Manor & Lordship
- Manor / site
- Unknown
- Associated lordship
- Lordship of Carlton Associated
- Lordship status
- Unknown
The supplied record consistently describes the property as a lordship, while expressly stating that it was not given manor status in the Domesday Survey.
Location: Bedfordshire
Places / associated places: Bedfordshire
Listed in Domesday Book: No
About the Manor
THIS LORDSHIP is not given the status of a Manor in the Domesday Survey. It is situated in the parish of Carlton and bounded on the west by the River Ouse; across the river lies Buckinghamshire.
In 1086 there were several landowners in the parish, among them Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, a half brother of William I. His estate consisted of 1 hide and 1 virgate and was held by Herbert son of Ivo who in turn had 2 sokemen holding of him, a most unusual case of an undertenant also having undertenants. On the Bishop’s death in 1097 he held by gift of the Crown no less than 439 lordships throughout the country.
The next reference we have to this Lordship is in the 13th century when it appears to have come into the possession of the Pavenham family. The Testa de Nevill records that John de Pavenham held land in Carlton by one fifth of a Knight’s fee, while an inquisition taken in 1269 described his land there as a messuage, 4 1/2 virgates of land, 6 acres of meadow and 12 acres of wood which is almost identical in size to the land held by Herbert son of Ivo.
The Pavenham family continued to possess this lordship with that of Pavenham until 1348. It then passed through the hands of several families, including the Lucys. Alice Pavenham married as her first husband Thomas Lucy and their son Sir William de Lucy, of Charlecote, Warwickshire, KB, entered into possession of the Lordship in 1471. On his death in 1492 he was succeeded by his son Edmund Lucy a soldier of very high repute who commanded a division of the royal army at the Battle of Stoke in 1487. Edmund’s great-grandson Sir Thomas Lucy, MP for Warwick 1584, was the last member of this family to hold the Lordship. In 1564 it was sold to Agnes Adams and in 1594 to William Goddard whose descendants continued to hold it until 1704. Eventually it was acquired by the Alston family, who held until until the early part of this century. The present owner is Lord Luke.
Associated manorial documents / archive references
- Court Rolls 1-9 Henry VIII PRO
- Court Roll 1670 Beds RO
- Part of Court File 1600
- Rental 1670
- Map showing ownership of reiver meadows nd
- Draft Court Roll 2-4-1597 Northants RO
- (Court Baron of Lewis Mordaunt, Kt)
Ownership / Holder Account
Historical holder / succession information
- Lord Luke
current_holder_statement · catalogue_stated_current_holder
Source wording: The present owner is Lord Luke.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Lord Luke
Present holder:
Recorded title journey: 9 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
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Lord Luke
Transfer: current_holder_statement
Source role: catalogue_stated_current_holder. The present owner is Lord Luke.
Source: Lot #2 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Transfer: held land in Carlton by one fifth of a knight's fee; his Carlton holding is recorded in the 1269 inquisition
John de Pavenham is the earliest expressly named medieval holder of the Carlton lordship or its principal holding in the supplied account.
Pavenham family
Transfer: descent and continued possession
The lordship continued with the Pavenham family, together with Pavenham, until 1348.
Sir William Lucy of Charlecote, Knight, Warwickshire
Transfer: descent through his mother Alice Pavenham, whose first husband was Thomas Lucy
Previous holder: Alice Pavenham and Thomas Lucy
Sir William Lucy of Charlecote entered into possession of the Carlton lordship in 1471 as the son of Alice Pavenham and Thomas Lucy.
Transfer: descent on the death of Sir William Lucy
Previous holder: Sir William Lucy of Charlecote, Knight, Warwickshire
Edmund Lucy succeeded his father Sir William Lucy in 1492 and is described as a soldier who commanded a division of the royal army at the Battle of Stoke in 1487.
Transfer: purchase
Previous holder: Sir Thomas Lucy
The Carlton lordship was sold to Agnes Adams in 1564.
Transfer: purchase
Previous holder: Agnes Adams
William Goddard acquired the lordship in 1594; his descendants continued to hold it until 1704.
Transfer: descent
Previous holder: William Goddard
The descendants of William Goddard continued to hold the Carlton lordship until 1704.
Alston family
Transfer: acquisition; subsequent family possession
Previous holder: Goddard descendants
After 1704 the lordship was acquired by the Alston family, who held it until the early part of the twentieth century.
Lordship / Title Associations
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Associated · 13th century · Provisional
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The supplied record consistently describes the property as a lordship, while expressly stating that it was not given manor status in the Domesday Survey.
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