MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALDEBURGH MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=aldeburgh-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 13:58 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 13 Location: Aldeburgh with Hazlewood, Suffolk SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Wulfric, Free man under Edric of Laxfield | 1066 - 1086 Transfer: Recorded as holding the 80-acre manor before the Norman Conquest; the Domesday record shows the manor in the hands of Robert Malet by 1086. Holding arrangement: Not stated Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-27407 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Robert Malet, Norman baron, tenant-in-chief in Domesday Book | 1086 - 1155 Transfer: The manor was recorded in Domesday Book as belonging to Robert Malet. The subsequent change to William Martel is documented by the 1155 ownership entry, but the precise conveyance is not stated in the public summary. Holding arrangement: Not stated / Tenant-in-chief Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-malet-27408 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. William Martel | 1155 - 1155 Transfer: William Martel is recorded as owner in 1155 and granted the manor in frankalmoin to the Abbot of Colchester. Holding arrangement: Not stated Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-martel-27409 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Abbot of Colchester | 1155 - 1405 Transfer: Received the manor from William Martel by a grant in frankalmoin. By 1405 the manor was recorded as being in the King's hands; the intervening history is not supplied by the public summary. Holding arrangement: Held by the religious house represented by the abbot / Colchester Abbey Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbot-of-colchester-27410 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. The Crown, Royal holder or custodian | 1405 - 1508 Transfer: The manor was recorded as being in the King's hands in 1405 and was later granted to Butley Priory in 1508. The reason for Crown custody and the precise grant instrument are not stated in the public summary. Holding arrangement: Other / Royal custody or Crown holding; precise legal status not stated / Royal hands Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=the-crown-27411 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Butley Priory, Augustinian priory | 1508 - 1525 Transfer: The manor was granted to Butley Priory in 1508. By 1525 it was recorded as belonging to Cardinal Wolsey; the precise transfer is not stated. Holding arrangement: Held by the priory as an ecclesiastical institution / Butley Priory Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=butley-priory-27412 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor of England | 1525 - 1530 Transfer: The manor was recorded as belonging to Cardinal Wolsey in 1525. In 1530 he granted Thomas Russhe a 30-year lease at an annual rent of £45 6s. 8d. Holding arrangement: Manorial ownership; leasehold interest separately granted to Thomas Russhe in 1530 Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-wolsey-27413 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Thomas Russhe, Lessee of Aldeburgh Manor or the manor interest described in the source | 1530 - 1560 Transfer: Received a 30-year lease of the manor, or of the interest described by the source as the manor, from Cardinal Wolsey in 1530 at an annual rent of £45 6s. 8d. The source does not state the subsequent outcome of the lease. Holding arrangement: Other / Leasehold for 30 years; extent of leased interest not stated / Leaseholder Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-russhe-27414 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey, later 3rd Duke of Norfolk | 1533 - circa 1696 Transfer: Recorded as owner in 1533. The source does not document the intervening descent to Sir Henry Johnson, recorded circa 1696, and no conveyance has been inferred. Holding arrangement: Not stated / Howard family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-howard-24486 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Sir Henry Johnson, landowner, Knight, Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh, shipbuilder | circa 1696 - circa 1791 Transfer: Recorded as owner circa 1696. The later change to the Vernon-Wentworth family is not documented by a secure conveyance in the sources consulted. Holding arrangement: Not stated / Johnson family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-henry-johnson-27415 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth, Vernon-Wentworth family landowner | 1844 - 1891 Transfer: The Aldeburgh parish history records W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth as principal owner in 1844. It does not expressly state the precise date or instrument by which the Vernon-Wentworth family acquired the manor. Holding arrangement: Principal owner; the source does not expressly distinguish complete manorial lordship from principal landownership for this date / Vernon-Wentworth family / Co-holders: T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth, Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=w-f-t-vernon-wentworth-27416 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth, Vernon-Wentworth family landowner | 1891 - 1902 Transfer: Recorded as principal owner in 1891 and as the predecessor of Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth in the 1902 manorial entry. The precise transfer mechanism is not stated. Holding arrangement: Principal owner in 1891; formal manorial status is explicit only for the later 1902 entry / Vernon-Wentworth family / Co-holders: W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth, Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=t-f-c-vernon-wentworth-27417 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth, Vernon-Wentworth family landowner, Royal Navy designation in related parish material | 1902 - 1902 Transfer: Recorded as owner of Aldeburgh Manor in 1902. The consulted public sources do not establish a later historical holder of the manor itself. Holding arrangement: Not stated / Vernon-Wentworth family / Co-holders: W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth, T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=commander-f-c-u-vernon-wentworth-27418 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1066 - 1086 Wulfric, Free man under Edric of Laxfield Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-27407 Transfer: Recorded as holding the 80-acre manor before the Norman Conquest; the Domesday record shows the manor in the hands of Robert Malet by 1086. Previous holder: Edric of Laxfield, under whom Wulfric was described as a free man Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not stated Narrative / explanation: The Suffolk parish manorial summary identifies an 80-acre Aldeburgh manor held in 1066 by Wulfric, a free man of Edric of Laxfield. This is a manorial holding record rather than evidence of a later hereditary conveyance. The Domesday evidence indicates that the holding had changed hands by 1086. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section; Open Domesday, Aldeburgh, Domesday Book entry. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Wulfric Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-27407 Person dates: Recorded in 1066 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1086 - 1155 Robert Malet, Norman baron, tenant-in-chief in Domesday Book Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-malet-27408 Transfer: The manor was recorded in Domesday Book as belonging to Robert Malet. The subsequent change to William Martel is documented by the 1155 ownership entry, but the precise conveyance is not stated in the public summary. Previous holder: Wulfric Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not stated Shared holding: Tenant-in-chief Narrative / explanation: The Domesday entry for Aldeburgh records an 80-acre holding belonging to Robert Malet. Aldeburgh also contained a separate small ecclesiastical holding belonging to the Abbey of Ely; that separate Domesday holding has not been merged into this manor record. Source citation: Open Domesday, Aldeburgh, Domesday Book, Phillimore reference Suffolk 6,130; corroborated by Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history. Source URL: https://opendomesday.org/place/TM4656/aldeburgh/ Other parties: Robert Malet Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=wulfric-27407 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-malet-27408 Person dates: Died circa 1106 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1155 - 1155 William Martel Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-martel-27409 Transfer: William Martel is recorded as owner in 1155 and granted the manor in frankalmoin to the Abbot of Colchester. Previous holder: Robert Malet Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not stated Narrative / explanation: The Suffolk manorial summary records William Martel as owner in 1155 and states that he granted the manor in frankalmoin to the Abbot of Colchester. The date is a recorded reference point rather than necessarily the exact date of both ownership and grant. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: William Martel Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-malet-27408 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-martel-27409 Person dates: Recorded in 1155 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1155 - 1405 Abbot of Colchester Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbot-of-colchester-27410 Transfer: Received the manor from William Martel by a grant in frankalmoin. By 1405 the manor was recorded as being in the King's hands; the intervening history is not supplied by the public summary. Previous holder: William Martel Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Held by the religious house represented by the abbot Shared holding: Colchester Abbey Narrative / explanation: The manor was granted in frankalmoin to the Abbot of Colchester. The source does not specify the precise institutional name of the religious house, nor does it document the date or legal mechanism by which the manor later came into the King's hands. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Abbot of Colchester Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=william-martel-27409 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbot-of-colchester-27410 Person dates: Institutional holder recorded from 1155 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1405 - 1508 The Crown, Royal holder or custodian Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=the-crown-27411 Transfer: The manor was recorded as being in the King's hands in 1405 and was later granted to Butley Priory in 1508. The reason for Crown custody and the precise grant instrument are not stated in the public summary. Previous holder: Abbot of Colchester Holding arrangement: other Share / interest: Royal custody or Crown holding; precise legal status not stated Shared holding: Royal hands Narrative / explanation: The phrase 'in King's hands' is preserved as a Crown custody or Crown-holding entry rather than being interpreted as an ordinary private conveyance. The public source does not explain whether the Crown held the manor by escheat, forfeiture, resumption or another legal process. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: The Crown Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=abbot-of-colchester-27410 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=the-crown-27411 Person dates: Recorded in King's hands in 1405 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1508 - 1525 Butley Priory, Augustinian priory Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=butley-priory-27412 Transfer: The manor was granted to Butley Priory in 1508. By 1525 it was recorded as belonging to Cardinal Wolsey; the precise transfer is not stated. Previous holder: The Crown Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Held by the priory as an ecclesiastical institution Shared holding: Butley Priory Narrative / explanation: The Aldeburgh manorial summary records a grant to Butley Priory in 1508. The source does not state whether the grant was made directly by the Crown or under a particular royal patent, although the immediately preceding entry places the manor in the King's hands. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Butley Priory Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=the-crown-27411 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=butley-priory-27412 Person dates: Holder recorded in 1508 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1525 - 1530 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor of England Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-wolsey-27413 Transfer: The manor was recorded as belonging to Cardinal Wolsey in 1525. In 1530 he granted Thomas Russhe a 30-year lease at an annual rent of £45 6s. 8d. Previous holder: Butley Priory Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Manorial ownership; leasehold interest separately granted to Thomas Russhe in 1530 Narrative / explanation: The 1525 entry identifies Cardinal Wolsey as owner. The 1530 lease to Thomas Russhe is recorded as a leasehold transaction and does not replace Wolsey's ownership unless further evidence demonstrates otherwise. The source states the lease term and rent but does not identify whether the lease covered the whole manor or a defined part of it. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=butley-priory-27412 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-wolsey-27413 Person dates: 1473 or 1475-1530 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1530 - 1560 Thomas Russhe, Lessee of Aldeburgh Manor or the manor interest described in the source Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-russhe-27414 Transfer: Received a 30-year lease of the manor, or of the interest described by the source as the manor, from Cardinal Wolsey in 1530 at an annual rent of £45 6s. 8d. The source does not state the subsequent outcome of the lease. Previous holder: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Holding arrangement: other Share / interest: Leasehold for 30 years; extent of leased interest not stated Shared holding: Leaseholder Narrative / explanation: Thomas Russhe is included as a leaseholder, not as an outright lord, because the source expressly describes a 30-year lease at rent. The date range is calculated from the stated 1530 term and is not evidence that he retained the lease continuously until 1560. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Thomas Russhe Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-wolsey-27413 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-russhe-27414 Person dates: Recorded in 1530 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1533 - circa 1696 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey, later 3rd Duke of Norfolk Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-howard-24486 Transfer: Recorded as owner in 1533. The source does not document the intervening descent to Sir Henry Johnson, recorded circa 1696, and no conveyance has been inferred. Previous holder: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey or the Crown after Wolsey's fall; exact transfer not stated Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not stated Shared holding: Howard family Narrative / explanation: The Suffolk summary records Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, as owner in 1533. This entry follows the 1530 lease to Thomas Russhe, but the source does not explain the legal relationship between that lease and the Duke's ownership. The later transition to Sir Henry Johnson is left as an explicit documentary gap. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=thomas-howard-24486 Person dates: 1473-1554 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | circa 1696 - circa 1791 Sir Henry Johnson, landowner, Knight, Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh, shipbuilder Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-henry-johnson-27415 Transfer: Recorded as owner circa 1696. The later change to the Vernon-Wentworth family is not documented by a secure conveyance in the sources consulted. Previous holder: Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk or an unrecorded intermediate holder Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not stated Shared holding: Johnson family Narrative / explanation: The Suffolk parish history records Sir Henry Johnson as owner of Aldeburgh Manor circa 1696 and links him with Friston. The date is approximate and the source does not state the precise acquisition or disposal transaction. The end date is only a research boundary marking the next period for which the consulted public sources suggest a Vernon-Wentworth connection; it is not an exact transfer date. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section; Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Friston parish history, for the linked Friston association. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Sir Henry Johnson Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-henry-johnson-27415 Person dates: Recorded circa 1696 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | 1844 - 1891 W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth, Vernon-Wentworth family landowner Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=w-f-t-vernon-wentworth-27416 Transfer: The Aldeburgh parish history records W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth as principal owner in 1844. It does not expressly state the precise date or instrument by which the Vernon-Wentworth family acquired the manor. Previous holder: Earlier holder not securely documented in the consulted sources Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Principal owner; the source does not expressly distinguish complete manorial lordship from principal landownership for this date Shared holding: Vernon-Wentworth family Narrative / explanation: The 1844 land-ownership entry identifies W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth as principal owner in Aldeburgh. This is corroborative of the family’s estate interest but is less explicit than the separate manorial entry for 1902; it is therefore included with medium evidence strength and the distinction between principal landownership and formal lordship is preserved. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Land ownership section. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth Co-holders: T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth, Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=w-f-t-vernon-wentworth-27416 Person dates: Recorded in 1844 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | 1891 - 1902 T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth, Vernon-Wentworth family landowner Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=t-f-c-vernon-wentworth-27417 Transfer: Recorded as principal owner in 1891 and as the predecessor of Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth in the 1902 manorial entry. The precise transfer mechanism is not stated. Previous holder: W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Principal owner in 1891; formal manorial status is explicit only for the later 1902 entry Shared holding: Vernon-Wentworth family Narrative / explanation: T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth is recorded as principal owner of Aldeburgh in 1891. The same family is recorded as holding the manor in 1902 under Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth. The sources support continuity of family estate ownership but do not provide a precise conveyance between the two individuals. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Land ownership and Manorial sections. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth Co-holders: W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth, Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=w-f-t-vernon-wentworth-27416 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=t-f-c-vernon-wentworth-27417 Person dates: Recorded in 1891 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 | 1902 - 1902 Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth, Vernon-Wentworth family landowner, Royal Navy designation in related parish material Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=commander-f-c-u-vernon-wentworth-27418 Transfer: Recorded as owner of Aldeburgh Manor in 1902. The consulted public sources do not establish a later historical holder of the manor itself. Previous holder: T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth or another member of the Vernon-Wentworth family; precise transfer not stated Holding arrangement: sole Share / interest: Not stated Shared holding: Vernon-Wentworth family Narrative / explanation: The 1902 manorial entry is the latest direct public record located for Aldeburgh Manor. Related parish summaries record Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth as connected with Aldeburgh, Friston and Hazlewood, but later references to principal landownership or estate sales have not been treated as proof of a later transfer of the formal manor. Source citation: Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldeburgh parish history, Manorial section; Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Friston parish history, Manorial and Land ownership sections; Kelly's Directory evidence reproduced in the Aldeburgh and Hazlewood parish summaries. Source URL: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldeburgh.pdf Other parties: Commander F.C.U. Vernon-Wentworth Co-holders: W.F.T. Vernon-Wentworth, T.F.C. Vernon-Wentworth Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=commander-f-c-u-vernon-wentworth-27418 Person dates: Recorded in 1902; further dates not established in the consulted sources Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY