MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY
CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY
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Woodend or Launcelyns
Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=woodend-or-launcelyns
Exported: 16 October 2026, 07:08 GMT+0000
Recorded historical holders: 4
Location: Cople, Bedfordshire

SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT
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Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred.

1. Walter Launcelyn
   Transfer: Recorded holder
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

2. Sir Walter Luke
   Transfer: Recorded holder
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

3. Sir Oliver Luke
   Transfer: Succession
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

4. Sir William Gostwick | 1686
   Transfer: Sale
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded


DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES
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HOLDER 1
Walter Launcelyn
Transfer: Recorded holder
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Walter Launcelyn owned land in the adjacent parish of Northill in 1316, and Richard Launcelyn was justice of the peace for the county in 1382.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 2
Sir Walter Luke
Transfer: Recorded holder
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Sir Walter Luke held Woodend until his death in 1544, when his son Nicholas, baron of the Exchequer under Henry VIII, succeeded him.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 3
Sir Oliver Luke
Transfer: Succession
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: Lordship: He was succeeded by Sir Oliver Luke. who sat in Parliament for a long period as member for the county of Bedford, and probably died soon after he was secluded from the Long Parliament in 1648.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 4 | 1686
Sir William Gostwick
Transfer: Sale
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In 1686 his successor sold the manor to Sir William Gostwick, and it follows the same descent as his more important manor of Willington (q.v.) until 1902, when the Duke of Bedford sold his property in this parish.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY