MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALBRIGHTON MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=albrighton-manor-2 Exported: 15 October 2026, 16:52 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 4 Location: Albrighton (near Shifnal), Shropshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Ralph de Pichford, Lord of Albrighton, holder directly of the Crown by knight-service | by 1240 - 1252 Transfer: Documented as holding Albrighton directly of the Crown in the 1240 and 1251 tenure rolls; he was dead by 5 October 1252. Holding arrangement: de Pitchford family / Co-holders: John de Pichford Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-de-pichford-27097 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. John de Pichford, Heir of Ralph de Pichford and associated with the lordship of Albrighton | 1253 - unknown; probably before the later Ralph de Pichford's tenure Transfer: Succeeded his father Ralph de Pichford as heir according to the 1253 inquisition; the subsequent date and manner of disposition are not established. Holding arrangement: de Pitchford family / Co-holders: Ralph de Pichford Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-pichford-27098 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. John, Baron Tregoz, Baron Tregoz of Ewyas Harold | before 21 August 1300 - 21 August 1300 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton from Ralph de Pichford; died seized of the manor on 21 August 1300. Holding arrangement: Tregoz family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-tregoz-27099 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. John de la Warre, Lord of Albrighton, member of the de la Warre baronial family | 1302 - after 1316; later descent uncertain Transfer: Received Albrighton in the 1302 partition of the Tregoz estates between John de la Warre and Sibil, wife of Sir William de Grandison; recorded as lord in the 1316 Feodary. Holding arrangement: de la Warre family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-la-warre-27100 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | by 1240 - 1252 Ralph de Pichford, Lord of Albrighton, holder directly of the Crown by knight-service Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-de-pichford-27097 Transfer: Documented as holding Albrighton directly of the Crown in the 1240 and 1251 tenure rolls; he was dead by 5 October 1252. Previous holder: Earlier de Pitchford interest or an undocumented predecessor; the precise acquisition is unknown. Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: de Pitchford family Narrative / explanation: Eyton states that the tenure rolls of 1240 and 1251 show Ralph de Picheford's tenancy in Albrighton immediately under the Crown, with the 1240 roll including Ryton with Albrighton. Ralph was dead by 5 October 1252, when Ralph Fitz Nicholas obtained custody of his land and heir. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume II, p. 153, citing Testa de Nevill, folios 206 and 274, and Excerpta e Rotulis Finium, volume II, p. 141. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Eyton_Vol02.pdf Co-holders: John de Pichford Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-de-pichford-27097 Person dates: Died by 5 October 1252 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1253 - unknown; probably before the later Ralph de Pichford's tenure John de Pichford, Heir of Ralph de Pichford and associated with the lordship of Albrighton Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-pichford-27098 Transfer: Succeeded his father Ralph de Pichford as heir according to the 1253 inquisition; the subsequent date and manner of disposition are not established. Previous holder: Ralph de Pichford Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: de Pitchford family Narrative / explanation: The inquisition following Ralph de Pichford's death found that John, his son and next heir, was sixteen years old and that Ralph had held Albricton of the King. The record establishes John's hereditary succession but does not by itself prove the duration of his actual seisin or the date of any later transfer. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume II, p. 153, citing the inquisition on Ralph de Pichford's death. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Eyton_Vol02.pdf Co-holders: Ralph de Pichford Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-de-pichford-27097 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-pichford-27098 Person dates: Born circa 1237; age sixteen in 1253; later dates uncertain Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | before 21 August 1300 - 21 August 1300 John, Baron Tregoz, Baron Tregoz of Ewyas Harold Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-tregoz-27099 Transfer: Purchased Albrighton from Ralph de Pichford; died seized of the manor on 21 August 1300. Previous holder: Ralph de Pichford Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Tregoz family Narrative / explanation: Eyton states that Ralph de Pichford sold the Manor of Albrighton to John, Baron Tregoz, and that John de Tregoz was found by inquisition to have been fully seized of it when he died on 21 August 1300. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume II, p. 156, citing Inquisitions, 28 Edward I, no. 43. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Eyton_Vol02.pdf Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ralph-de-pichford-27097 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-tregoz-27099 Person dates: Died 21 August 1300 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1302 - after 1316; later descent uncertain John de la Warre, Lord of Albrighton, member of the de la Warre baronial family Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-la-warre-27100 Transfer: Received Albrighton in the 1302 partition of the Tregoz estates between John de la Warre and Sibil, wife of Sir William de Grandison; recorded as lord in the 1316 Feodary. Previous holder: John de Tregoz Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: de la Warre family Narrative / explanation: After John de Tregoz died, his coheirs were John de la Warre, son of his deceased elder daughter Clarice, and Sibil, wife of Sir William de Grandison. Eyton states that their dispute over partition was settled in 1302 by award of Parliament and that the Manor of Albrighton fell to John de la Warre. The 1316 Feodary also recorded John de la Warre as lord. The later transfer out of the de la Warre interest is not established in the sources consulted. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume II, p. 156, citing Parliamentary Writs, volume I, pp. 131 and 291, and the 1316 Feodary. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Eyton_Vol02.pdf Other parties: John de la Warre, Sibil de Grandison Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-de-la-warre-27100 Person dates: Active in the early fourteenth century; recorded as lord in 1316; died 1347 according to Eyton's surrounding account Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY