MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALCASTON MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=alcaston-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 13:58 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 11 Location: Acton Scott, Shropshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Edric | before 1086 - by 1086 Transfer: Pre-Conquest tenure; the Domesday entry states that Edric held the estate before Helgot. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edric-27231 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Helgot, Tenant of the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury at Alcaston | by 1086 - after 1086; exact end unknown Transfer: Held at the Domesday survey immediately of the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury; succeeded Edric, but the mechanism and date of succession are not stated. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=helgot-27232 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Robert de Girros | by 1195 - 1195; deceased by the Pipe Roll account Transfer: Alcaston is identified by Eyton as one of Helgot's Domesday tenures that passed to the Girros family. Robert de Girros was deceased by 1195, when the escheator accounted for receipts from his manor of Agemundeston. Holding arrangement: Girros family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-girros-27233 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Hopton coheirs, represented by the Hopton share, Mesne tenants or coheirs of the Hopton share of the Girros fief | about 1251 - after 1251; exact end unknown Transfer: Division of the Girros fief among coheirs identified by Eyton as Hopton and Constantine; Alcaston fell to the Hopton share. This was a mesne tenure rather than necessarily the immediate fee-simple estate. Holding arrangement: Share / Hopton share of the divided Girros fief / Girros coheirs Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=hopton-coheirs-27234 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Thomas de Rossall | before 1251 - before or by the later thirteenth century; exact end unknown Transfer: Already enfeoffed in the manor before the division of the Girros fief about 1251. The source does not state the date or instrument of his enfeoffment. Holding arrangement: Rossall fee / Co-holders: Vivian de Rossall, Reymund de Rossall, later styled Reymund de Alcaston Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-de-rossall-27235 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Vivian de Rossall, Lord of Halchamston, Rossall feoffee at Alcaston | before 1255 - after 1259; exact end unknown Transfer: Sub-enfeoffed by his father Thomas de Rossall; later recorded as lord of Halchamston in 1259. Eyton also states that within the following eight years Vivian seems to have transferred the fee-simple to John fitz Alan II, but later evidence shows a renewed or competing Rossall interest. Holding arrangement: Rossall fee / Co-holders: Thomas de Rossall, Reymund de Rossall, later styled Reymund de Alcaston Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=vivian-de-rossall-27236 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. John fitz Alan II, Lord of the Fitz Alan fee, medieval marcher lord | about 1259 - by 1267 Transfer: Probable transfer of the fee-simple from Vivian de Rossall, according to Eyton's reconstruction; the source does not identify a surviving conveyance or exact date. Holding arrangement: Fitz Alan interest Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-fitz-alan-ii-27237 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Reymund de Rossall, later styled Reymund de Alcaston, Tenant-in-fee of Alcaston | September 1272 - after 1284; exact end unknown Transfer: Recorded as tenant-in-fee in 1272 and as holding Alcaneston under the heir of John fitz Alan in 1284. The precise transaction between Vivian, John fitz Alan and Reymund is not stated. Holding arrangement: Rossall fee / Co-holders: Thomas de Rossall, Vivian de Rossall Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=reymund-de-rossall-also-reymund-de-alcaston-27238 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Walter de Hopton, Mesne lord or suzerain of Alcaston, lord of Hopton, Holder associated with the Barony of Wem by marriage | by 1267 - after 1302; exact end unknown Transfer: Superior or mesne lordship documented through the 1267 and 1302 inquests. This was not necessarily direct possession of the demesne manor. Holding arrangement: Other / Mesne or seigneurial interest / Hopton mesne tenure Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=walter-de-hopton-27239 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Richard, Earl of Arundel | by 1302 - 1302; exact end unknown Transfer: Recorded by inquest as holding Alkamston under Walter de Hopton for a pair of gilt spurs. The source does not establish a later conveyance. Holding arrangement: Other / Tenure under Walter de Hopton / Arundel tenure Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-earl-of-arundel-27240 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. J. Loxdale Warren, Esquire, J.P., lord of the manor of Alcaston | by 1863 - by 1871; exact end unknown Transfer: No conveyance identified. Kelly's 1863 directory and Cassey's 1871 directory independently state that Loxdale Warren was lord of the manor of Alcaston. Holding arrangement: Warren estate Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=j-loxdale-warren-27241 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | before 1086 - by 1086 Edric Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edric-27231 Transfer: Pre-Conquest tenure; the Domesday entry states that Edric held the estate before Helgot. Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Edric is named in the Domesday record as the predecessor who held AElmundestune before Helgot. The record does not provide a more precise date or explain the transfer. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', p. 1, quoting the Shropshire Domesday entry: 'Edricus tenuit'. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edric-27231 Person dates: Not securely known; pre-1086 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | by 1086 - after 1086; exact end unknown Helgot, Tenant of the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury at Alcaston Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=helgot-27232 Transfer: Held at the Domesday survey immediately of the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury; succeeded Edric, but the mechanism and date of succession are not stated. Previous holder: Edric Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Helgot held Alcaston at Domesday as a tenant of the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury. The entry describes the estate as one hide with land for four ploughs, one plough in demesne, two servi and five villani. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', p. 1, quoting Domesday Book, fol. 258b. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=edric-27231 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=helgot-27232 Person dates: Flourished in the eleventh century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | by 1195 - 1195; deceased by the Pipe Roll account Robert de Girros Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-girros-27233 Transfer: Alcaston is identified by Eyton as one of Helgot's Domesday tenures that passed to the Girros family. Robert de Girros was deceased by 1195, when the escheator accounted for receipts from his manor of Agemundeston. Previous holder: Helgot and the intervening Girros predecessors are not individually identified Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Girros family Narrative / explanation: This is the first securely dated post-Conquest appearance of Alcaston in the Girros family's hands. The source establishes the family connection but does not identify the precise conveyance from Helgot's tenure or name every intervening holder. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', p. 1; citing Pipe Roll, 7 Richard I, and the Schedule of Escheats, Shropshire. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-de-girros-27233 Person dates: Died before 1195 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | about 1251 - after 1251; exact end unknown Hopton coheirs, represented by the Hopton share, Mesne tenants or coheirs of the Hopton share of the Girros fief Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=hopton-coheirs-27234 Transfer: Division of the Girros fief among coheirs identified by Eyton as Hopton and Constantine; Alcaston fell to the Hopton share. This was a mesne tenure rather than necessarily the immediate fee-simple estate. Previous holder: Girros family Holding arrangement: share Share / interest: Hopton share of the divided Girros fief Shared holding: Girros coheirs Narrative / explanation: The Hopton interest was an overlord or mesne-tenure interest. Eyton expressly distinguishes it from the Rossall fee-simple or enfeoffed interest in the manor, so this entry should not be treated as an exclusive demesne ownership record. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', p. 1. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Other parties: Hopton coheirs, Constantine coheirs Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=hopton-coheirs-27234 Person dates: Thirteenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | before 1251 - before or by the later thirteenth century; exact end unknown Thomas de Rossall Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-de-rossall-27235 Transfer: Already enfeoffed in the manor before the division of the Girros fief about 1251. The source does not state the date or instrument of his enfeoffment. Previous holder: Earlier lords of the fee are not individually identified Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Rossall fee Narrative / explanation: Thomas de Rossall held the enfeoffed manor under the superior Hopton interest. Eyton says that the first Thomas de Rossall seems to have sub-enfeoffed his eldest son Vivian, making this a documented feudal sub-enfeoffment rather than an inferred family succession. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', p. 1. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Co-holders: Vivian de Rossall, Reymund de Rossall, later styled Reymund de Alcaston Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-de-rossall-27235 Person dates: Flourished in the thirteenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | before 1255 - after 1259; exact end unknown Vivian de Rossall, Lord of Halchamston, Rossall feoffee at Alcaston Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=vivian-de-rossall-27236 Transfer: Sub-enfeoffed by his father Thomas de Rossall; later recorded as lord of Halchamston in 1259. Eyton also states that within the following eight years Vivian seems to have transferred the fee-simple to John fitz Alan II, but later evidence shows a renewed or competing Rossall interest. Previous holder: Thomas de Rossall Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Rossall fee Narrative / explanation: Vivian is directly recorded as holding Alcaston in the Munslow Hundred Roll context and as lord of Halchamston in 1259. The subsequent Fitz Alan transaction is presented by Eyton as probable rather than fully documented, so no exact conveyance date is assigned. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', pp. 1-2; citing the Munslow Hundred Roll and 1259 assize evidence. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Co-holders: Thomas de Rossall, Reymund de Rossall, later styled Reymund de Alcaston Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-de-rossall-27235 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=vivian-de-rossall-27236 Person dates: Flourished in the mid-thirteenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | about 1259 - by 1267 John fitz Alan II, Lord of the Fitz Alan fee, medieval marcher lord Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-fitz-alan-ii-27237 Transfer: Probable transfer of the fee-simple from Vivian de Rossall, according to Eyton's reconstruction; the source does not identify a surviving conveyance or exact date. Previous holder: Vivian de Rossall Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Fitz Alan interest Narrative / explanation: Eyton says Vivian seems to have transferred the fee-simple to John fitz Alan II within the period after 1259. At the inquest after John fitz Alan's death in 1267, Walter de Hopton was recorded as his suzerain at Halchamston, showing the continuing mesne-tenure structure. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', pp. 2-3; citing the 1267 inquest after the death of John fitz Alan II. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=vivian-de-rossall-27236 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-fitz-alan-ii-27237 Person dates: Died 1267 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | September 1272 - after 1284; exact end unknown Reymund de Rossall, later styled Reymund de Alcaston, Tenant-in-fee of Alcaston Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=reymund-de-rossall-also-reymund-de-alcaston-27238 Transfer: Recorded as tenant-in-fee in 1272 and as holding Alcaneston under the heir of John fitz Alan in 1284. The precise transaction between Vivian, John fitz Alan and Reymund is not stated. Previous holder: Vivian de Rossall and/or the Fitz Alan interest Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Rossall fee Narrative / explanation: At the 1272 assizes the jurors reported that Reymund, son of Vivian, then held the manor. The 1284 Feodary recognized him as Reymund de Alcaston, holding under the heir of John fitz Alan for half a knight's fee. This records a direct manor holding but leaves the intervening legal arrangements unresolved. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', pp. 2-3; citing the 1272 assizes and the 1284 Feodary. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Co-holders: Thomas de Rossall, Vivian de Rossall Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=reymund-de-rossall-also-reymund-de-alcaston-27238 Person dates: Flourished in the late thirteenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | by 1267 - after 1302; exact end unknown Walter de Hopton, Mesne lord or suzerain of Alcaston, lord of Hopton, Holder associated with the Barony of Wem by marriage Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=walter-de-hopton-27239 Transfer: Superior or mesne lordship documented through the 1267 and 1302 inquests. This was not necessarily direct possession of the demesne manor. Previous holder: Hopton share of the Girros fief Holding arrangement: other Share / interest: Mesne or seigneurial interest Shared holding: Hopton mesne tenure Narrative / explanation: Walter de Hopton is recorded as suzerain at Halchamston in 1267 and as the lord under whom Richard, Earl of Arundel, held Alkamston in 1302. The entry therefore represents overlordship or mesne tenure, not an exclusive claim to direct possession. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', pp. 2-3; citing the 1267 and 1302 inquisitions. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=walter-de-hopton-27239 Person dates: Flourished in the second half of the thirteenth century and early fourteenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | by 1302 - 1302; exact end unknown Richard, Earl of Arundel Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-earl-of-arundel-27240 Transfer: Recorded by inquest as holding Alkamston under Walter de Hopton for a pair of gilt spurs. The source does not establish a later conveyance. Previous holder: Fitz Alan or Rossall interest; exact immediate predecessor uncertain Holding arrangement: other Share / interest: Tenure under Walter de Hopton Shared holding: Arundel tenure Narrative / explanation: The 1302 inquest records the Earl of Arundel's tenure at Alkamston under Walter de Hopton. Because this is explicitly a subordinate tenure, the entry should not be interpreted as proof that the earl held the manor as an unencumbered sole owner. Source citation: R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. XII (1860), 'Alcaston', p. 3; citing Inquisitions, 30 Edward I, no. 30. Source URL: https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol12.html Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=richard-earl-of-arundel-27240 Person dates: Died 1302 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | by 1863 - by 1871; exact end unknown J. Loxdale Warren, Esquire, J.P., lord of the manor of Alcaston Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=j-loxdale-warren-27241 Transfer: No conveyance identified. Kelly's 1863 directory and Cassey's 1871 directory independently state that Loxdale Warren was lord of the manor of Alcaston. Previous holder: Not securely established Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Warren estate Narrative / explanation: Nineteenth-century directory evidence directly identifies Loxdale Warren as lord of the manor of Alcaston and owner of the soil. The route by which the manor passed from the sixteenth-century interests to Warren has not been established, so no intervening conveyances are inferred. Source citation: Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol (1863), Acton Scott and Alcaston entry; Edward Cassey & Co., History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire (1871), Alcaston entry. Source URL: https://parishmouse.co.uk/england/shropshire/acton-scott-shropshire-family-history-guide/ Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=j-loxdale-warren-27241 Person dates: Flourished in the nineteenth century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY