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Current holder (legacy manor assignment): Duchy of Lancaster Unregistered
Institutional holder
Associated title (legacy text): Duke of Lancaster (Duchy of Lancaster)
Historical names: Blackslade (Manor)
Location: Widecombe in the Moor, Devon
Places / associated places: Widecombe in the Moor, Devon
About the Manor
Manor of Great Dunstone in Widecombe in the Moor, historically linked to the lordship and estate system; sources reference general concept of manor and location but do not provide detailed provenance for Great Dunstone itself.
Ownership / Holder Account
Duchy of Lancaster Current owner evidenced as Duchy of Lancaster per prompt; no dated transfer details provided in supplied sources.
Manorial Rights & Privileges
Current manorial rights / privileges (1)
Unknown current rights for Great Dunstone
Unverified
No explicit current manorial rights (e.g., seigniorial privileges) evidenced in supplied sources.
Historic manorial rights / privileges (1)
General manorial rights (lordship) typical of English manors
Unverified
No specific historic rights linked to Great Dunstone in provided sources.
Records & References
Sources and references mentioning this manor/title which are not necessarily conveyances or transfers.
10 records found · showing 1–8.
1803-1803: instructions for holding courts, with Dewdon Mallett
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 7028
1792-1792: court roll
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 7028
1782-1792: rental, with Dewdon Mallett
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 7028
1782-1792: rent roll, with Dewdon Mallett
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 7028
1782-1782: presentments
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 7028
1774-1774: rental, with Dewdon Mallett
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 7028
1751-1751: court roll
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 7028
1670-1670: court roll, with other manors
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Further information: NRA 8593 Torquay Society
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Duchy of Lancaster
Present holder:
Recorded title journey: 2 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.
Duchy of Lancaster
Holding arrangement: Other
Listed under the Duchy of Lancaster section in the Devon Freeholders Book (QS7/36, 1762) showing 'Manor of Great Dunstone in Widecombe in the Moor [Widdecombe in the Moor (Dunstone)]' as held by the Duchy.
Source: Duchy of Lancaster — source link
Duchy of Lancaster
No explicit conveyance details for Great Dunstone in provided sources. Current ownership evidenced as Duchy of Lancaster.
Source: Manor - Wikipedia — source link
Lordship / Title Associations
Associations are recorded by period so changes in estate composition do not imply that every manor remained attached to the same title indefinitely.
Associated · Unverified
Record history (latest 2)
- Updated unregistered holder crest image id, unregistered holder arms profile.
30 Aug 2026, 18:26 UTC · William James Dalrymple Bedding Fanshawe West Esq., Lord of Watlington-West, Norfolk - Updated unregistered holder about, unregistered holder wikipedia, unregistered holder website, unregistered holder geni url, unregistered holder facebook, unregistered holder instagram, unregistered holder linkedin and 12 other field(s).
30 Aug 2026, 18:25 UTC · William James Dalrymple Bedding Fanshawe West Esq., Lord of Watlington-West, Norfolk
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