MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ AGARDSLEY MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=agardsley-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 12:04 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 11 Location: Hanbury, Staffordshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Wulfric, Lord of the Agardsley estate in 1066 | 1066 - 1086 Transfer: Held before the Domesday tenure of Henry de Ferrers; the Domesday evidence identifies Wulfric as the pre-Conquest lord of the Agardsley estate. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-25077 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Henry de Ferrers, Tenant-in-chief and lord of Agardsley in 1086, Norman magnate, first recorded lord of the Honour of Tutbury, Norman landholder, Domesday tenant of Hugh | 1086 - early 13th century Transfer: Norman Crown grant or post-Conquest succession; the Domesday entry records Henry de Ferrers as tenant-in-chief and lord in 1086. Holding arrangement: de Ferrers family / Co-holders: de Ferrers family, including Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby, Robert de Ferrers III, earl of Derby Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=henry-de-ferrers-25078 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. de Ferrers family, including Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby | 1150x59 - early 13th century Transfer: Dynastic succession within the de Ferrers family; no single conveyance date has been established. Holding arrangement: de Ferrers family / Co-holders: Henry de Ferrers, Robert de Ferrers III, earl of Derby Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-ferrers-ii-25079 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Tutbury Priory, Priory of St Mary | early 13th century - by 1263 Transfer: Temporary grant from the de Ferrers; the precise grant and restoration dates are not stated in the accessible source. Holding arrangement: Other / Tutbury Priory Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=tutbury-priory-25080 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Robert de Ferrers III, earl of Derby | 1263 - 1265 or 1266 Transfer: Restoration or recovery from Tutbury Priory before 1263; Robert de Ferrers issued the 1263 borough charter to the burgesses of Agardsley, establishing Newborough within the manor. Holding arrangement: de Ferrers family / Co-holders: Henry de Ferrers, de Ferrers family, including Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-ferrers-iii-25081 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester, son of King Henry III, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, son of Henry III of England, 1st Earl of Leicester, royal prince, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge, Earl of Kent | 1265/6 - 1296 Transfer: The manor passed to Edmund, younger son of King Henry III, after the forfeiture of the de Ferrers estates following the Barons' War. Holding arrangement: House of Lancaster / Co-holders: Thomas, earl of Lancaster Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edmund-of-lancaster-25082 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Thomas, earl of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester | 1296 - 1322 Transfer: Succession to the Lancastrian estate after the death of Edmund, earl of Lancaster; the 1300 charter for Newborough identifies Thomas, earl of Lancaster, as the lord for whom the market and fair were to be held at the manor. Holding arrangement: House of Lancaster / Co-holders: Edmund, earl of Lancaster Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-of-lancaster-25083 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Crown, through the Lancastrian estate and later the Duchy of Lancaster, Royal and ducal estate administration | 1322 - 1668 Transfer: The Lancastrian estate was taken into Crown custody or ownership after the forfeiture of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, in 1322. The precise date at which Agardsley ceased to be administered as a forfeited estate and its later legal descent is not established. From 1399 the former Lancastrian estate was associated with the Crown through Henry IV and the Duchy of Lancaster. Holding arrangement: Other / Crown and Duchy of Lancaster Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=crown-and-duchy-of-lancaster-25084 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Charles Egerton and the Egerton family, Esquire, member of the Egerton family | 1668 - late 17th century Transfer: The Egerton family received Agardsley Manor, including Newborough, in 1668; the exact grant or purchase instrument is not identified in the accessible source. Holding arrangement: Other / Egerton family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-egerton-25085 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Sir Symon Degge, Knight, recorder of Derby, judge of west Wales | late 17th century - after 1693 Transfer: Purchased the manors of Marchington and Agardsley from Charles Egerton and the earl of Bridgewater; the precise purchase date is not stated in the accessible source. Holding arrangement: Degge