MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALDERBOURNE MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=alderbourne-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 16:52 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 5 Location: Langley Marish, Buckinghamshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Ankerwycke Priory | Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries - mid-16th century Transfer: Earlier holding; ended at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The precise acquisition date and the subsequent legal transfer are not established in the consulted public sources. Holding arrangement: Religious house Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ankerwycke-priory-27484 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Windsor family | 17th century - Unknown; before the later holding of the Dukes of Somerset Transfer: The manor subsequently became the property of the Windsor family after the Dissolution period. The precise date, individual Windsor holder and legal instrument are not identified in the consulted public sources. Holding arrangement: Family ownership / Co-holders: Way family of Denham Place Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=windsor-family-27485 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Dukes of Somerset, Duke of Somerset | Unknown; after the Windsor family - Unknown; before the Way family Transfer: The manor subsequently passed from the Windsor family to the Dukes of Somerset. The date, particular duke and legal instrument are not identified in the consulted public sources. Holding arrangement: Noble title holder Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dukes-of-somerset-27486 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Way family of Denham Place | Unknown; after the Dukes of Somerset - About 1852 or earlier; precise descent unresolved Transfer: The manor subsequently passed from the Dukes of Somerset to the Way family of nearby Denham Place. The precise conveyance date and instrument are not identified. A separate Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies reference records an agreement for exchange between Benjamin Way and the Revd Henry Hugh Way involving land in Denham and Iver. Holding arrangement: Family ownership / Co-holders: Windsor family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=way-family-of-denham-place-27487 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Revd Henry Hugh Way, J.P., formerly vicar of Henbury, Gloucestershire | 1861 - 23 February 1890 Transfer: Established ownership during his lifetime; the source does not specify whether the holding arose by inheritance, purchase, exchange or another legal conveyance. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=revd-henry-hugh-way-27488 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries - mid-16th century Ankerwycke Priory Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ankerwycke-priory-27484 Transfer: Earlier holding; ended at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The precise acquisition date and the subsequent legal transfer are not established in the consulted public sources. Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Religious house Narrative / explanation: The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust dossier states that the manor of Alderbourne belonged to Ankerwycke Priory until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the mid-sixteenth century. This is direct evidence of the priory's manorial connection, but the available summary does not identify the original grant or the exact date on which the priory acquired the manor. Source citation: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust, Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire: Alderbourne Manor, amended March 2018, p. 5; citing Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies material and Victoria County History, Buckinghamshire, vol. 3. Source URL: https://www.bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alderbourne-update-3-2018.pdf Other parties: Ankerwycke Priory Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ankerwycke-priory-27484 Person dates: Priory dissolved in the mid-16th century Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 17th century - Unknown; before the later holding of the Dukes of Somerset Windsor family Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=windsor-family-27485 Transfer: The manor subsequently became the property of the Windsor family after the Dissolution period. The precise date, individual Windsor holder and legal instrument are not identified in the consulted public sources. Previous holder: Ankerwycke Priory Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Family ownership Narrative / explanation: The source describes Alderbourne as becoming the property of the Windsor family in the seventeenth century. Because no named Windsor individual or specific conveyance has been located, the holder is retained at family-group level and the transfer is recorded with an explicit documentary gap. Source citation: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust, Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire: Alderbourne Manor, amended March 2018, p. 5; citing Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies reference AR/69/64 and Victoria County History, Buckinghamshire, vol. 3. Source URL: https://www.bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alderbourne-update-3-2018.pdf Other parties: Windsor family Co-holders: Way family of Denham Place Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=ankerwycke-priory-27484 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=windsor-family-27485 Person dates: 17th century association with Alderbourne Manor; exact dates not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | Unknown; after the Windsor family - Unknown; before the Way family Dukes of Somerset, Duke of Somerset Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dukes-of-somerset-27486 Transfer: The manor subsequently passed from the Windsor family to the Dukes of Somerset. The date, particular duke and legal instrument are not identified in the consulted public sources. Previous holder: Windsor family Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Noble title holder Narrative / explanation: The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust dossier states that Alderbourne Manor subsequently passed into the ownership of the Dukes of Somerset. This establishes the manor connection but does not provide sufficient evidence to name the individual duke or date the conveyance. Source citation: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust, Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire: Alderbourne Manor, amended March 2018, p. 5; citing Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies reference AR/69/64 and Victoria County History, Buckinghamshire, vol. 3. Source URL: https://www.bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alderbourne-update-3-2018.pdf Other parties: Dukes of Somerset Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=windsor-family-27485 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dukes-of-somerset-27486 Person dates: Later post-medieval holding; exact dates not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | Unknown; after the Dukes of Somerset - About 1852 or earlier; precise descent unresolved Way family of Denham Place Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=way-family-of-denham-place-27487 Transfer: The manor subsequently passed from the Dukes of Somerset to the Way family of nearby Denham Place. The precise conveyance date and instrument are not identified. A separate Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies reference records an agreement for exchange between Benjamin Way and the Revd Henry Hugh Way involving land in Denham and Iver. Previous holder: Dukes of Somerset Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Family ownership Narrative / explanation: The source states that Alderbourne Manor later passed to the Way family of Denham Place. The estate may have been in the possession of the Revd Henry Hugh Way from about 1852, but the available archival summary only identifies an agreement for exchange of land in Denham and Iver between Benjamin Way and the Revd Henry Hugh Way; it does not prove that this agreement transferred the whole manor. The family-level holding is therefore recorded without an invented exact date. Source citation: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust, Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire: Alderbourne Manor, amended March 2018, pp. 5 and 10; citing Victoria County History, Buckinghamshire, vol. 3, and Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies reference D/W/33-16. Source URL: https://www.bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alderbourne-update-3-2018.pdf Other parties: Way family of Denham Place Co-holders: Windsor family Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=dukes-of-somerset-27486 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=way-family-of-denham-place-27487 Person dates: Later post-medieval and 19th-century association; exact family holding dates not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1861 - 23 February 1890 Revd Henry Hugh Way, J.P., formerly vicar of Henbury, Gloucestershire Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=revd-henry-hugh-way-27488 Transfer: Established ownership during his lifetime; the source does not specify whether the holding arose by inheritance, purchase, exchange or another legal conveyance. Previous holder: Way family of Denham Place Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust dossier states that the Revd Henry Hugh Way certainly owned Alderbourne Manor from 1861 until his death in 1890. It also reports that the estate may have been in his possession from about 1852 and that a surviving agreement for exchange between Benjamin Way and Henry Hugh Way concerns land in Denham and Iver. The exact legal route by which he acquired the manor remains unresolved. Source citation: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust, Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire: Alderbourne Manor, amended March 2018, p. 5; citing Sheahan, History and Topography of Buckinghamshire, 1862, p. 864, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies reference D/W/33-16, and Victoria County History, Buckinghamshire, vol. 3. Source URL: https://www.bucksgardenstrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alderbourne-update-3-2018.pdf Other parties: Revd Henry Hugh Way Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=way-family-of-denham-place-27487 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=revd-henry-hugh-way-27488 Person dates: 13 April 1807-23 February 1890 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY