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Current holder (legacy manor assignment): Duchy of Lancaster Unregistered
Institutional holder
Associated title (legacy text): Duchy of Lancaster
Historical names: High Easter (Manor) | High Easter Bury (Manor)
Location: High Easter, Essex
Places / associated places: High Easter, Essex
About the Manor
Manor house is the main residence of the lord of the manor; the manor comprises estate lands and buildings. In absence of explicit local sources naming High Easter's manor house, the character of the manor is inferred from general manor definitions.
Ownership / Holder Account
Duchy of Lancaster manor_tenue current_rights
Manorial Rights & Privileges
Current manorial rights / privileges (1)
Manor rights (historic/current unspecified in detail in sources)
Unverified
Current rights evidenced only as general manor rights; not explicitly itemised in provided sources
Historic manorial rights / privileges (1)
General manor rights (historic)
Unverified
No explicit historic rights items in sources beyond typical manor functions
Records & References
Sources and references mentioning this manor/title which are not necessarily conveyances or transfers.
105 records found.
1906-1916: register of copyholds
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 9820 Copland, Duffield
1882-1917: account of quit rents received (1 vol)
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 244 Tufnell
1880-1902: court books (duplicates, 2 vols)
Held by: The National Archives
1862-1933: court book (indexed, 1 vol)
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1859-1859: surrenders (draft, 1 bundle)
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 9821 Cunnington
1856-1856: minutes
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 9821 Cunnington
1852-1901: minute books
Held by: The National Archives
1850-1859: court roll (memoranda of surrenders and admissions)
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1836-1836: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1830-1830: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1815-1815: rental, with other papers
Held by: The National Archives
1805-1808: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1804-1865: index to court rolls
Held by: The National Archives
1793-1793: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1790-1813: court rolls (abstracts compiled c1815, with other papers)
Held by: The National Archives
1784-1788: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1783-1924: surrenders, etc. (copies, 8 bundles)
Held by: The National Archives
1778-1778: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1769-1769: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
1761-1761: court roll
Held by: Essex Record Office
Further information: NRA 21251 Holmes
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
Manor of High Easter (parcel of Duchy of Lancaster) cited in Essex Archives Online record D/DGe 316; indicates the manor is a Duchy of Lancaster parcel within Essex.
Source: Duchy of Lancaster — source link
Duchy of Lancaster
No specific conveyance details linking this manor to the holder in supplied sources.
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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