and William Mitchell <1s> being summoned in a jury for the King at this Law Court and made default. | Pengellie, Mitchell | |||
| 6d | Of Timothy Norrish <6d> for certain defaults in a plea of debt to the suit of John Pryn. | Norrish, Pryn | |||
| 1s | Of the tithing <1s> of Bratton for 10 defaults upon a presentment. | ||||
| 1s | Of John Arscott for 4 defaults in a … … to the suit of S[i]r Shilston Callmady … | Arscott, Callmady | |||
| 6 Nov 1627 (reverse left) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the court [held] in the same place on the sixth day of November 1627. | |||
| 3d | Of John Pryn <3d> or David May his surety for a licence in trespass at the suit of Thomas Corindon, gent. | Pryn, May, Corindon | |||
| 3d | Of Simon Eastabrooke <3d> for a licence with Henry Corindon, gent, in trespass. | Eastabrooke, Corindon | |||
| 3d | Of Henry Chastie <3d> for a licence with the said Mr [Henry] Corindon in trespass. | Chastie, Corindon | |||
| 6d | Of Thomas Cockeram <6d> for one default and a licence in trespass to the suit of John Mettar. | Cockeram, Mettar | |||
| 3d | Of John Mettar <3d> for a licence with the same Thomas Cockeram in trespass. | Mettar, Cockeram | |||
| 18 Dec 1627 (reverse right) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the court held in the same place on the 18th day of December 1627. | |||
| 9d | Of Richard Pengellie the younger <9d> for 8 defaults in a plea of debt to the suit of John Pryn. | Pengellie, Pryn | |||
| 3 Feb 1627 (reverse right) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the court held on the third of February 1627. | |||
| 3d | Of Richard Pengellie <3d> of Vowston for a licence with John Chastie in trespass. | Pengellie, Chastie | |||
| 3d | Of Thomas Cockeram <3d> for a licence in trespass with the said [John ] Chastie. | Cockeram, Chastie | |||
| 3d | Of John Chastie for a licence with Thomas Cockeram in trespass. | Chastie, Cockeram | |||
| 6d | Of William Mitchell for certain defaults upon a presentment. | Mitchell | |||
| 17 Mar 1627 (reverse right) | Manor of Bratton | Court held in the same place on the 17th day of March 1627. | |||
| 3d | Of John Weekes <3d> or Edmund Lavers his surety for a licence in trespass to the suit of Christopher May. | Weekes, Lavers, May | |||
| 4d | Of Andrew Lauxford <4d> for a non-prosecution with William Pengellie of Fursdon in debt. | Lauxford, Pengellie | |||
| 3d | Of John Mettar <3d> for a licence in debt to the suit of Richard Eveleigh, clerk. | Mettar, Eveleigh | |||
| 5 May 1628 (reverse right) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the law court held in the same place on the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord 162[8]. | |||
| 1s 3d | Of Sir Thomas Wyes <3d> of the honourable Order of the Bath, knight, the heirs of Sir William Kirckham <3d>, knight, Sir Shilston Callmadie <3d>, knight, John Moore <3d>, esquire, and John Dynham <3d>, esquire, free tenants which owed suit then and made default. | Wyes, Kirckham, Callmady, Moore, Dynham | |||
| 6s | Of Hillary <6s> Hill, conventionary tenant, [for] his default at six several courts. | Hill | |||
| 1s | Of John Pryn <6d> and Henry Pengellie <6d> of Cala[?] house for their defaults at <4> several courts. | Pryn, Pengellie | |||
| 1s | Of Thomas Burnebury <3d>, gent, Oliver Spry <3d>, George May <3d> and Oliver Bickell <3d>, suitors of the aforesaid court twice per year, for their defaults then. | Burnebury, Spry, May, Bickell | |||
| 6d | Of the Tything <6d> of Bratton for certain defaults upon a presentment. | ||||
| 5s 3d | Of William Norrish <9d>, William Morckham <9d>, Jeffery May <9d>, Nathaniell Durcke <9d>, Thomas Bligh <9d>, David Vodon <9d> and Richard Vodon <9d> for diverse defaults upon a presentment for not being sworn to the King’s Assizes. | Norrish, Morckham, May, Durcke, Bligh, Vodon | |||
| 9d | Of John Spry <9d> f or David May his surety for certain defaults in a plea of trespass to the suit of Oliver Bickell. | Spry, May, Bickell | |||
| 6d | Of William Blewett <6d> for 2 defaults in trespasses at the suit of the said [Oliver] Bickle or David May his surety. | Blewett, Bickle, May | |||
| 6d | Of the same William <6d> Blewett or the same David May his said surety for the like defaults in another action of trespass at the suit of the said [Oliver] Bickell. | Blewett, May, Bickell | |||
| (front left) | 3d | Of Henry Chastie <3d> for a licence with Moses May in an action on the case. | Chastie, May | ||
| 4d | Of Andrew Robyns <4d> for a non-prosecution with William Pengellie in debt. | Robyns, Pengellie | |||
| 3d | Of Arthur Dodge <3d> for a licence with the said Andrew Robyns in debt. | Dodge, Robyns | |||
| 29 May 1628 (front left) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the court held in the same place on the 29th day of May 1628. | |||
| 3d | Of Walter Pote <3d> or David Vodon his surety for a licence with John Chastie in trespass. | Pote, Vodon, Chastie | |||
| 3d | Of the same [Walter] Pote <3d> or Stephen Hall his pledge for a licence with John Downe in trespass. | Pote, Hall, Downe | |||
| 3d | Of the same [Walter] Pote <3d> or Henry May his surety for a licence with Thomas Northcott in trespass. | Pote, May, Northcott | |||
| 3d | Of the same [Walter] Pote <3d> or David Vodon his surety for a licence in trespass to the suit of John May. | Pote, Vodon, May | |||
| 3d | Of Thomas May <3d> or Stephen Hall his pledge for a licence with Jo: Downe, Jo: Chastie and Thomas Northcott in trespass. | May, Hall, Downe, Chastie, Northcott | |||
| 6d | Of Edmond Luxmore <6d> or David May his pledge for certain defaults in trespass at William Mitchells suit. | Luxmore, May | |||
| 3d | Of Walter Pote <3d> for a licence with Richard Chastie in trespass. | Pote, Chastie | |||
| 3d | Of the same [Walter] Pote <3d> for a licence with David Vodon in trespass. | Pote, Vodon | |||
| 7 Jun 1628 (front left) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the court held in the same place on the seventh day of June 1628. | |||
| 3d | Of Abell Berry <3d>, gent, or Henry May his surety, for a licence in trespass with David Vodon. | Berry, May, Vodon | |||
| 3d | Of Thomas Cockeram <3d> for a licence with John Vodon in trespass. | Cockeram, Vodon | |||
| 3d | Of John Vodon <3d> for a licence with the said Cockeram in trespass. | Vodon, Cockeram | |||
| [2]s | Of Moses May <6d>, Daniell Downe <6d>, William Mitchell <6d> and David May <6d> for certain defaults upon a presentment. | May, Downe, Mitchell | |||
| 8d | Of the tithing <8d> of Bratton for 3 defaults upon a presentment. | ||||
| 8 Jul 1628 (front left) | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of court held in the same place on the 8th day of July 1628 | |||
| 3d | Of Jo: Smalrudge <3d> or Timothy Norrish his surety for a licence with David Vodon in trespass. | Smalrudge, Norrish, Vodon | |||
| 3d | Of Fulcke Glowen <3d> or the said Norrish his pledge for a licence in trespass with the said [David] Vodon. | Glowen, Norrish, Vodon | |||
| 6d | Of Roger Pengellie <6d> for 2 defaults in trespass with the said [David] Vodon. | Pengellie, Vodon | |||
| 3d | Of Andrew Robins <3d> for a licence with the said [David] Vodon in trespass. | Robins, Vodon | |||
| 3d | Of Edmond Polyne <3d> or Timothy Norrish his surety for a licence in trespass at the suit of John Saunders. | Polyne, Norrish, Saunders | |||
| 3d | Of John Yoldon <3d> or David May his surety for licence in trespass at the suit of John Saunders. | Yoldon, May, Saunders | |||
| 6d | Of Richard Pengellie the younger <6d> for 3 defaults in debt at <Jane White’s suit>. | Pengellie, White | |||
| 9d | Of Richard Pengellie the elder <9d> for 3 defaults in debt at the suit of Beniamen Stambury. | Pengellie, Stambury | |||
| 19 Aug 1628 | Manor of Bratton | Estreat of the court held in the same place on the 19th day of August 1628. | |||
| 6d | Of Tho: May <6d> or David Vodon his pledge for 2 defaults at John <Chasties suit>. | May, Vodon, Chastie | |||
| 3d | Of Roger Pengellie <3d> for a licence with Tho: Corindon, gent, in trespass. | Pengellie, Corindon | |||
| 9d | Of Tho: May <9d> or David Vodon his surety for a licence with William Northam, and for 2 defaults at Arthur Dodge’s suit in trespass. | May, Vodon, Northam, Dodge | |||
| 3d | Of Roger Pengellie <3d> for a licence with Jo: Chastie and others in trespass on the case. | Pengellie, Chastie | |||
| Jo: Chastie Moses May X | Chastie, May | ||||
| Sum total … |