MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ADEL MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=adel-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 12:00 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 5 Location: Adel, Yorkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Richard of Sourdeval, Immediate lord or under-tenant of Adel in Domesday Book, not the tenant-in-chief | 1086 - after 1086; end date not established Transfer: Domesday Book records Adele as held by Richard of Sourdeval from Robert, Count of Mortain. Holding arrangement: Other Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-of-sourdeval-24779 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Ralph Paganel, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Norman landholder, lord of Adel Manor in Adel church historical tradition | 1089 - date of relinquishment unknown Transfer: Ralph Paganel is identified in Adel church historical material as lord of Adel Manor and is associated with the endowment of Adel church in 1089. No source located in this research documents the conveyance from Richard of Sourdeval to Ralph Paganel. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-paganel-24780 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Eddison Brothers, Lords of the manor of Adel | by 1882 - after 1882; end date not established Transfer: A contemporary county directory records Messrs Eddison Brothers of Leeds as lords of the manor of Adel. The source does not state how or when the manor passed to them. Holding arrangement: Eddison Brothers Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=eddison-brothers-24781 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Dr Eddison, Vendor of Adel Manor estate | 1917 - 31 January 1918 or shortly before; later history not established Transfer: Dr Eddison is identified as the vendor from whom C.S. Bedford purchased Adel Manor. The exact date of Dr Eddison's acquisition and the conveyance from Eddison Brothers are not documented in the accessible catalogue description. Holding arrangement: Other Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dr-eddison-24782 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Charles Stuart Bedford, Purchaser of Adel Manor, identified in the archive catalogue as C.S. Bedford | 1917 - after 1918; end date not established Transfer: Purchase of Adel Manor from Dr Eddison for £4,500, documented in the West Yorkshire Archive Service catalogue and associated solicitor's invoice dated 31 January 1918. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-stuart-bedford-24783 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1086 - after 1086; end date not established Richard of Sourdeval, Immediate lord or under-tenant of Adel in Domesday Book, not the tenant-in-chief Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-of-sourdeval-24779 Transfer: Domesday Book records Adele as held by Richard of Sourdeval from Robert, Count of Mortain. Previous holder: Robert, Count of Mortain, as tenant-in-chief or feudal overlord Holding arrangement: other Narrative / explanation: This is the earliest securely documented post-Conquest holding connected with Adel. Richard was the immediate lord recorded in the Domesday arrangement, while Robert, Count of Mortain, was the superior tenant-in-chief. The record does not establish whether Richard held the complete later manor in the same legal form or whether the Domesday holding subsequently developed into the manor recorded in later sources. Source citation: Domesday Book Online, entry for Richard of Sourdeval, listing Adel, Skyrack, Yorkshire; corroborated by the Domesday Book Online Yorkshire A-B place-name summary, entry for Adel/Adele. Source URL: https://opendomesday.org/name/richard-of-sourdeval/ Other parties: Richard of Sourdeval, Robert, Count of Mortain Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-of-sourdeval-24779 Person dates: Active in the late eleventh century; associated with Adel in 1086 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1089 - date of relinquishment unknown Ralph Paganel, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Norman landholder, lord of Adel Manor in Adel church historical tradition Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-paganel-24780 Transfer: Ralph Paganel is identified in Adel church historical material as lord of Adel Manor and is associated with the endowment of Adel church in 1089. No source located in this research documents the conveyance from Richard of Sourdeval to Ralph Paganel. Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: This is the earliest direct source found using the description lord of Adel Manor. The associated church endowment is evidence of Ralph's local lordship or manorial authority, but the interval between the 1086 Domesday holding of Richard of Sourdeval and Ralph's documented position in 1089 remains unresolved. The source should not be read as proving a documented sale, inheritance, or other specific transfer. Source citation: Adel Parish Church, Our Church, Norman History Window and historical account; corroborated by Leeds City Council, Adel Neighbourhood Design Statement, Appendix C, History of Adel. Source URL: https://adelparishchurch.org.uk/church-buildings/our-church/ Other parties: Ralph Paganel Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-paganel-24780 Person dates: Flourished in the late eleventh century; active in Yorkshire by 1086-1089 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | by 1882 - after 1882; end date not established Eddison Brothers, Lords of the manor of Adel Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=eddison-brothers-24781 Transfer: A contemporary county directory records Messrs Eddison Brothers of Leeds as lords of the manor of Adel. The source does not state how or when the manor passed to them. Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Eddison Brothers Narrative / explanation: This is direct nineteenth-century evidence for the Eddison family group as lords of Adel Manor. The directory also lists Eddison family members resident at the Manor or elsewhere in Adel, but those residence details are not treated as separate evidence of ownership. No intervening conveyance from Ralph Paganel or any later medieval or early-modern holder has been established. Source citation: Kelly's Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, 1882, entry for Adel, reproduced in the University of Leicester digital collection. Source URL: https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p16445coll4/id/79819/download Other parties: Eddison Brothers Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=eddison-brothers-24781 Person dates: Recorded as manor holders by 1882; individual dates not established from the source used Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1917 - 31 January 1918 or shortly before; later history not established Dr Eddison, Vendor of Adel Manor estate Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dr-eddison-24782 Transfer: Dr Eddison is identified as the vendor from whom C.S. Bedford purchased Adel Manor. The exact date of Dr Eddison's acquisition and the conveyance from Eddison Brothers are not documented in the accessible catalogue description. Holding arrangement: other Narrative / explanation: The West Yorkshire Archives catalogue records a 1917 purchase of Adel Manor by C.S. Bedford and describes an invoice dated 31 January 1918 for negotiating the purchase of Adel Manor from Dr Eddison. This establishes Dr Eddison as the immediate vendor of the estate or property described as Adel Manor, but the source does not identify the doctor's full name or prove that he held the entire legal manorial lordship rather than the Adel Manor estate. Source citation: West Yorkshire Archive Service, CalmView catalogue, WYAS8096/5/41, item 5.141, Purchase of Adel Manor by C.S. Bedford, with associated 31 January 1918 solicitor's invoice. Source URL: https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/TreeBrowse.aspx?field=RefNo&key=WYAS8096%2F5%2F41&src=CalmView.Catalog Other parties: Dr Eddison Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dr-eddison-24782 Person dates: Active as vendor of Adel Manor in 1917-1918; full identity and dates not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1917 - after 1918; end date not established Charles Stuart Bedford, Purchaser of Adel Manor, identified in the archive catalogue as C.S. Bedford Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-stuart-bedford-24783 Transfer: Purchase of Adel Manor from Dr Eddison for £4,500, documented in the West Yorkshire Archive Service catalogue and associated solicitor's invoice dated 31 January 1918. Previous holder: Dr Eddison Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The archival catalogue explicitly titles the record Purchase of Adel Manor by CS Bedford and records the purchase price and vendor. This is the latest securely documented historical transaction located in the public sources searched. The wording concerns Adel Manor and its estate; the accessible catalogue description does not state whether the transaction included the full legal manorial lordship, so the holding is recorded as a property or estate acquisition rather than an unqualified proof of manorial title. Source citation: West Yorkshire Archive Service, CalmView catalogue, WYAS8096/5/41, item 5.141, Purchase of Adel Manor by C.S. Bedford, including the 31 January 1918 invoice from Herbert Denison, solicitor. Source URL: https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/TreeBrowse.aspx?field=RefNo&key=WYAS8096%2F5%2F41&src=CalmView.Catalog Other parties: Charles Stuart Bedford Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dr-eddison-24782 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-stuart-bedford-24783 Person dates: Active in Leeds and associated with the Adel Manor purchase in 1917-1918 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY