MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ABLOADS MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=abloads-manor Exported: 16 October 2026, 12:02 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 3 Location: Sandhurst, Gloucestershire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Abbey of St Peter, Gloucester, later Gloucester Abbey, Benedictine abbey of St Peter at Gloucester | by the early 13th century - c.1629 Transfer: The manor and associated demesne at Abload are evidenced as belonging to Gloucester Abbey. The early thirteenth-century Historia of St Peter's Abbey refers to the abbey's demesne tithes from Ablode, while later Gloucestershire scholarship explicitly identifies the boat mill as belonging to Gloucester Abbey's manor of Abload in Sandhurst. The post-Dissolution corporate successor was the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester, but the precise legal date and form of that transition for Abload are not established by the sources used here. Holding arrangement: Gloucester Abbey estate Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbey-of-st-peter-gloucester-14676 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Sir William Guise, lord of Elmore, member of the Guise family of Elmore, Baronet, member of the Guise family of Gloucestershire, lord of King's Barton | c.1629 - 17th century; exact end date not established Transfer: Acquisition by lease from the Gloucester ecclesiastical estate. A scholarly survey of the Guise family records the acquisition of Ablode's or Abload Court as a lease about 1629, and a Gloucestershire historical study states that around this period the manor of Abloads in Sandhurst was bought by Sir William Guise, lord of Elmore. Holding arrangement: Other / Guise family of Elmore Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-william-guise-14677 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. John Guise of Ablode Court, Esquire, Gloucestershire | by the later 17th century - before or by 1705; exact end date not established Transfer: The Guise family continued to hold or occupy the Abload Court estate. John Guise is directly described in biographical and genealogical sources as being of Ablode or Abloads Court, and the Guise family estate summary records the court as sold in 1705. The precise instrument, parties and legal nature of the 1705 sale are not identified in the sources consulted. Holding arrangement: Other / Guise family of Elmore and Ablode Court Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-guise-of-ablode-court-14678 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | by the early 13th century - c.1629 Abbey of St Peter, Gloucester, later Gloucester Abbey, Benedictine abbey of St Peter at Gloucester Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbey-of-st-peter-gloucester-14676 Transfer: The manor and associated demesne at Abload are evidenced as belonging to Gloucester Abbey. The early thirteenth-century Historia of St Peter's Abbey refers to the abbey's demesne tithes from Ablode, while later Gloucestershire scholarship explicitly identifies the boat mill as belonging to Gloucester Abbey's manor of Abload in Sandhurst. The post-Dissolution corporate successor was the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester, but the precise legal date and form of that transition for Abload are not established by the sources used here. Previous holder: Not securely identified Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Gloucester Abbey estate Narrative / explanation: This is the earliest securely evidenced lordship link for the exact Abload estate at Sandhurst. The evidence concerns the manor and its demesne or appurtenant mill, not merely a tenancy by an individual. A tradition that Henry I granted Abload and Paygrove Wood in 1101 is repeated in modern summaries, but it has not been treated as a separate high-confidence conveyance because a sufficiently direct primary or authoritative source for the transaction was not located. Source citation: Historia of St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, vol. 1, passage concerning the dispute over the abbey's demesne tithes from Ablode; John Rhodes, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, vol. 124, discussion of the boat mill belonging to Gloucester Abbey's manor of Abload in Sandhurst. Source URL: https://a.storyblok.com/f/114140/x/dfa0a4fb1d/gloucester-historia-v-1-web.pdf Other parties: Abbey of St Peter, Gloucester Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbey-of-st-peter-gloucester-14676 Person dates: Medieval institution; dissolved in the sixteenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | c.1629 - 17th century; exact end date not established Sir William Guise, lord of Elmore, member of the Guise family of Elmore, Baronet, member of the Guise family of Gloucestershire, lord of King's Barton Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-william-guise-14677 Transfer: Acquisition by lease from the Gloucester ecclesiastical estate. A scholarly survey of the Guise family records the acquisition of Ablode's or Abload Court as a lease about 1629, and a Gloucestershire historical study states that around this period the manor of Abloads in Sandhurst was bought by Sir William Guise, lord of Elmore. Previous holder: Gloucester Abbey estate and its post-Dissolution ecclesiastical successor, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Holding arrangement: other Shared holding: Guise family of Elmore Narrative / explanation: The evidence indicates a leasehold or estate acquisition rather than an independently demonstrated transfer of the freehold lordship. Sir William Guise is directly linked to Abloads in Sandhurst, but the exact deed, term, legal capacity and relationship between the leasehold court estate and the continuing ecclesiastical lordship have not been established from the publicly accessible sources consulted. Source citation: J. V. Beckett and others, List of Parliamentary Families, entry for Guise, recording Ablode's (Abload) Court as acquired on lease about 1629; Gloucestershire Family History Society article on the Hawkins family, citing the purchase of the manor of Abloads in Sandhurst by Sir William Guise. Source URL: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110548372-012/pdf?licenseType=open-access Other parties: Sir William Guise Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-william-guise-14677 Person dates: Seventeenth century; exact dates not established in the sources used Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | by the later 17th century - before or by 1705; exact end date not established John Guise of Ablode Court, Esquire, Gloucestershire Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-guise-of-ablode-court-14678 Transfer: The Guise family continued to hold or occupy the Abload Court estate. John Guise is directly described in biographical and genealogical sources as being of Ablode or Abloads Court, and the Guise family estate summary records the court as sold in 1705. The precise instrument, parties and legal nature of the 1705 sale are not identified in the sources consulted. Previous holder: Sir William Guise and the Guise family of Elmore Holding arrangement: other Shared holding: Guise family of Elmore and Ablode Court Narrative / explanation: John Guise is included because he is directly associated with Ablode Court, not merely because he belonged to the Guise family. The evidence does not securely establish whether he held the freehold, a lease, or the residence and estate under a family arrangement. The Guise estate was reportedly sold in 1705, but the purchaser is unknown and no later holder is entered here. Source citation: Dictionary of National Biography, entry noting Dionisia, daughter of John Guise of Ablode Court, Gloucestershire; List of Parliamentary Families, Guise entry recording Ablode's Court as sold in 1705. Source URL: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page%3ADictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_39.djvu/203 Other parties: John Guise of Ablode Court, Guise family of Elmore Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-guise-of-ablode-court-14678 Person dates: Later seventeenth century; identified as living before the 1705 sale, exact dates not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY