MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALBERBURY MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=alberbury-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 13:58 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 9 Location: Alberbury with Cardeston, Shropshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Roger fitz Corbet, Tenant of Alberbury under the Earl, associated with the Corbet baronial family | 1086 Transfer: Not recorded Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=roger-fitz-corbet-25494 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Ralph Crassus, or Ralph the Fat, Feoffee of Alberbury, donor of the church of Alberbury to Shrewsbury Abbey | 1141 - 1155 Transfer: Not recorded Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-crassus-or-ralph-the-fat-25495 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Fulk fitz Warin I, Fitz Warin family head, probable tenant of Alberbury under the barony of Caus | 1156 - 1170 Transfer: Not recorded Holding arrangement: Fitz Warin family / Co-holders: Fulk fitz Warin II Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-i-25496 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Fulk fitz Warin II, Fitz Warin landholder, claimant to the patronage of Alberbury Church | 1171 - 1198 Transfer: Alberbury appears to have continued in the Fitz Warin interest after the death of Fulk fitz Warin I; no specific conveyance instrument for Alberbury has been located. Holding arrangement: Fitz Warin family / Co-holders: Fulk fitz Warin I Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-ii-25497 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Fulk fitz Warin of Alberbury, also called Fulk fitz Warin Junior, Fulk de Leyham, or Fulk Glas I, Lord or holder of Alberbury, also styled Fulk fitz Warin Junior and Fulk Glas | circa 1262 - before 1311 Transfer: About 1262, the senior Fulk fitz Warin conveyed Alberbury, excluding the advowson of the church and abbey and the Walcheria of the manor, to his younger brother, who thereafter was identified as Fulk fitz Warin of Alberbury or Fulk Glas. Holding arrangement: Fitz Warin/Glas branch Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-of-alberbury-fulk-fitz-warin-junior-fulk-de-leyham-or-fulk-glas-i-25498 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Fulk Glas II and Agnes his wife, Lord of Alberbury, man-at-arms, son of Fulk Glas I | 1311 - 1320 Transfer: A fine of 9 February 1311 settled the manor of Alberbury on Fulk, son of Fulk Glas, and Agnes his wife, for their lives and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to Fulk's right heirs. Holding arrangement: Joint / Joint settlement for Fulk Glas II and Agnes, with limitation to the heirs of their bodies / Glas family / Co-holders: Fulk Glas II Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-glas-ii-25499 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Fulk Glas II, Holder or lord of Alberbury Manor after the 1320 quitclaim | 1320 Transfer: On 12 March 1320, Fulk fitz Warin of Whittington formally quitclaimed all his right in Alberbury Manor to Fulk, son of Fulk Glas, his heirs and assigns, while retaining the advowson of the abbey and church and the Walcheria of the manor. Holding arrangement: Glas family / Co-holders: Fulk Glas II and Agnes his wife Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-glas-ii-25500 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Sir Thomas Leighton, Leighton family landholder, holder of the profits of Alberbury Manor | sixteenth century Transfer: Not recorded Holding arrangement: Leighton family / Co-holders: Sir Baldwin Leighton, Baronet Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-thomas-leighton-25501 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Sir Baldwin Leighton, Baronet, lord of Alberbury Manor, principal landowner, owner of Loton Park | nineteenth century - 1895 Transfer: Not recorded Holding arrangement: Leighton family / Co-holders: Sir Thomas Leighton Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-baldwin-leighton-baronet-25502 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1086 Roger fitz Corbet, Tenant of Alberbury under the Earl, associated with the Corbet baronial family Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=roger-fitz-corbet-25494 Previous holder: Edward the Confessor Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Domesday Book records that the Earl held Alberberie and Roger held it of the Earl. Edward the Confessor had held the manor before the Norman Conquest. Roger's position was a feudal holding under the Earl rather than an independent allodial ownership claim. Source citation: Domesday Book, folio 253b; reproduced and discussed in R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html Other parties: Roger fitz Corbet Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=roger-fitz-corbet-25494 Person dates: Active in the late eleventh century; exact dates uncertain Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1141 - 1155 Ralph Crassus, or Ralph the Fat, Feoffee of Alberbury, donor of the church of Alberbury to Shrewsbury Abbey Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-crassus-or-ralph-the-fat-25495 Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Eyton identifies Ralph Crassus as the first apparent feoffee of Alberbury. He gave the church of Alberbury to Shrewsbury Abbey in a grant made between 1141 and 1155. The evidence establishes his connection with the Alberbury estate and church, but the precise conveyance by which he acquired the manor from the earlier Corbet/Earl holding is not known. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury, pp. 67-68, citing the Shrewsbury Abbey chartulary and confirmations of 1141 and 1155. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html Other parties: Ralph Crassus Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-crassus-or-ralph-the-fat-25495 Person dates: Living during the reign of King Stephen; active between 1141 and 1155 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1156 - 1170 Fulk fitz Warin I, Fitz Warin family head, probable tenant of Alberbury under the barony of Caus Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-i-25496 Previous holder: Ralph Crassus Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Fitz Warin family Narrative / explanation: Eyton states that Fulk fitz Warin probably held Alberbury and Welbatch of the barony of Caus. The author expressly says that he cannot determine whether Fulk was heir to Ralph Crassus of Alberbury or had merely succeeded to a lapsed tenure. Fulk was alive at Michaelmas 1170 and dead by Michaelmas 1171. The manor link is therefore good but the succession from Ralph Crassus is uncertain. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury, pp. 68-69. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html Other parties: Fulk fitz Warin I Co-holders: Fulk fitz Warin II Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-i-25496 Person dates: Died between Michaelmas 1170 and Michaelmas 1171 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1171 - 1198 Fulk fitz Warin II, Fitz Warin landholder, claimant to the patronage of Alberbury Church Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-ii-25497 Transfer: Alberbury appears to have continued in the Fitz Warin interest after the death of Fulk fitz Warin I; no specific conveyance instrument for Alberbury has been located. Previous holder: Fulk fitz Warin I Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Fitz Warin family Narrative / explanation: Eyton identifies the Fulk fitz Warin involved in the dispute with Shrewsbury Abbey over the patronage of Alberbury Church as the successor generation. In about 1180, Fulk son of Fulk fitz Warin conceded land at Tadlow to Shrewsbury Abbey to settle the controversy. This directly links the Fitz Warin family to Alberbury rights, although the surviving evidence concerns the church patronage and associated settlement rather than a formal conveyance of the secular manor. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury, pp. 69-70, citing the Shrewsbury Abbey chartulary, nos. 286 and 351. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html Other parties: Fulk fitz Warin II Co-holders: Fulk fitz Warin I Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-i-25496 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-ii-25497 Person dates: Died by 1198 according to Eyton's reconstruction Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | circa 1262 - before 1311 Fulk fitz Warin of Alberbury, also called Fulk fitz Warin Junior, Fulk de Leyham, or Fulk Glas I, Lord or holder of Alberbury, also styled Fulk fitz Warin Junior and Fulk Glas Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-of-alberbury-fulk-fitz-warin-junior-fulk-de-leyham-or-fulk-glas-i-25498 Transfer: About 1262, the senior Fulk fitz Warin conveyed Alberbury, excluding the advowson of the church and abbey and the Walcheria of the manor, to his younger brother, who thereafter was identified as Fulk fitz Warin of Alberbury or Fulk Glas. Previous holder: Fulk fitz Warin of the senior or Whittington line Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Fitz Warin/Glas branch Narrative / explanation: Eyton states that about 1262 Alberbury was conveyed by the senior Fulk fitz Warin to his younger brother. The transfer terms excluded the advowson of the church and abbey and the Walcheria pertaining to the manor. Later litigation in 1292 concerned this arrangement, and Eyton concludes that Fulk Glas retained Alberbury. The aliases are important because the same holder appears under several descriptions in the records. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury, pp. 82-85, especially the discussion of the 1292 assize and the later Fulk Glas identification. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html Other parties: Fulk fitz Warin of Alberbury, Fulk Glas I Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-fitz-warin-of-alberbury-fulk-fitz-warin-junior-fulk-de-leyham-or-fulk-glas-i-25498 Person dates: Active from about 1262; succeeded before 1311 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1311 - 1320 Fulk Glas II and Agnes his wife, Lord of Alberbury, man-at-arms, son of Fulk Glas I Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-glas-ii-25499 Transfer: A fine of 9 February 1311 settled the manor of Alberbury on Fulk, son of Fulk Glas, and Agnes his wife, for their lives and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to Fulk's right heirs. Previous holder: Fulk Glas I Holding arrangement: joint Share / interest: Joint settlement for Fulk Glas II and Agnes, with limitation to the heirs of their bodies Shared holding: Glas family Narrative / explanation: The 1311 fine provides direct evidence of the manorial settlement. Master John de Cherleton appears to have acted as a feoffee in trust. The settlement was not necessarily a simple sale; it was a formal family or settlement arrangement defining the beneficial succession and remainder. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury, p. 86, citing Feet of Fines, 4 Edward II. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html Other parties: Fulk Glas II, Agnes Co-holders: Fulk Glas II Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-glas-ii-25499 Person dates: Active in the early fourteenth century; living in 1324 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1320 Fulk Glas II, Holder or lord of Alberbury Manor after the 1320 quitclaim Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-glas-ii-25500 Transfer: On 12 March 1320, Fulk fitz Warin of Whittington formally quitclaimed all his right in Alberbury Manor to Fulk, son of Fulk Glas, his heirs and assigns, while retaining the advowson of the abbey and church and the Walcheria of the manor. Previous holder: Fulk fitz Warin of Whittington Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Glas family Narrative / explanation: This is the clearest surviving medieval conveyance of the secular manor. The quitclaim transferred or confirmed Fulk Glas II's title to the manor and demesne, but expressly excluded the ecclesiastical advowson and the Walcheria. The deed was witnessed by several prominent Shropshire knights and was later preserved in the possession of Sir Baldwin Leighton. Source citation: Charter dated 12 March 1320, cited and transcribed in R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury, p. 86. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html Other parties: Fulk Glas II Co-holders: Fulk Glas II and Agnes his wife Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=fulk-glas-ii-25500 Person dates: Active at least through 1324 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | sixteenth century Sir Thomas Leighton, Leighton family landholder, holder of the profits of Alberbury Manor Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-thomas-leighton-25501 Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Leighton family Narrative / explanation: A published history of the Leighton family reports that Sir Thomas Leighton's will provided for his children's marriage portions and education from the profits of the manor of Alberbury and the townships of Cardeston, Loton, and the Hayes. This establishes that Sir Thomas possessed or controlled the profits of Alberbury Manor by the date of his will, but the source consulted does not provide a securely stated will date in the relevant passage or identify the conveyance by which the manor reached the Leightons. This entry is therefore separated from the medieval Fitz Warin/Glas sequence rather than connected by an invented transfer. Source citation: Shropshire Parish Register Society, Leighton parish history, discussion of Sir Thomas Leighton's will and the profits of the manor of Alberbury. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Leighton.html Other parties: Sir Thomas Leighton Co-holders: Sir Baldwin Leighton, Baronet Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-thomas-leighton-25501 Person dates: Died in the sixteenth century; exact date not established in the consulted passage Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | nineteenth century - 1895 Sir Baldwin Leighton, Baronet, lord of Alberbury Manor, principal landowner, owner of Loton Park Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-baldwin-leighton-baronet-25502 Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Leighton family Narrative / explanation: Nineteenth-century county directories identify Sir Baldwin or Sir Baldwyn Leighton of Loton Park as lord of Alberbury Manor and principal landowner. The 1895 Kelly's Directory gives the same description for Alberbury with Cardeston. The consulted public sources do not establish the precise conveyance or succession from the earlier Leighton holder, so the gap is left explicit. Source citation: Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1895, entry for Alberbury; Edward Cassey and Co., History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire, 1871, entry for Alberbury township. Source URL: https://forebears.io/england/shropshire/alberbury Other parties: Sir Baldwin Leighton Co-holders: Sir Thomas Leighton Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-baldwin-leighton-baronet-25502 Person dates: Nineteenth-century holder; exact dates of Alberbury lordship not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY