Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
Dates: Established in the nineteenth century; recorded as lord of Acton Manor by 1899.
Biography
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England was the statutory body responsible for the management and redistribution of certain Church of England estates. In the Acton evidence it appears as the institutional lord of the manor, not as a private individual.
Notes / Sources
The exact statutory or conveyancing route by which the Acton manorial lordship passed from the Bishop of London remains unidentified.
Research sources:
- Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1899), entry for Acton, reproduced by Forebears; the entry states that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. — https://forebears.io/england/middlesex/acton
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