MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ AISHOLT MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=aisholt-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 16:53 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 9 Location: Aisholt, Somerset SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Roger de Courseulles, Norman landholder and Domesday tenant-in-chief in Somerset | 1086 Transfer: Domesday record; no conveyance identified Holding arrangement: Other Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=roger-de-courseulles-25301 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Robert, Domesday tenant at Aisholt | 1086 Transfer: Domesday record; no conveyance identified Holding arrangement: Other Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-25302 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. William de Reyny, Lord of Aisholt and Aley in Over Stowey | 13th century Transfer: Intermediate acquisition not identified Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-de-reyny-25303 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. John Hill of Spaxton, Esquire, Member of Parliament for Somerset, 1429-1430 | 1430-01-10 - 1430-01-24 Transfer: Granted Aisholt Manor and associated rights to Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, and William Bochell, on condition that they re-enfeoff John Hill and Cecily his wife Holding arrangement: John Hill was to hold the fee; Cecily was to hold a free tenement Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-hill-of-spaxton-25304 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, and William Bochell, Feoffees, John Southwode was rector of Spaxton | 1430-01-10 - 1430-01-24 Transfer: Received Aisholt Manor and associated rights as feoffees and then re-enfeoffed John Hill and Cecily his wife Holding arrangement: Trust / Feoffees of John Hill of Spaxton Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edward-cullyford-john-southwode-john-passeware-william-bochell-25305 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. John Hill of Spaxton and Cecily Hill, John Hill: esquire, Cecily: free tenant in her own right under the 1430 re-enfeoffment | 1430-01-24 - 1434-10-21 Transfer: Re-enfeoffed by Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, and William Bochell under the 24 January 1430 charter; John later died seised Holding arrangement: Joint / John held the fee; Cecily held a free tenement Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-hill-of-spaxton-and-cecily-hill-25306 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Robert, Lord Poynings, superior lord of the fee in which Aisholt was held | 1434 Transfer: Superior lordship recorded in the inquisition; no conveyance of Aisholt to him identified Holding arrangement: Other / Overlordship Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-lord-poynings-25307 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. John II, Earl of Egmont, 2nd Earl of Egmont, Irish and British peer and politician | 18th century Transfer: Later lordship asserted in an antiquarian account; precise conveyance and date not identified Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-ii-earl-of-egmont-25308 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Edward Arthur Vesey Stanley, Landowner, associated with Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey | 1911 Transfer: Recorded as lord of the manor and principal landowner in Kelly's Directory; preceding conveyance not identified Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edward-arthur-vesey-stanley-25309 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1086 Roger de Courseulles, Norman landholder and Domesday tenant-in-chief in Somerset Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=roger-de-courseulles-25301 Transfer: Domesday record; no conveyance identified Holding arrangement: other Narrative / explanation: Roger de Courseulles is identified as the person from whom Robert held terra Olta in 1086. This is evidence of an overlordship or superior tenurial interest, not necessarily of direct occupation or demesne possession by Roger. Source citation: Domesday Book Online, Somerset A-B, entry for Aisholt: terra Olta, Robert from Roger de Courseulles. Source URL: https://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/somerset1.html Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=roger-de-courseulles-25301 Person dates: floruit 11th century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1086 Robert, Domesday tenant at Aisholt Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-25302 Transfer: Domesday record; no conveyance identified Previous holder: Roger de Courseulles Holding arrangement: other Narrative / explanation: Robert is recorded in the Domesday entry for Aisholt as holding terra Olta from Roger de Courseulles. He is therefore a securely evidenced Domesday tenant of the Aisholt estate, but the source does not establish that he was the independent lord of the manor. Source citation: Domesday Book Online, Somerset A-B, entry for Aisholt: terra Olta, Robert from Roger de Courseulles. Source URL: https://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/somerset1.html Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=roger-de-courseulles-25301 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-25302 Person dates: floruit 11th century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 13th century William de Reyny, Lord of Aisholt and Aley in Over Stowey Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-de-reyny-25303 Transfer: Intermediate acquisition not identified Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: William de Reyny is explicitly described in a study of the Curci inheritance as lord of Aisholt and Aley in Over Stowey. The source places this evidence in the context of the thirteenth-century feudal settlement, but does not provide a dated conveyance into his possession or a complete descent from the Domesday holding. Source citation: Sir Henry C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Curci', Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, citing Feudal Aids, vol. IV, p. 281; passage identifying William de Reyny as lord of Aisholt. Source URL: https://sanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/12Lyte-1.pdf Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-de-reyny-25303 Person dates: floruit 13th century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1430-01-10 - 1430-01-24 John Hill of Spaxton, Esquire, Member of Parliament for Somerset, 1429-1430 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-hill-of-spaxton-25304 Transfer: Granted Aisholt Manor and associated rights to Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, and William Bochell, on condition that they re-enfeoff John Hill and Cecily his wife Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: John Hill was to hold the fee; Cecily was to hold a free tenement Narrative / explanation: The 1435 inquisition states that John Hill, son and heir of Robert Hill and Isabel his wife, granted Aisholt and other manors by an indenture dated 10 January 1430 to four feoffees. The feoffees were then required to re-enfeoff John Hill and Cecily his wife by an indenture dated 24 January 1430. John was seised in his demesne as of fee and Cecily in her demesne as of free tenement. The arrangement is a documented feoffment and re-enfeoffment, not an inferred inheritance. Source citation: E-CIPM 24-355, Somerset inquisition at Ilchester, 22 January 1435, TNA reference C 139/71/36 mm.7-8. Source URL: https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-355/357.html Other parties: John Hill of Spaxton, Cecily Hill Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-hill-of-spaxton-25304 Person dates: born circa 1402; died 21 October 1434 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1430-01-10 - 1430-01-24 Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, and William Bochell, Feoffees, John Southwode was rector of Spaxton Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edward-cullyford-john-southwode-john-passeware-william-bochell-25305 Transfer: Received Aisholt Manor and associated rights as feoffees and then re-enfeoffed John Hill and Cecily his wife Previous holder: John Hill of Spaxton Holding arrangement: trust Shared holding: Feoffees of John Hill of Spaxton Narrative / explanation: The four named persons were temporary feoffees. They received the manor under the 10 January 1430 charter and, pursuant to the stated condition, granted it back to John Hill and Cecily his wife under the 24 January 1430 charter. Their holding was fiduciary or transactional rather than beneficial ownership in the ordinary sense. Source citation: E-CIPM 24-355, Somerset inquisition at Ilchester, 22 January 1435, TNA reference C 139/71/36 mm.7-8. Source URL: https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-355/357.html Other parties: Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, William Bochell Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-hill-of-spaxton-25304 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edward-cullyford-john-southwode-john-passeware-william-bochell-25305 Person dates: floruit 1430 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1430-01-24 - 1434-10-21 John Hill of Spaxton and Cecily Hill, John Hill: esquire, Cecily: free tenant in her own right under the 1430 re-enfeoffment Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-hill-of-spaxton-and-cecily-hill-25306 Transfer: Re-enfeoffed by Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, and William Bochell under the 24 January 1430 charter; John later died seised Previous holder: Edward Cullyford, John Southwode, John Passeware, and William Bochell Holding arrangement: joint Share / interest: John held the fee; Cecily held a free tenement Narrative / explanation: The feoffees re-enfeoffed John Hill and Cecily his wife to hold of the chief lords by due service. John was seised in his demesne as of fee and Cecily was seised in her demesne as of free tenement. John died seised of the estate on 21 October 1434. The inquisition records Aisholt as held of Robert, Lord Poynings, service unknown. Source citation: E-CIPM 24-355, Somerset inquisition at Ilchester, 22 January 1435, TNA reference C 139/71/36 mm.7-8. Source URL: https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-355/357.html Other parties: John Hill of Spaxton, Cecily Hill Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edward-cullyford-john-southwode-john-passeware-william-bochell-25305 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-hill-of-spaxton-and-cecily-hill-25306 Person dates: John Hill died 21 October 1434; Cecily survived him Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1434 Robert, Lord Poynings, superior lord of the fee in which Aisholt was held Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-lord-poynings-25307 Transfer: Superior lordship recorded in the inquisition; no conveyance of Aisholt to him identified Holding arrangement: other Shared holding: Overlordship Narrative / explanation: The 1435 inquisition states that Aisholt Manor was held of Robert, Lord Poynings, service unknown. This identifies Poynings as the superior lord or overlord of the fee, not necessarily as the immediate possessor or resident lord of Aisholt Manor. Source citation: E-CIPM 24-355, Somerset inquisition at Ilchester, 22 January 1435, TNA reference C 139/71/36 mm.7-8. Source URL: https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-355/357.html Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-lord-poynings-25307 Person dates: died 1446 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 18th century John II, Earl of Egmont, 2nd Earl of Egmont, Irish and British peer and politician Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-ii-earl-of-egmont-25308 Transfer: Later lordship asserted in an antiquarian account; precise conveyance and date not identified Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: A published account of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society states that John II, Earl of Egmont, appeared as lord of a group of Somerset estates including Asholt. The passage provides a direct Asholt association but does not give a date for the relevant list or explain the conveyance into Egmont's possession. It should therefore be treated as a later, medium-confidence holding record rather than as a securely dated link in the descent. Source citation: Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, vol. 43, passage listing John II, Earl of Egmont, as lord of Asholt and associated Somerset estates. Source URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Proceedings_of_the_Somersetshire_Archaeological_and_Natural_History_Society_%28IA_proceedingsofsom43some%29.pdf Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-ii-earl-of-egmont-25308 Person dates: 1711-1770 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1911 Edward Arthur Vesey Stanley, Landowner, associated with Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edward-arthur-vesey-stanley-25309 Transfer: Recorded as lord of the manor and principal landowner in Kelly's Directory; preceding conveyance not identified Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Kelly's Directory for Somerset, published in 1911, identifies Edward Arthur Vesey Stanley of Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey, as lord of Aisholt Manor and principal landowner. This is the latest direct historical holder evidence located for the manor. The source does not explain how the estate passed to Stanley or whether all manorial rights and lands remained unified. Source citation: Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire, 1911, entry for Aisholt or Asholt, identifying Edward Arthur Vesey Stanley as lord of the manor and principal landowner. Source URL: https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p16445coll4/id/109925/download Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edward-arthur-vesey-stanley-25309 Person dates: 1868-1938 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY