MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY
CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY
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Kingsbury Episcopi
Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=kingsbury-episcopi
Exported: 16 October 2026, 05:48 GMT+0000
Recorded historical holders: 3
Location: Somerset

SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT
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Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred.

1. Holland family
   Transfer: passed_to
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

2. Bishop Giso of Wells, Bishop of Wells | 1086
   Transfer: held as lord of the manor
   Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=giso-of-wells
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

3. Sir William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 2nd Baron Montagu, royal soldier and courtier, royal administrator and military commander | 1330 - 1344
   Transfer: granted by King Edward III for life, in peace as well as in war
   Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-montagu-1st-earl-of-salisbury
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded


DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES
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HOLDER 1
Holland family
Transfer: passed_to
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: Source role: historical_holder_or_transferee. Thus, the manor came to the Holland family.
Source citation: Lot #27 of Bernard Thorpe Auction - March 1987

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 2 | 1086
Bishop Giso of Wells, Bishop of Wells
Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=giso-of-wells
Holder position: holder
Transfer: held as lord of the manor
Previous holder: Bishops of Wells
Holding arrangement: sole
From / transferor: Bishops of Wells
To / transferee: Bishop Giso of Wells
Assets / rights concerned: manor_property
Instrument type: Domesday record
Manor and title passed together: 0
Evidence status: provisional
Narrative / explanation: The Domesday Survey records Bishop Giso as lord of Kingsbury in 1086.
Other parties: Bishop Giso of Wells
Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=bishops-of-wells
Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=giso-of-wells
Person dates: Bishop of Wells, c. 1060–1088

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 3 | 1330 - 1344
Sir William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 2nd Baron Montagu, royal soldier and courtier, royal administrator and military commander
Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-montagu-1st-earl-of-salisbury
Holder position: holder
Transfer: granted by King Edward III for life, in peace as well as in war
Previous holder: The Crown
Holding arrangement: sole
From / transferor: The Crown
To / transferee: Sir William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Assets / rights concerned: manor_and_title
Instrument type: royal grant
Manor and title passed together: 1
Evidence status: provisional
Narrative / explanation: The lordship was granted by Edward III in 1330 to Sir William Montacute, who was created Earl of Salisbury; the life grant ended at his death.
Other parties: Sir William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-montagu-1st-earl-of-salisbury
Person dates: c. 1301–1344

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY