Location: Whipsnade, Bedfordshire
Listed in Domesday Book: No
Ownership / Holder Account
A spurious manor called WOODMANLEY is found mentioned in early 17th-century documents. It was released by Thomas Wells and Ellen his wife to Thomas Smyth in 1606, (fn. 39) and the latter in 1629 sold the estate, then described as the manor of Woodmanley, with 18 acres of arable land and I pightle called Blackwell, in tenure of Thomas Wells, to Thomas Saunders, Sir Samuel Luke and Sir William Fleetwood. (fn. 40) No further mention of such a property in Whipsnade has been found.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Thomas Smyth
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.
Thomas Smyth
Transfer: Conveyance
It was released by Thomas Wells and Ellen his wife to Thomas Smyth in 1606, (fn. 39) and the latter in 1629 sold the estate, then described as the manor of Woodmanley, with 18 acres of arable land and I pightle called Blackwell, in tenure of Thomas Wells, to Thomas Saunders, Sir Samuel Luke and Sir William Fleetwood.
Lordship / Title Associations
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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
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