family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-symon-degge-25086 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. H. C. M. Ingram, Esquire, owner of Agardsley Manor by 1851 | by 1851 Transfer: The descent from the late seventeenth-century Degge holding to H. C. M. Ingram is not established in the accessible sources. William White's 1851 Staffordshire directory identifies H. C. M. Ingram as the owner of Agardsley Manor. Holding arrangement: Ingram family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=h-c-m-ingram-25087 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1066 - 1086 Wulfric, Lord of the Agardsley estate in 1066 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-25077 Transfer: Held before the Domesday tenure of Henry de Ferrers; the Domesday evidence identifies Wulfric as the pre-Conquest lord of the Agardsley estate. Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The Domesday material identifies Wulfric as the lord in 1066 of the estate recorded as Agardsley or Edgareslege. This is evidence for the predecessor estate or settlement, not necessarily for a fully developed later medieval manor. Source citation: Open Domesday, Agardsley, Staffordshire; based on the Domesday Book entry for Edgareslege. Source URL: https://opendomesday.org/place/SK1327/agardsley/ Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-25077 Person dates: Active in 1066 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1086 - early 13th century Henry de Ferrers, Tenant-in-chief and lord of Agardsley in 1086, Norman magnate, first recorded lord of the Honour of Tutbury, Norman landholder, Domesday tenant of Hugh Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=henry-de-ferrers-25078 Transfer: Norman Crown grant or post-Conquest succession; the Domesday entry records Henry de Ferrers as tenant-in-chief and lord in 1086. Previous holder: Wulfric Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: de Ferrers family Narrative / explanation: Agardsley was recorded in Domesday Book as Edgareslege under the land of Henry de Ferrers. Staffordshire historical research states that by 1086 the estate was held by the de Ferrers family, who later became earls of Derby. Source citation: Staffordshire County Council, Newborough Extensive Urban Survey, section 2.4.1.1, citing the Domesday Book; Open Domesday, Agardsley. Source URL: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/Environment-and-countryside/HistoricEnvironment/Documents/Newborough-EUS-Report-Final.pdf Co-holders: de Ferrers family, including Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby, Robert de Ferrers III, earl of Derby Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-25077 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=henry-de-ferrers-25078 Person dates: Active in the late 11th century; died c.1093 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1150x59 - early 13th century de Ferrers family, including Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-ferrers-ii-25079 Transfer: Dynastic succession within the de Ferrers family; no single conveyance date has been established. Previous holder: Henry de Ferrers Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: de Ferrers family Narrative / explanation: A record of Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby, confirming grants to Tutbury Priory in 1150x1159 mentions his market at Newborough. The evidence links the de Ferrers earl directly with the Agardsley/Newborough estate before the temporary grant to Tutbury Priory. Source citation: Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516, Staffordshire, entry for Newborough, citing A. Saltman, The Cartulary of Tutbury, no. 52. Source URL: https://archives.history.ac.uk/gazetteer/staffs.html Other parties: Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby Co-holders: Henry de Ferrers, Robert de Ferrers III, earl of Derby Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=henry-de-ferrers-25078 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-ferrers-ii-25079 Person dates: died 1162 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | early 13th century - by 1263 Tutbury Priory, Priory of St Mary Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=tutbury-priory-25080 Transfer: Temporary grant from the de Ferrers; the precise grant and restoration dates are not stated in the accessible source. Previous holder: de Ferrers family Holding arrangement: other Shared holding: Tutbury Priory Narrative / explanation: Staffordshire historical research states that the de Ferrers briefly granted Agardsley Manor to Tutbury Priory in the early thirteenth century and that the manor had returned to the de Ferrers by 1263. This was a temporary institutional holding, not merely a tenancy. Source citation: Staffordshire County Council, Newborough Extensive Urban Survey, section 2.4.1.2. Source URL: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/Environment-and-countryside/HistoricEnvironment/Documents/Newborough-EUS-Report-Final.pdf Other parties: Tutbury Priory Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=tutbury-priory-25080 Person dates: Active as a priory in the medieval period Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1263 - 1265 or 1266 Robert de Ferrers III, earl of Derby Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-ferrers-iii-25081 Transfer: Restoration or recovery from Tutbury Priory before 1263; Robert de Ferrers issued the 1263 borough charter to the burgesses of Agardsley, establishing Newborough within the manor. Previous holder: Tutbury Priory Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: de Ferrers family Narrative / explanation: The 1263 charter issued by Robert de Ferrers, earl of Derby, to the burgesses of Agardsley demonstrates direct lordship over the manor at that date. The estate was then forfeited or transferred to the Lancastrian interest following the earl's involvement in the Barons' War. Source citation: Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516, Staffordshire, entry for Newborough; Staffordshire County Council, Newborough Extensive Urban Survey, sections 2.4.1.2 and 2.4.1.3. Source URL: https://archives.history.ac.uk/gazetteer/staffs.html Co-holders: Henry de Ferrers, de Ferrers family, including Robert de Ferrers II, earl of Derby Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=tutbury-priory-25080 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-ferrers-iii-25081 Person dates: c.1239-1279 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1265/6 - 1296 Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester, son of King Henry III, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, son of Henry III of England, 1st Earl of Leicester, royal prince, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge, Earl of Kent Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edmund-of-lancaster-25082 Transfer: The manor passed to Edmund, younger son of King Henry III, after the forfeiture of the de Ferrers estates following the Barons' War. Previous holder: Robert de Ferrers III, earl of Derby Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: House of Lancaster Narrative / explanation: The Staffordshire County Council historical survey states that Agardsley Manor passed to Edmund, earl of Lancaster, in 1265 or 1266 after the involvement of the earl of Derby in the Barons' War. The manor consequently became part of the Lancastrian estate. Source citation: Staffordshire County Council, Newborough Extensive Urban Survey, section 2.4.1.2; corroborated by research on the Honour of Tutbury. Source URL: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/Environment-and-countryside/HistoricEnvironment/Documents/Newborough-EUS-Report-Final.pdf Co-holders: Thomas, earl of Lancaster Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-ferrers-iii-25081 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edmund-of-lancaster-25082 Person dates: 1245-1296 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1296 - 1322 Thomas, earl of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-of-lancaster-25083 Transfer: Succession to the Lancastrian estate after the death of Edmund, earl of Lancaster; the 1300 charter for Newborough identifies Thomas, earl of Lancaster, as the lord for whom the market and fair were to be held at the manor. Previous holder: Edmund, earl of Lancaster Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: House of Lancaster Narrative / explanation: Thomas inherited the Lancastrian estates from Edmund. A charter dated 1 April 1300 granted a market and fair to Thomas, earl of Lancaster, to be held at the manor of Newborough, the borough situated within Agardsley Manor. This provides direct contemporary evidence of Lancastrian lordship over the Agardsley/Newborough manor complex. Source citation: Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516, Staffordshire, entry for Newborough, citing the Charter Rolls, 1257-1300, page 482. Source URL: https://archives.history.ac.uk/gazetteer/staffs.html Co-holders: Edmund, earl of Lancaster Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edmund-of-lancaster-25082 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-of-lancaster-25083 Person dates: 1278-1322 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1322 - 1668 Crown, through the Lancastrian estate and later the Duchy of Lancaster, Royal and ducal estate administration Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=crown-and-duchy-of-lancaster-25084 Transfer: The Lancastrian estate was taken into Crown custody or ownership after the forfeiture of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, in 1322. The precise date at which Agardsley ceased to be administered as a forfeited estate and its later legal descent is not established. From 1399 the former Lancastrian estate was associated with the Crown through Henry IV and the Duchy of Lancaster. Previous holder: Thomas, earl of Lancaster Holding arrangement: other Shared holding: Crown and Duchy of Lancaster Narrative / explanation: The accessible sources establish the broader Crown and Duchy of Lancaster continuity but do not provide a single direct conveyance deed for Agardsley covering the whole period. Agardsley court rolls are recorded among Duchy of Lancaster records for 1404-1618, confirming continuing manorial administration by the Duchy. The Newborough Extensive Urban Survey also states that Needwood became a de facto royal forest when the duchy of Lancaster passed to the Crown on the accession of Henry IV in 1399. Source citation: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service, Guide to Sources No. 7: Manorial Records, entries for Agardsley and Marchington & Agardsley; Staffordshire County Council, Newborough Extensive Urban Survey, section 2.4.2.1. Source URL: https://staffordshirehistorycentre.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/guide-to-sources-no.7-manorial-records-2021.pdf Other parties: Duchy of Lancaster Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-of-lancaster-25083 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=crown-and-duchy-of-lancaster-25084 Person dates: From 1322; Crown connection strengthened in 1399 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1668 - late 17th century Charles Egerton and the Egerton family, Esquire, member of the Egerton family Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-egerton-25085 Transfer: The Egerton family received Agardsley Manor, including Newborough, in 1668; the exact grant or purchase instrument is not identified in the accessible source. Previous holder: Crown and Duchy of Lancaster Holding arrangement: other Shared holding: Egerton family Narrative / explanation: The Staffordshire County Council survey states that the Egerton family received what was known as Agardsley Manor, including Newborough, in 1668. A later antiquarian account states that the manor of Marchington and Agardsley was purchased from Charles Egerton and the earl of Bridgewater, indicating that Charles Egerton and the Bridgewater interest held the manor immediately before the Degge acquisition. The precise relationship between the 1668 Egerton receipt and the earl of Bridgewater's interest remains to be established from the deeds. Source citation: Staffordshire County Council, Newborough Extensive Urban Survey, section 2.5.1.1; W. H. Harland, notes on Sir Symon Degge and the Degge family, reporting the purchase of Marchington and Agardsley from Charles Egerton and the earl of Bridgewater. Source URL: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/Environment-and-countryside/HistoricEnvironment/Documents/Newborough-EUS-Report-Final.pdf Other parties: Charles Egerton Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=charles-egerton-25085 Person dates: Active in the later seventeenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | late 17th century - after 1693 Sir Symon Degge, Knight, recorder of Derby, judge of west Wales Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-symon-degge-25086 Transfer: Purchased the manors of Marchington and Agardsley from Charles Egerton and the earl of Bridgewater; the precise purchase date is not stated in the accessible source. Previous holder: Charles Egerton and the earl of Bridgewater Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Degge family Narrative / explanation: A published account of the Degge family states that Sir Symon Degge was the purchaser of the manor of Marchington and Agardsley from Charles Egerton and the earl of Bridgewater. This is direct evidence for the manor connection, but the account does not supply the date or the original deed reference. It should therefore be treated as medium-strength evidence pending examination of Staffordshire conveyances or the relevant Egerton, Bridgewater, and Degge papers. Source citation: William H. Harland, genealogical and antiquarian notes on Sir Symon Degge, reproduced in the PDF account of the Degge family. Source URL: https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G001964.pdf Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-symon-degge-25086 Person dates: 1613-1693 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | by 1851 H. C. M. Ingram, Esquire, owner of Agardsley Manor by 1851 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=h-c-m-ingram-25087 Transfer: The descent from the late seventeenth-century Degge holding to H. C. M. Ingram is not established in the accessible sources. William White's 1851 Staffordshire directory identifies H. C. M. Ingram as the owner of Agardsley Manor. Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Ingram family Narrative / explanation: By 1851, Agardsley Manor was in the possession of H. C. M. Ingram. The same directory distinguishes the manor from Agardsley Park Farm, which belonged to the Crown and was leased to H. K. Hall; this distinction is important because Crown ownership of Agardsley Park Farm does not prove Crown ownership of Agardsley Manor. The intervening conveyances have not been established. Source citation: William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851, entry for Newborough, reproduced with the quoted description of Agardsley Manor. Source URL: https://franciswright.wordpress.com/ Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=h-c-m-ingram-25087 Person dates: Active in 1851 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY