MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Woolley Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=woolley Exported: 16 October 2026, 02:11 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 15 Location: Chaddlesworth, Berkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Earl Ralph of King Edward the Confessor Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. William Peverel Transfer: Recorded possession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Adeliza or Alice on her marriage with Richard de Rivers Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. the abbey of Montebourg | 1142–1155 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. the Minoresses in perpetuity Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. the Crown | 1539 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Robert Tate | 1503 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Thomas Smith | 1540 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. George Gyfford | 1543 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Margaret and John Read her husband | 1560 Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. Thomas Tipping and his son Bartholomew | 1566 Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. Thomas | 1632 Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. John Tipping Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. Bartholomew Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. Philip | 1858 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 Earl Ralph of King Edward the Confessor Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The manor of WOOLLEY (Olvelei, xi cent.; Olvelay, Wolvel, Wulay, Wolvelay, xii cent.; Wolvey, xiv cent.; Wolleighe, Wolley, xvi cent.) was held by Earl Ralph of King Edward the Confessor, but at the time of the Domesday Survey it was in the hands of William Peverel, who gave it to his daughter Adeliza or Alice on her marriage with Richard de Rivers. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 William Peverel Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The manor of WOOLLEY (Olvelei, xi cent.; Olvelay, Wolvel, Wulay, Wolvelay, xii cent.; Wolvey, xiv cent.; Wolleighe, Wolley, xvi cent.) was held by Earl Ralph of King Edward the Confessor, but at the time of the Domesday Survey it was in the hands of William Peverel, who gave it to his daughter Adeliza or Alice on her marriage with Richard de Rivers. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 Adeliza or Alice on her marriage with Richard de Rivers Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The manor of WOOLLEY (Olvelei, xi cent.; Olvelay, Wolvel, Wulay, Wolvelay, xii cent.; Wolvey, xiv cent.; Wolleighe, Wolley, xvi cent.) was held by Earl Ralph of King Edward the Confessor, but at the time of the Domesday Survey it was in the hands of William Peverel, who gave it to his daughter Adeliza or Alice on her marriage with Richard de Rivers. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1142–1155 the abbey of Montebourg Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Between the years 1142 and 1155 Adeliza, with the consent of her sons and grandsons, gave the manor to the abbey of Montebourg. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 the Minoresses in perpetuity Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The priory and lands were granted to the Minoresses in perpetuity in 1443 and confirmed to them in 1461. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1539 the Crown Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: They remained in possession till 1539, when the convent was surrendered to the king by Elizabeth Savage, the last abbess, and the manor of Woolley passed to the Crown. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1503 Robert Tate Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The abbess leased the manor in 1501 to Richard Deacons for sixty years, and Richard sold this lease in 1503 to Robert Tate. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1540 Thomas Smith Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Richard Tate leased the manor to John Blandy of Chaddleworth for twenty years and in 1540 sold the reversion of this lease to Thomas Smith; on 9 September 1540 the received from the king a grant of this manor in exchange for jewels to the value of £220. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1543 George Gyfford Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: In 1543 Richard purchased the reversion of the lease that had been granted to George Gyfford, and in 1549 bought the chapel of Woolley with its tithes, which he leased with the manor in 1550 for sixty years to John Blandy. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | 1560 Margaret and John Read her husband Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: He sold the manor in 1560 to his sister Margaret and John Read her husband with remainder to his other sisters. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | 1566 Thomas Tipping and his son Bartholomew Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: John Read and Margaret were holding the manor in 1561, but sold it 20 August 1566 to Thomas Tipping and his son Bartholomew. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | 1632 Thomas Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: In 1617 he leased certain lands here for nineteen years to his elder son Thomas, and died 24 February 1632, when he was succeeded by Thomas, who had livery of the manor 27 January 1634. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 John Tipping Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: John Tipping held the manor from 1662 till his death, which occurred early in the following century, when the property passed to his elder son Bartholomew, who was succeeded in 1718 by his son Bartholomew. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 Bartholomew Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: They were succeeded by their son Bartholomew, who died unmarried 13 December 1798. ¶Bartholomew Tipping's only sister Catherine had married John Chardin Musgrave, D.D., Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 | 1858 Philip Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Bartholomew Wroughton died childless in 1858 and the manor passed to his brother Philip. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY