MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALBRIGHTON MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=albrighton-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 16:52 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 11 Location: Albrighton (near Shrewsbury), Shropshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Alcher, also styled Aherius or Aher, Domesday landholder of Etbritone, described by Eyton as an ancestor of Fitz Aer | before 1086 - before or around 1086 Transfer: Donation or grant of Albrighton to Shrewsbury Abbey, probably before the Domesday survey; the exact date and legal form are not preserved in the cited evidence. Holding arrangement: The whole manor is indicated, subject to the contemporary feudal relationship recorded in Domesday. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=alcher-also-styled-aherius-or-aher-27085 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury Abbey, Benedictine abbey and corporate lord of Albrighton | before 1086 - 1540 Transfer: Received Albrighton from Alcher or Aherius; the gift was later confirmed by Earl Roger and by royal confirmations under Henry I, Stephen, Henry II and Henry III. Holding arrangement: The manor and its appurtenances, held as an ecclesiastical corporate possession. / Shrewsbury Abbey Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbot-and-convent-of-shrewsbury-abbey-27086 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Thomas Ireland, Wealthy Shrewsbury wool merchant, purchaser of Albrighton in 1543 | 1543 - 1554 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton after the Dissolution of Shrewsbury Abbey. Holding arrangement: The Albrighton manor or estate acquired by purchase. / Ireland family / Co-holders: Ireland family, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Mary Ireland, Robert Ireland Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-ireland-27087 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Ireland family, Landed family of Albrighton, one Thomas Ireland was sheriff of Shropshire in 1632 | 1554 - 1792 Transfer: Inherited and descended through the Ireland family; the cited sources establish the family descent but do not securely document every intermediate conveyance. Holding arrangement: Whole family estate, subject to the succession described in the sources. / Ireland family / Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Mary Ireland, Robert Ireland Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ireland-family-27088 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Thomas Pershall Ireland, Of Albrighton | 1742 - 1792 Transfer: Inherited Albrighton within the Ireland family succession. Holding arrangement: Whole Albrighton estate, subject to the estate's subsequent succession difficulties. / Ireland family / Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Ireland family, Mary Ireland, Robert Ireland Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-pershall-ireland-27089 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Mary Ireland, Natural daughter of Thomas Pershall Ireland, later holder of Albrighton estate | 1792 - after 1796 Transfer: Succeeded to the Albrighton estate as the natural daughter of Thomas Pershall Ireland; on her death, unmarried and a minor, the estate passed to the Crown. Holding arrangement: Whole estate, subject to minority and the eventual escheat or Crown succession. / Ireland family / Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Ireland family, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Robert Ireland Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=mary-ireland-27090 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Robert Ireland, Of Albrighton, later purchaser or grantee from the Crown, seller of Albrighton in 1804 | after 1796 - 1804 Transfer: Granted Albrighton by the Crown as the nearest of kin after the death of Mary Ireland; sold the estate in 1804. Holding arrangement: Whole Albrighton estate. / Ireland family / Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Ireland family, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Mary Ireland Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-ireland-27091 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Reverend Inigo William Jones, purchaser of Albrighton in 1804 | 1804 - 1809 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton from Robert Ireland in 1804; was preparing to sell it to Hugh Smith when he died in 1809, but the sale had not been completed. Holding arrangement: Whole Albrighton estate. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=reverend-inigo-william-jones-27092 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Inigo William Jones junior, Owner of Albrighton estate from his father's death, seller in 1830 | 1809 - 1830 Transfer: Inherited Albrighton from his father, the Reverend Inigo William Jones; sold it on reaching majority in 1830. Holding arrangement: Whole Albrighton estate. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=inigo-william-jones-junior-27093 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. William Spurrier, Birmingham solicitor, purchaser and proprietor of Albrighton | 1830 - 1848 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton from Inigo William Jones junior in 1830. Holding arrangement: Whole Albrighton estate, described in 1837 as his Shropshire estate and lordship. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-spurrier-27094 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. William A. Sparrow, Lord of the manor of Albrighton, patron of the living | 1899 Transfer: Later holder; the exact conveyance into his possession and the date of its termination are not established in the cited sources. Holding arrangement: Described as lord of the manor and patron of the living. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-a-sparrow-27095 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | before 1086 - before or around 1086 Alcher, also styled Aherius or Aher, Domesday landholder of Etbritone, described by Eyton as an ancestor of Fitz Aer Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=alcher-also-styled-aherius-or-aher-27085 Transfer: Donation or grant of Albrighton to Shrewsbury Abbey, probably before the Domesday survey; the exact date and legal form are not preserved in the cited evidence. Previous holder: Gheri, with the earlier superior interest of Warin and then Rainald in the Domesday account Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: The whole manor is indicated, subject to the contemporary feudal relationship recorded in Domesday. Narrative / explanation: Domesday records 'Alcher tenuit de Warino, qui fuit Antecessor Rainaldi, Etbritone' and separately states that Gheri had held it as a free man. Eyton concluded that Alcher, described as an ancestor of Fitz Aer, had probably given Albrighton to Shrewsbury Abbey before Domesday, although the Domesday Commissioners did not register the gift conclusively. Earl Roger's charter to the abbey states that Aherius gave Etburton with its appurtenances. Because Eyton expressly treats the donation as probable rather than certain in its precise date and circumstances, this entry preserves that uncertainty. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 10, pp. 107-108, section 'Albrighton, or Monks' Albrighton'; citing Domesday Book, folio 255b, and Earl Roger's charter to Shrewsbury Abbey. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol10.html Other parties: Alcher, Aherius, Gheri, Warin, Rainald Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=alcher-also-styled-aherius-or-aher-27085 Person dates: Late eleventh century; exact dates unknown Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | before 1086 - 1540 Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury Abbey, Benedictine abbey and corporate lord of Albrighton Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbot-and-convent-of-shrewsbury-abbey-27086 Transfer: Received Albrighton from Alcher or Aherius; the gift was later confirmed by Earl Roger and by royal confirmations under Henry I, Stephen, Henry II and Henry III. Previous holder: Alcher, also styled Aherius or Aher Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: The manor and its appurtenances, held as an ecclesiastical corporate possession. Shared holding: Shrewsbury Abbey Narrative / explanation: Eyton states that Earl Roger's charter records 'Aherius dedit Etburtonam cum suis appendiciis' and that confirmations by Henry I, Stephen, Henry II and Henry III record the grant. The Pimhill Hundred-Roll of 1255 says that the Abbot of Shrewsbury held two hides in Adbrichton Monachorum in chief of the King. The 1279 roll describes the holding as in chief, in pure and perpetual alms, by the feoffment of Earl Roger de Belesme. Abbey records also show the abbot's demesne, rents, tenants and bailiff at Albrighton, including receipts recorded in the Valor of 1534 and the Ministers' Accounts of 1541-1542. Shrewsbury Abbey surrendered to the Crown on 24 January 1540. The cited sources do not provide the precise instrument by which Albrighton passed from the Crown to the purchaser in 1543, so that interval is not represented as a fabricated conveyance. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 10, pp. 107-109; citing Earl Roger's charter, royal confirmations, the Pimhill Hundred-Rolls of 1255 and 1279, the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1534 and Ministers' Accounts of 1541-1542. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol10.html Other parties: Abbot of Shrewsbury, Convent of Shrewsbury Abbey Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=alcher-also-styled-aherius-or-aher-27085 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbot-and-convent-of-shrewsbury-abbey-27086 Person dates: Abbey founded 1083; surrendered 24 January 1540 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1543 - 1554 Thomas Ireland, Wealthy Shrewsbury wool merchant, purchaser of Albrighton in 1543 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-ireland-27087 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton after the Dissolution of Shrewsbury Abbey. Previous holder: Crown, following the surrender and dissolution of Shrewsbury Abbey; the specific Crown conveyance instrument is not identified in the cited sources. Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: The Albrighton manor or estate acquired by purchase. Shared holding: Ireland family Narrative / explanation: A modern scholarly account of Albrighton Hall states that Albrighton was a property of Shrewsbury Abbey until the Dissolution and was purchased in 1543 by Thomas Ireland, a wealthy Shrewsbury wool merchant. An earlier Shropshire account likewise states that Albrighton was purchased by Thomas Ireland after the Dissolution. Thomas Ireland was buried on 10 November 1554. The evidence directly links him to the acquired Albrighton property, although the surviving online sources do not reproduce the purchase deed. Source citation: Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35, published by Boydell & Brewer; corroborated by Castles and Old Mansions of Shropshire, entry 'Albrighton'. Source URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/albrighton-hall/6D980FD77FCBE35715696470249E4736 Other parties: Thomas Ireland Co-holders: Ireland family, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Mary Ireland, Robert Ireland Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-ireland-27087 Person dates: Died 1554; buried 10 November 1554 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1554 - 1792 Ireland family, Landed family of Albrighton, one Thomas Ireland was sheriff of Shropshire in 1632 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ireland-family-27088 Transfer: Inherited and descended through the Ireland family; the cited sources establish the family descent but do not securely document every intermediate conveyance. Previous holder: Thomas Ireland Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole family estate, subject to the succession described in the sources. Shared holding: Ireland family Narrative / explanation: The Albrighton estate remained with the Ireland family for approximately five generations. Thomas Ireland of Albrighton, sheriff of Shropshire in 1632, was followed by his son Robert, who succeeded to Albrighton on Thomas's death in 1650. The estate later came to Thomas Ireland of Albrighton, buried in 1729, then to Thomas Ireland, who lived from 1712 to 1789, and subsequently to Thomas Pershall Ireland, born in 1742 and died in 1792. Because the published genealogical account contains repeated names and ordinal numbers that are not fully consistent across the accessible text, this entry records the family descent without inventing unverified individual transfer dates. Source citation: 'Some Old Shropshire Houses and Their Owners', Shropshire Parish Register Society Transactions, vol. 46, part 1, 1931, pp. 80-81; corroborated by Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35. Source URL: https://shropshirearchaeologyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/shropshire-transactions-vol.-46-part-1.pdf Other parties: Ireland family Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Mary Ireland, Robert Ireland Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-ireland-27087 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ireland-family-27088 Person dates: 1543-1804 at Albrighton, with several intermediate generations Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1742 - 1792 Thomas Pershall Ireland, Of Albrighton Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-pershall-ireland-27089 Transfer: Inherited Albrighton within the Ireland family succession. Previous holder: Thomas Ireland of Albrighton Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole Albrighton estate, subject to the estate's subsequent succession difficulties. Shared holding: Ireland family Narrative / explanation: The 1931 account identifies Thomas Peshall or Pershall Ireland of Albrighton as born in 1742 and deceased in 1792. A modern account states that after five generations Thomas Pershall Ireland left only a natural daughter, Mary. The relationship and succession are explicit in the estate history, but the exact legal instrument of transfer to him is not supplied. Source citation: 'Some Old Shropshire Houses and Their Owners', Shropshire Parish Register Society Transactions, vol. 46, part 1, 1931, p. 80; Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35. Source URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/albrighton-hall/6D980FD77FCBE35715696470249E4736 Other parties: Thomas Pershall Ireland Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Ireland family, Mary Ireland, Robert Ireland Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-pershall-ireland-27089 Person dates: 1742-1792 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1792 - after 1796 Mary Ireland, Natural daughter of Thomas Pershall Ireland, later holder of Albrighton estate Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=mary-ireland-27090 Transfer: Succeeded to the Albrighton estate as the natural daughter of Thomas Pershall Ireland; on her death, unmarried and a minor, the estate passed to the Crown. Previous holder: Thomas Pershall Ireland Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole estate, subject to minority and the eventual escheat or Crown succession. Shared holding: Ireland family Narrative / explanation: The published account states that Thomas Pershall Ireland left only a natural daughter, Mary, and that after her death the Albrighton estate escheated to the Crown. The same account describes Mary as unmarried and a minor at her death. Her exact birth and death dates are not supplied in the cited sources, so the end date is expressed only as after 1796, the date inferred from the surrounding documented succession context. Source citation: Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35; 'Some Old Shropshire Houses and Their Owners', Shropshire Parish Register Society Transactions, vol. 46, part 1, 1931, p. 80. Source URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/albrighton-hall/6D980FD77FCBE35715696470249E4736 Other parties: Mary Ireland Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Ireland family, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Robert Ireland Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-pershall-ireland-27089 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=mary-ireland-27090 Person dates: Died unmarried as a minor; exact dates unknown Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | after 1796 - 1804 Robert Ireland, Of Albrighton, later purchaser or grantee from the Crown, seller of Albrighton in 1804 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-ireland-27091 Transfer: Granted Albrighton by the Crown as the nearest of kin after the death of Mary Ireland; sold the estate in 1804. Previous holder: Crown Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole Albrighton estate. Shared holding: Ireland family Narrative / explanation: After Mary Ireland's death, the estate passed to the Crown and was soon afterwards granted to her nearest of kin, identified in the 1931 account as Robert Ireland. The modern scholarly account describes him as the nephew of Thomas Pershall Ireland and states that he sold Albrighton in 1804. The exact date and instrument of the Crown grant are not supplied. Source citation: Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35; 'Some Old Shropshire Houses and Their Owners', Shropshire Parish Register Society Transactions, vol. 46, part 1, 1931, p. 80. Source URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/albrighton-hall/6D980FD77FCBE35715696470249E4736 Other parties: Robert Ireland Co-holders: Thomas Ireland, Ireland family, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Mary Ireland Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-ireland-27091 Person dates: 1752-1811 according to the 1931 account Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1804 - 1809 Reverend Inigo William Jones, purchaser of Albrighton in 1804 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=reverend-inigo-william-jones-27092 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton from Robert Ireland in 1804; was preparing to sell it to Hugh Smith when he died in 1809, but the sale had not been completed. Previous holder: Robert Ireland Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole Albrighton estate. Narrative / explanation: The modern scholarly account states that Robert Ireland sold Albrighton in 1804 to the Reverend Inigo William Jones. Jones was negotiating a sale to Hugh Smith at the time of his death in 1809, but the transaction was incomplete. His infant son and namesake consequently inherited the property. The evidence concerns the Albrighton estate and its associated manor house, and is sufficiently direct to record Jones as the estate holder. Source citation: Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35. Source URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/albrighton-hall/6D980FD77FCBE35715696470249E4736 Other parties: Reverend Inigo William Jones Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-ireland-27091 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=reverend-inigo-william-jones-27092 Person dates: Died 1809; other dates not established in the cited source Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1809 - 1830 Inigo William Jones junior, Owner of Albrighton estate from his father's death, seller in 1830 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=inigo-william-jones-junior-27093 Transfer: Inherited Albrighton from his father, the Reverend Inigo William Jones; sold it on reaching majority in 1830. Previous holder: Reverend Inigo William Jones Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole Albrighton estate. Narrative / explanation: The Reverend Inigo William Jones died in 1809 leaving an infant son and namesake. When the younger Inigo William Jones came of age in 1830, he sold Albrighton to William Spurrier. The cited source does not state whether trustees administered the estate during his minority, so no trusteeship is entered as a separate holding. Source citation: Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35. Source URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/albrighton-hall/6D980FD77FCBE35715696470249E4736 Other parties: Inigo William Jones junior Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=reverend-inigo-william-jones-27092 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=inigo-william-jones-junior-27093 Person dates: Born circa 1806; attained majority in 1830; other dates not established in the cited source Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | 1830 - 1848 William Spurrier, Birmingham solicitor, purchaser and proprietor of Albrighton Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-spurrier-27094 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton from Inigo William Jones junior in 1830. Previous holder: Inigo William Jones junior Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Whole Albrighton estate, described in 1837 as his Shropshire estate and lordship. Narrative / explanation: William Spurrier, a Birmingham solicitor, purchased Albrighton in 1830. In 1837 Charles Hulbert described Spurrier's extensive improvements throughout 'his lordship' and the Albrighton estate. Spurrier died in 1848. The source does not establish the precise date when the manor or estate passed after his death. Source citation: Gareth Williams, 'Albrighton Hall', in The Country Houses of Shropshire, pp. 33-35. Source URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/albrighton-hall/6D980FD77FCBE35715696470249E4736 Other parties: William Spurrier Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=inigo-william-jones-junior-27093 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-spurrier-27094 Person dates: Died 1848; other dates not established in the cited source Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | 1899 William A. Sparrow, Lord of the manor of Albrighton, patron of the living Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-a-sparrow-27095 Transfer: Later holder; the exact conveyance into his possession and the date of its termination are not established in the cited sources. Previous holder: Unknown from the cited sources; the post-1848 descent is undocumented here. Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Described as lord of the manor and patron of the living. Narrative / explanation: The preface to the Albrighton parish-register transcript, dated 20 April 1899, states that William A. Sparrow was lord of the manor and patron of the living. This is direct evidence of his manorial status at that date, but the accessible source does not establish the transfer from William Spurrier or the subsequent descent. The entry is therefore recorded as a later securely evidenced holder without inventing an undocumented conveyance. Source citation: Albrighton Parish Registers, transcript and introductory material, dated 20 April 1899, stating that W. A. Sparrow was lord of the manor and patron of the living. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Albrighton.html Other parties: William A. Sparrow Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-a-sparrow-27095 Person dates: Active as lord of the manor in 1899; other dates not established in the cited source Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY