COURT ROLLS

The Jerome/Heytesbury papers are not outstandingly rich in manorial documents and there is certainly nothing here to compare with the splendid series of rolls and surveys for Swainston and Brighstone in the Jerome/Barrington papers. By far the best of the manorial material here is for Thorley, JER/HBY/102, a compact manor corresponding almost exactly with the ecclesiastical parish of the same name. The proceedings of 19th century courts at Thorley are to be found in a combined volume which covers Kings Freshwater as well, JER/HBY/101/1. In the same volume will be found perambulations for each of these Isle of Wight manors, and for the mainland Hampshire manor of Ossemsley. There is a short and rather disappointing series of copies of court rolls for the manor of Westover, JER/HBY/103.

Class list court rolls

Sub-class Dates Bundle Nos.

Combined series, Freshwater, Thorley and Ossemsley 1804 - 1895 JER/HBY/101

Thorley Manor 1636 - 1786 JER/HBY/102

Westover Manor 1615 - 1758 JER/HBY/103

<p>A single court leet book for the borough of Yarmouth, effectively coterminous with the manor since 1440, has been put amongst the political papers as JER/HBY/232/10.</p>