Manor & Lordship
- Manor / site
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- Associated lordship
- Lordship of the Manor of Bednall Associated
- Lordship status
- Unknown
The supplied description expressly calls Bednall an ancient Lordship of the Manor and records it in the Domesday Survey.
Historical names: Bednal
Location: Staffordshire
Places / associated places: Staffordshire
Listed in Domesday Book: Yes
About the Manor
The ancient Lordship of the Manor of Bednall is in the East Cuttlestone Hundred of Staffordshire. It is recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as belonging to the Bishop of Chester.
In 1243 John de Acton was lord of the manor and, by 1298, the lordship had come to John Trussell, who was holding for one quarter of a Knight's fee. After 1298 the Lordship of Bednall descended with that of Acton Trussell through the Trussell family until Elizabeth the family heiress married John de Vere, Earl of Oxford.
Subsequently, after a sale by Edward Earl of Oxford, the lordship came to John Fowke who was lord of the manor in 1591. By 1658 the manor had been acquired by William Anson of Shugborough, the ancestor of the present lord of the manor, the Earl of Lichfield.
Associated manorial documents / archive references
- 1 Court papers 1497-1591
- 2 Survey 1574
- 3 Survey and copy 1574
- 4 Court Roll 1679
- 5 Court papers 1798-1821
Ownership / Holder Account
Historical holder / succession information
- In 1243 John de Acton [source claim requiring identity review]
1243|1298 · lord_of_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: In 1243 John de Acton was lord of the manor and, by 1298, the lordship had come to John Trussell, who was holding for one quarter of a Knight's fee. - John Fowke
1591 · passed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: Subsequently, after a sale by Edward Earl of Oxford, the lordship came to John Fowke who was lord of the manor in 1591. - Subsequently [source claim requiring identity review]
1591 · lord_of_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: Subsequently, after a sale by Edward Earl of Oxford, the lordship came to John Fowke who was lord of the manor in 1591. - William Anson of Shugborough, the ancestor of the present lord of the manor, the Earl of Lichfield [source claim requiring identity review]
1658 · purchased_by · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: By 1658 the manor had been acquired by William Anson of Shugborough, the ancestor of the present lord of the manor, the Earl of Lichfield.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: John Fowke
Present holder:
Recorded title journey: 6 holder entries in this manor's saved Conveyance & Descent history.
No recorded holder currently has a usable saved direct-blood or collateral-blood relationship path from which to calculate proximity percentages.
First recorded holder → present holder
A usable saved blood relationship path between the first recorded holder and the present holder has not yet been recorded, so that first-to-present genealogical distance cannot be calculated.
John Fowke
Transfer: passed_to
Source role: historical_holder_or_transferee. Subsequently, after a sale by Edward Earl of Oxford, the lordship came to John Fowke who was lord of the manor in 1591.
Source: Lot #10 of Bernard Thorpe Auction - June 1986
Bishop of Chester
Transfer: recorded_as_holding
Bednall was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as belonging to the Bishop of Chester.
John de Acton
Transfer: succeeded_or_acquired
Previous holder: Bishop of Chester
John de Acton was recorded as lord of the manor of Bednall in 1243; by 1298 the lordship had come to John Trussell.
John Trussell
Transfer: succeeded_to
Holding arrangement: Share — one quarter of a knight's fee
Previous holder: John de Acton
By 1298 John Trussell held the lordship of Bednall for one quarter of a knight's fee. The lordship subsequently descended with Acton Trussell through the Trussell family.
Edward, Earl of Oxford
Transfer: sold_or_conveyed_to
The registry states that the lordship was sold by Edward, Earl of Oxford, after which it came to John Fowke, who was lord in 1591.
Transfer: acquired
Previous holder: John Fowke
By 1658 the manor had been acquired by William Anson of Shugborough, described in the registry as the ancestor of the later Earl of Lichfield.
Lordship / Title Associations
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Associated · 1086 · Provisional
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The supplied description expressly calls Bednall an ancient Lordship of the Manor and records it in the Domesday Survey.
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