Location: Whipsnade, Bedfordshire
Listed in Domesday Book: No
Ownership / Holder Account
Overlordship
There is no reference to WHIPSNADE MANOR in Domesday, but the whole parish was probably included in that of Eaton Bray (then assessed at the excessive rate of 12½ hides), to which it is subsequently found attached. The first mention which has been found of Whipsnade in this connexion occurs in the Testa de Nevill, when William de Cantlowe held it as a member of Eaton Bray. (fn. 3) The manor has since followed the same descent as that of Eaton Bray (q.v.), and it is at present the property of Mr. John Macnamara. (fn. 4)
Lordship
In 1228 4 acres of land in Whipsnade were granted to Dunstable Priory by Juliana de Landas, (fn. 41) and in 1252 the priory received a further grant of a carucate of land from William Russell and Hawise his wife in return for the inclusion of their names in the prayers of the church. (fn. 42) At the Dissolution the total value of lands held by Dunstable Priory in Westoning and Whipsnade was 3s. (fn. 43) It is probable, however, that the carucate of land granted to it in 1252 is not there accounted for, but became merged in the manor of Shortgrave, which extended into Whipsnade parish and was also held by the monks.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Dunstable Priory
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.
Dunstable Priory
Transfer: Grant
Lordship: In 1228 4 acres of land in Whipsnade were granted to Dunstable Priory by Juliana de Landas, (fn. 41) and in 1252 the priory received a further grant of a carucate of land from William Russell and Hawise his wife in return for the inclusion of their names in the prayers of the church.
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 1)
- Updated name, historical names, location, places, manorial society reference, import source, import source label and 20 other field(s).
30 Aug 2026, 15:49 UTC · Registry system
Corrections / Challenges
Sign in to challenge or submit evidence against a recorded assertion.
JSON API
Machine-readable published manor data, including public images, mapped land areas, notes, rights, conveyances, relationships, records, source/document-library entries and public file links.
https://manorialregistry.com/index.php?rest_route=/mhr/v1/manor/whipsnadePublic API access is currently disabled. Authorised API clients must use a private X-MHR-API-Key; currently only administrator keys are enabled.
Private source files, pending edits, moderation/admin information, user API keys and non-public import identifiers are not returned.