MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ABLINGTON MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=ablington-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 11:19 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 7 Location: Bibury, Gloucestershire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Gloucester Abbey, also known as the Abbey of St Peter at Gloucester, Benedictine abbey, later site and cathedral foundation of Gloucester | Medieval period; exact commencement not established - 1539 or 1540 Transfer: Original institutional holding; the manor later passed out of monastic possession in the course of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The precise date and instrument by which Ablington itself was transferred are not established by the sources located. Holding arrangement: Whole manor is described in secondary historical sources as originally belonging to Gloucester Abbey; exact legal extent is not independently established here. / Gloucester Abbey Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=gloucester-abbey-14662 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Howse family | Beginning of the sixteenth century, exact date not established - 1574 Transfer: Leasehold occupation or tenure after the Dissolution; the exact lease, term and legal grant have not been located. Holding arrangement: Other / Not established / Howse family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=howse-family-14663 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. John Coxwell of Ablington, Lord of Ablington Manor | 1574 - 1618 or later; precise termination of his holding not established Transfer: Acquired Ablington Manor from the preceding interest; the precise deed or Crown grant has not been located in the sources searched. Holding arrangement: Whole manor, according to later historical descriptions / Coxwell family of Ablington / Co-holders: Charles Coxwell of Ablington Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-coxwell-of-ablington-14665 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. John Coxwell of Ablington, Lord of Ablington Manor | 1727 - After 1727; exact termination not established Transfer: No conveyance identified. The date stone “1727 JC” at the Ablington Manor barn is interpreted by historical and heritage sources as identifying John Coxwell as lord of the manor at that time. Holding arrangement: Whole manor or principal estate association; exact legal share not stated / Coxwell family of Ablington / Co-holders: Charles Coxwell of Ablington Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-coxwell-of-ablington-14665 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Reverend Charles Coxwell of Ablington, magistrate, squire and lord of Ablington Manor | Circa 1780 - 1829 Transfer: No conveyance identified. His lordship is evidenced by the 1780 datestone at Manor Farmhouse and by a Gloucestershire historical account stating that he was lord of Ablington Manor’s house and estate. Holding arrangement: Not expressly quantified; principal manor estate association / Coxwell family of Ablington / Co-holders: John Coxwell of Ablington Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-coxwell-of-ablington-14666 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Richard Rogers Coxwell, later Coxwell-Rogers, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, landowner of Ablington and Dowdeswell | By 1860 - 31 December 1895 Transfer: No conveyance identified. His direct association is evidenced by the 1860 datestone “R.R.C.” on the Ablington Manor stables and by biographical sources recording that he lived at Ablington Manor. Holding arrangement: Not established / Coxwell-Rogers family of Ablington and Dowdeswell Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-rogers-coxwell-rogers-14667 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers, Coxwell-Rogers landowner of Ablington | 1914 - 1918 or shortly thereafter Transfer: Initiated the break-up and sale of the Ablington estate. The available heritage assessment records estate sales beginning in 1914 and states that the estate was sold and divided in 1918; individual purchasers and the legal details of each sale are not established. Holding arrangement: Estate ownership before subdivision; precise title extent not established / Coxwell-Rogers family of Ablington Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-hugh-coxwell-rogers-14668 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | Medieval period; exact commencement not established - 1539 or 1540 Gloucester Abbey, also known as the Abbey of St Peter at Gloucester, Benedictine abbey, later site and cathedral foundation of Gloucester Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=gloucester-abbey-14662 Transfer: Original institutional holding; the manor later passed out of monastic possession in the course of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The precise date and instrument by which Ablington itself was transferred are not established by the sources located. Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole manor is described in secondary historical sources as originally belonging to Gloucester Abbey; exact legal extent is not independently established here. Shared holding: Gloucester Abbey Narrative / explanation: Public historical descriptions identify Ablington Manor as originally the property of Gloucester Abbey. Gloucester Abbey was surrendered or dissolved in the late 1530s, with the abbey and its possessions passing into Crown control. This entry records the institutional lordship described by the sources, not a reconstruction of the precise medieval title chain. Source citation: Parks & Gardens, “Ablington Manor,” citing N. M. Herbert, Victoria County History: Gloucester, Volume 7, 1981, p. 30; corroborated by the historical account of Gloucester Abbey’s dissolution in 1539–1540. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/ablington-manor Other parties: Gloucester Abbey Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=gloucester-abbey-14662 Person dates: Medieval foundation to dissolution in 1539–1540 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | Beginning of the sixteenth century, exact date not established - 1574 Howse family Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=howse-family-14663 Transfer: Leasehold occupation or tenure after the Dissolution; the exact lease, term and legal grant have not been located. Previous holder: Gloucester Abbey or Crown following dissolution Holding arrangement: other Share / interest: Not established Shared holding: Howse family Narrative / explanation: Sources state that after the Dissolution Ablington Manor was leased to the Howse family until John Coxwell acquired it in 1574. This is recorded as a tenancy or leasehold association, not as proven ownership or lordship. No conveyance into or out of the Howse family has been entered because the lease instrument was not located. Source citation: Parks & Gardens, “Ablington Manor”; Historic England, List Entry 1341833; Acanthus Clews Architects and Richard K. Morriss, Ablington Manor Heritage Assessment. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/ablington-manor Other parties: Howse family Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=howse-family-14663 Person dates: Early sixteenth century to 1574, exact dates not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1574 - 1618 or later; precise termination of his holding not established John Coxwell of Ablington, Lord of Ablington Manor Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-coxwell-of-ablington-14665 Transfer: Acquired Ablington Manor from the preceding interest; the precise deed or Crown grant has not been located in the sources searched. Previous holder: Howse family as leaseholders; ultimate post-Dissolution title not established Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole manor, according to later historical descriptions Shared holding: Coxwell family of Ablington Narrative / explanation: John Coxwell, a wealthy Cirencester clothier who made his fortune in the wool trade, acquired Ablington Manor in 1574. He built the surviving Elizabethan manor house, dated 1590, although one local museum account gives 1580 for construction of a manor house and the architectural evidence and Historic England listing support 1590 for the present principal house. Coxwell is the first securely identified post-Dissolution freeholder or lord in the available public sources. The precise conveyance instrument and the legal route from the Crown or another intermediate owner remain unlocated. Source citation: Historic England, List Entry 1341833, “Ablington Manor”; Acanthus Clews Architects and Richard K. Morriss, Ablington Manor Heritage Assessment; Corinium Museum, “John Coxwell 1516–1618.” Source URL: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1341833 Other parties: John Coxwell Co-holders: Charles Coxwell of Ablington Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-coxwell-of-ablington-14665 Person dates: Active as lord of Ablington Manor in 1727; further dates not established for this particular holder Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1727 - After 1727; exact termination not established John Coxwell of Ablington, Lord of Ablington Manor Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-coxwell-of-ablington-14665 Transfer: No conveyance identified. The date stone “1727 JC” at the Ablington Manor barn is interpreted by historical and heritage sources as identifying John Coxwell as lord of the manor at that time. Previous holder: Earlier Coxwell-family holder; intervening transfer not documented Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole manor or principal estate association; exact legal share not stated Shared holding: Coxwell family of Ablington Narrative / explanation: The surviving barn at Ablington bears the date stone “1727 JC.” Heritage accounts identify the initials as John Coxwell and state that he was lord of Ablington Manor at that time. This is direct evidence of the manor association in 1727, but it does not by itself establish whether this John Coxwell succeeded by inheritance, settlement, purchase or another legal mechanism. Source citation: Historic England, List Entry 1341835, “Manor Farmhouse”; Wikishire, “Ablington Manor,” citing the dated barn and local historical material. Source URL: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1341835 Other parties: John