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Category: Lock

Frances Kerrison’s Claim to the Commissioners for the Inclosures

Posted on September 1, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

At No.23 of the Statement of Claims to the Commissioners for the Great Ellingham Inclosures c.1799, is a claim by Frances Kerrison. Frances, the wife of Richard Kerrison, claimed one Messuage and 8 Acres of Land, occupied by Richard Kerrison. Of the whole property, one acre and two roods were copyhold of Bury Hall. Along…

Forfeiture of Freedom in Addition to Copyhold Land

Posted on August 1, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Entries relating to Jonathan Lock caught my eye whilst looking through some Manor Court Books. Jonathan Lock was a copyhold tenant of each of the Manors of Buckenham Lathes Outsoken, Buckenham Castle Outsoken and Buckenham Close Outsoken. The copyhold land was in Great Ellingham. The entries tell us that following a conviction for felony, Lock’s…

Fourteen Footways Discontinued by the Commissioners

Posted on November 1, 2020October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Before the Great Ellingham Inclosure Act of 1799, there were several paths threading their way through the village. No doubt many of these footways were in constant use by the villagers to get from one part of the village to another, or to travel to the adjacent villages or towns. Some of these ancient paths…

The Turveys & Brightons of Penhill Road

Posted on March 1, 2020October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Headstone memorial for Roger Turvey and his wife Rebecca in Great Ellingham Churchyard Roger Turvey died on April 28th, 1860 aged 80 years. He was buried in the churchyard of St James’s Church a few days later on the 4th May. St Mary the Virgin, Wortham I believe he was the son of Roger and…

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