Depositions & Examinations
DN/DEP 46/50, fols 170r-v, fols 177r-v Blowfield c Marson
NRO
Tithe
7 February 1663
Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Plaintiff
Mr Robert Blofield
male
Rector of Thorpe
Church of England clergyman
Defendant
Matthew Marson
male
Witnesses
Thomas Allison
male
36
Ingworth, Norfolk, England
Husbandman
Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Signature
Sarah Browning
female
51
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Widow
Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Basic Mark
Event
Hop cultivation in Thorpe
1661
1663
Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Alcohol | Hops
Setting
Field
Location of Event
Statement
7 February 1663
Thomas Allison
In the year 1659 Mr Marcon had growing within the parish twenty pound of hops worth ten pence a pound and in the year 1661 there was then growing in the same hop ground about forty pounds of hops worth seven pence a pound... Mr Marcon is of the City of Norwich.
Statement
25 April 1663
Sarah Browning
Mr Matthew Marcon had for one year within the time articulate growing within the parish of Thorpe about twelve pounds of hops, every pound worth six pence of lawful money.