Coxwell Co-holders: Charles Coxwell of Ablington Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-coxwell-of-ablington-14665 Person dates: Active as lord of Ablington Manor in 1727; further dates not established for this particular holder Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | Circa 1780 - 1829 Reverend Charles Coxwell of Ablington, magistrate, squire and lord of Ablington Manor Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-coxwell-of-ablington-14666 Transfer: No conveyance identified. His lordship is evidenced by the 1780 datestone at Manor Farmhouse and by a Gloucestershire historical account stating that he was lord of Ablington Manor’s house and estate. Previous holder: Earlier Coxwell-family holder; intervening transfer not documented Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not expressly quantified; principal manor estate association Shared holding: Coxwell family of Ablington Narrative / explanation: Historic England records a datestone “C C / 1780” at Manor Farmhouse and identifies Charles Coxwell as lord of Ablington Manor at that time. A Gloucestershire Historical Society account states that the Reverend Charles Coxwell, who lived from 1740 to 1829, was born at Ablington where his father John was lord of the manor. The exact legal transition from the earlier John Coxwell to Charles Coxwell is not documented in the sources located. Source citation: Historic England, List Entry 1341835, “Manor Farmhouse”; Marjorie Joy, “Charles Coxwell of Ablington,” Gloucestershire Historical Studies, reprinted from Gloucestershire in the 18th Century, 1966. Source URL: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1341835 Other parties: Charles Coxwell Co-holders: John Coxwell of Ablington Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-coxwell-of-ablington-14666 Person dates: 1740–1829 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | By 1860 - 31 December 1895 Richard Rogers Coxwell, later Coxwell-Rogers, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, landowner of Ablington and Dowdeswell Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-rogers-coxwell-rogers-14667 Transfer: No conveyance identified. His direct association is evidenced by the 1860 datestone “R.R.C.” on the Ablington Manor stables and by biographical sources recording that he lived at Ablington Manor. Previous holder: Earlier Coxwell holder; intervening legal transfer not documented Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not established Shared holding: Coxwell-Rogers family of Ablington and Dowdeswell Narrative / explanation: The Ablington Manor stables bear the initials “R.R.C.” and the date 1860, interpreted by Historic England as probably referring to Richard Rogers Coxwell. Biographical material records Richard Rogers Coxwell-Rogers as living at Ablington Manor and identifies him as a member of the Coxwell-Rogers family of Ablington and Dowdeswell. The evidence securely establishes his estate association but does not disclose the precise conveyance from the preceding Coxwell holder. Source citation: Historic England, List Entry 1155109, “Stables at Ablington Manor”; The Peerage, person entry for Richard Rogers Coxwell-Rogers, citing Burke’s Irish Family Records, 1976; Stirnet, Coxwell family of Ablington pedigree. Source URL: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1155109 Other parties: Richard Rogers Coxwell, Richard Rogers Coxwell-Rogers Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-rogers-coxwell-rogers-14667 Person dates: 16 November 1803–31 December 1895 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1914 - 1918 or shortly thereafter Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers, Coxwell-Rogers landowner of Ablington Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-hugh-coxwell-rogers-14668 Transfer: Initiated the break-up and sale of the Ablington estate. The available heritage assessment records estate sales beginning in 1914 and states that the estate was sold and divided in 1918; individual purchasers and the legal details of each sale are not established. Previous holder: Coxwell-Rogers family Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Estate ownership before subdivision; precise title extent not established Shared holding: Coxwell-Rogers family of Ablington Narrative / explanation: A heritage assessment states that Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers began the break-up of the Ablington estate in 1914. Sale advertisements described the manor house, stabling and pleasure grounds, and the estate was sold and split in 1918. This entry records the documented owner responsible for the break-up, not the subsequent purchasers, who have not been securely identified in the sources located. Source citation: Acanthus Clews Architects and Richard K. Morriss, Ablington Manor Heritage Assessment, section discussing the 1914 estate sale and 1918 subdivision. Source URL: https://docs.planning.org.uk/20240103/123/S58Q2KFIG5G00/5j8czyd0qklle1hj.pdf Other parties: Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-hugh-coxwell-rogers-14668 Person dates: Active as estate owner in 1914; later dates not established in the source used Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY