Associated title (legacy text): Lordship of Woodperry
Location: Oxfordshire
Places / associated places: Oxfordshire
About the Manor
Woodperry, Oxfordshire, is five miles north east of Oxford and half a mile from Stanton St. John. The name means 'the pear tree near the wood'.
It is the site of a lost village which contained one manor. The Damoÿs family were lords until 1360, when the manor passed into divided ownership. New College bought the lordship in 1557 from the Brome family of Holton, whose memorial brasses may still be seen in Holton parish church. At this date there were still a few houses standing in the village but there were evidently no copyholders left, as the College has no court rolls in the archives.
Today Woodperry consists of two old buildings, Woodperry House and Woodperry Farm, with a few newer cottages. There is also the site of a Roman villa. The location of the parish church was discovered in 1838. The deserted medieval village was excavated in 1953. As Woodperry is so close to Stanton St. John, the College always administered it along with its larger neighbour (a village which carries the College's coat of arms on its signposts). Woodperry House was sold in 1879 and Woodperry Farm in 1989.
There are title deeds at archive 4886, maps and surveys of 1772 and 1780, copies of leases, correspondence and accounts relating to Woodperry House.
Ownership / Holder Account
Historical holder / succession information
- New College
1557 · purchased · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: New College bought the lordship in 1557 from the Brome family of Holton, whose memorial brasses may still be seen in Holton parish church.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: New College
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.
New College
Transfer: purchased
Source role: historical_holder_or_transferee. New College bought the lordship in 1557 from the Brome family of Holton, whose memorial brasses may still be seen in Holton parish church.
Source: Lot #12 of Cluttons Chartered Surveyors - Winter 1993
Damoÿs family
Transfer: held until 1360, when the manor passed into divided ownership
The Damoÿs family were lords of Woodperry until 1360. The record does not identify individual family members or specify the conveyance by which ownership became divided.
Brome family of Holton
Transfer: received the manor in the divided ownership that followed the Damoÿs family's tenure; sold the lordship to New College in 1557
Holding arrangement: Other
Previous holder: Damoÿs family
The supplied record identifies the Brome family of Holton as the sellers of the lordship to New College in 1557 and places their ownership after the Damoÿs family's tenure. The exact division of shares and individual Brome holders are not specified.
Lordship / Title Associations
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