Manor & Lordship
- Manor / site
- Unknown
- Associated lordship
- Lordship of Baswich Associated
- Lordship status
- Unknown
The supplied record expressly refers to the Lordship of Baswich and records its medieval and later descent; survival and present holder are not independently established here.
Location: Staffordshire
Places / associated places: Staffordshire
Listed in Domesday Book: Yes
About the Manor
The Lordship of Baswich, in the East Cuttlestone Hundred of Staffordshire, belonged to the Bishop of Lichfield in the time of King Edward the Confessor. After the Norman Conquest the Bishops continued to be lord of the manor as recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086.
The Bishops of Lichfield were lords of the manor until 1546 when the Bishop surrendered the lordship to His Late Majesty King Henry VIII in exchange for certain church benefices.
In 1279 one shilling and six pence was paid by the bailiff of the Manor of Baswich for carrying mill stones to the mill. It is recorded in the Compotus
rolls of the Bishops in 1472 that there was a water mill and a fulling mill in the Manor of Baswich.
In 1546 the Crown sold the Lordship of Baswich to Sir William Paget, in whose family it remained. Sir William's descendant became the Marquess of Anglesey, who held the lordship until 1893 when it was conveyed to the ancestor of the present lord of the manor, the Earl of Lichfield.
Associated manorial documents / archive references
- 1 Bailiffs accounts 13th and 14th cent.
- 2 Extent with other Manors 1297-8
Ownership / Holder Account
Historical holder / succession information
- ancestor of the present lord of the manor, the Earl of Lichfield [source claim requiring identity review]
1893 · conveyed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: Sir William's descendant became the Marquess of Anglesey, who held the lordship until 1893 when it was conveyed to the ancestor of the present lord of the manor, the Earl of Lichfield. - Sir William's descendant became the Marquess of Anglesey [source claim requiring identity review]
1893 · held_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: Sir William's descendant became the Marquess of Anglesey, who held the lordship until 1893 when it was conveyed to the ancestor of the present lord of the manor, the Earl of Lichfield.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Bishop of Lichfield
Present holder:
Recorded title journey: 3 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.
Transfer: Surrendered the lordship to King Henry VIII in exchange for certain church benefices.
The Bishop of Lichfield surrendered the lordship to the Crown in 1546.
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The Crown
Transfer: Sold the Lordship of Baswich to Sir William Paget.
Previous holder: Bishop of Lichfield, Lord of the Manor of Adbaston
Following the episcopal surrender, the Crown sold the lordship to Sir William Paget in 1546.
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Transfer: Purchased the Lordship of Baswich from the Crown after its surrender by the Bishop of Lichfield.
Previous holder: The Crown
Sir William Paget acquired the lordship of Baswich from the Crown in 1546. This is the first specifically named private holder in the supplied succession after the Crown's acquisition.
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 · Before 1066 · Provisional
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The supplied record expressly refers to the Lordship of Baswich and records its medieval and later descent; survival and present holder are not independently established here.
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