MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALEY MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=aley-manor Exported: 16 October 2026, 23:09 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 2 Location: Over Stowey, Somerset SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. John II Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, Viscount Perceval, Irish and English peer and Somerset landowner, 2nd Earl of Egmont in the Peerage of Ireland, 2nd Baron Perceval of Burton, 2nd Viscount Perceval of Kanturk, 2nd Baron Lovel and Holland in the Peerage of Great Britain, Member of Parliament for Dingle, Westminster, Weobley, Bridgwater and Ilchester, Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty, Privy Counsellor, Fellow of the Royal Society., Lady Catherine Cecil, by marriage Countess of Egmont from 1 May 1748. | by the 18th century; exact acquisition date unknown - 1833 Transfer: Earlier transfer into the Egmont family is not established. John II Perceval is explicitly recorded as lord of Eley or Aley Green and other Somerset manors and estates. Holding arrangement: Egmont family estate Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-ii-perceval-2nd-earl-of-egmont-27828 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton, Member of Parliament, President of the Board of Trade, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies | 1833 - 1869 Transfer: Purchased the estates of Over Stowey from John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, in 1833. The evidence links the purchase to the Over Stowey estate and places Aley within the resulting Quantock estate area, but does not provide a deed expressly naming Aley Manor. Holding arrangement: Quantock estate Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=henry-labouchere-1st-baron-taunton-27829 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | by the 18th century; exact acquisition date unknown - 1833 John II Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, Viscount Perceval, Irish and English peer and Somerset landowner, 2nd Earl of Egmont in the Peerage of Ireland, 2nd Baron Perceval of Burton, 2nd Viscount Perceval of Kanturk, 2nd Baron Lovel and Holland in the Peerage of Great Britain, Member of Parliament for Dingle, Westminster, Weobley, Bridgwater and Ilchester, Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty, Privy Counsellor, Fellow of the Royal Society., Lady Catherine Cecil, by marriage Countess of Egmont from 1 May 1748. Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-ii-perceval-2nd-earl-of-egmont-27828 Transfer: Earlier transfer into the Egmont family is not established. John II Perceval is explicitly recorded as lord of Eley or Aley Green and other Somerset manors and estates. Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Egmont family estate Narrative / explanation: A published account of the Stoke Courcy and adjacent Somerset estates records John II, Earl of Egmont, as lord of Eley or Aley Green, as well as Plainsfield, Over Stowey and Friron or Friary. This is direct evidence that Eley or Aley Green was regarded as an estate or manor held by the Earl of Egmont. The source does not establish when or by what instrument the property entered the Egmont estate, so no earlier conveyance is inferred. John II Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, was an Irish and English aristocrat and major Somerset landowner, born on 24 February 1711 and died in 1770. Source citation: Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Proceedings, vol. 43, paper on Over Stowey and the Stoke Courcy records, p. 76; the passage lists John II, Earl of Egmont, as lord of “Eley (or Aley Green)” and other local estates. Source URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Proceedings_of_the_Somersetshire_Archaeological_and_Natural_History_Society_%28IA_proceedingsofsom43some%29.pdf Other parties: John II Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-ii-perceval-2nd-earl-of-egmont-27828 Person dates: 24 February 1711–4 May 1770 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1833 - 1869 Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton, Member of Parliament, President of the Board of Trade, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=henry-labouchere-1st-baron-taunton-27829 Transfer: Purchased the estates of Over Stowey from John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, in 1833. The evidence links the purchase to the Over Stowey estate and places Aley within the resulting Quantock estate area, but does not provide a deed expressly naming Aley Manor. Previous holder: John II Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Quantock estate Narrative / explanation: In 1833 Henry Labouchere purchased the estates of Over Stowey from the Earl of Egmont. Aley is identified by local historical sources as a hamlet within Over Stowey, and the later Quantock Lodge estate was built at Aley after the former hamlet of Aley Green was cleared. The evidence supports Labouchere as the later owner of the relevant Over Stowey estate complex, but the available public source does not expressly state that the legal conveyance was styled “Aley Manor.” This entry is therefore a cautious estate-level continuation rather than a fully deed-specific conveyance of the manor. Source citation: English Heritage, Adscombe Chapel, Over Stowey, Somerset: archaeological survey, citing the Victoria County History, Somerset, vol. 6, pp. 163–164; and local historical evidence concerning Labouchere's 1833 purchase of the Over Stowey estates and the later incorporation of Aley into the Quantock estate. Source URL: https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/7605/AdscombeChapelOverStoweySomersetAnarchaeologicalsurveybyEnglishHeritage Other parties: Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-ii-perceval-2nd-earl-of-egmont-27828 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=henry-labouchere-1st-baron-taunton-27829 Person dates: 19 January 1798–13 July 1869 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY