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Current holder (legacy manor assignment): Duchy of Cornwall Unregistered
Institutional holder
Associated title (legacy text): Duke of Cornwall
Historical names: Mere Castle (Manor)
Location: Mere, Wiltshire
Places / associated places: Mere, Wiltshire
About the Manor
Manor of Mere in Wiltshire; current holder is Duchy of Cornwall per provided data.
Ownership / Holder Account
Duke of Cornwall Historic association with the Duchy; current owner evidenced as Duchy of Cornwall.
Manorial Rights & Privileges
Current manorial rights / privileges (1)
Manorial rights (current/surviving)
Unverified
Rights associated with the lordship of the manor, as evidenced by current ownership by the Duchy of Cornwall.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Duchy of Cornwall
Present holder:
Recorded title journey: 1 holder entry 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 Cornwall
Holding arrangement: Other
Evidence not provided in supplied data set; not present among initial listed manors, but requested target owner; no specific Wiltshire manor named in the supplied sources that confirms current ownership by the Duchy of Cornwall. No identified Wiltshire manor named in provided evidence.
Source: Duchy of Cornwall — source link
Lordship / Title Associations
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Associated · Unverified
Record history (latest 1)
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30 Aug 2026, 17:27 UTC · William James Dalrymple Bedding Fanshawe West Esq., Lord of Watlington-West, Norfolk
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