MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Whatcombe or Wadecombe Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=whatcombe-or-wadecombe Exported: 18 October 2026, 18:57 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 18 Location: Fawley, Berkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Seward Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Geoffrey de Mandeville | 1086 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Bartholomew Peche | 1167–1168 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. The Priors of Hurley Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Herbert Peche Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Herbert Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Thomas de Coleshill and others | 1349 Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Sir Hugh de Berwyk | 1352 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Margaret wife of Ralph Boteler | 1409–1415 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. William and his wife Margaret | 1425 Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. the Botelers Transfer: Reversion Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. John Norreys | 1458–1459 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. Sir William Norreys | 1466 Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. John Isbury | 1500 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. the chantry of the Holy Trinity | 1502 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 16. John Stirling | 1742 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 17. John Benbow | 1820 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 18. Mrs. Wroughton | 1821 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 Seward Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: The manor of WHATCOMBE (Watecumbe, xi–xiii cent.) was held in alod of King Edward the Confessor by Seward, but by 1086 it had passed to Geoffrey de Mandeville. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: The manor of WHATCOMBE (Watecumbe, xi–xiii cent.) was held in alod of King Edward the Confessor by Seward, but by 1086 it had passed to Geoffrey de Mandeville. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1167–1168 Bartholomew Peche Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: Ailward, the prior's bailiff, was in charge here in 1166–7 and 1167–8, but by the middle of the next century the manor had been granted to Bartholomew Peche, who paid for it a rent of 1d. to the prior. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 The Priors of Hurley Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: The Priors of Hurley held the overlordship until 1275–6 or later, the priory being then a cell of the abbey of Westminister, but no further mention of their overlordship has been found. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 Herbert Peche Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: After the death of Bartholomew Peche the manor seems to have passed to Herbert Peche, who was perhaps his son. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 Herbert Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Herbert died seised of Whatcombe in 1272, leaving a son Bartholomew, but Herbert's widow Lucy held it in dower. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1349 Thomas de Coleshill and others Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: His son Sir John, who succeeded before 1328, conveyed the manor in 1349 to Thomas de Coleshill and others, who agreed in 1350 to reconvey it on the occasion of the marriage of John son of the said Sir John Peche to Lady Isabel Montbocher, daughter of Sir Richard de Willoughby, if the said Sir Richard would pay down a sum of 1,200 marks. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1352 Sir Hugh de Berwyk Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In 1352 the younger John Peche sold the manor to Sir Hugh de Berwyk. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1409–1415 Margaret wife of Ralph Boteler Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Thomas granted the manor in 1409 and 1415 to trustees, who in 1416 gave it to Margaret wife of Ralph Boteler, sister and heir of Thomas de Berwyk. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | 1425 William and his wife Margaret Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: It would seem that Margaret afterwards married William Haute, for in 1425 the manor was settled on William and his wife Margaret. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 the Botelers Transfer: Reversion Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: It had reverted to the Botelers before 1456, when John Boteler, who may have been son or grandson of Ralph, presented to the living. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | 1458–1459 John Norreys Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In 1458–9 he and his wife sold the manor to John Norreys. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 | 1466 Sir William Norreys Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: John Norreys of Yattendon died 1 September 1466 and was succeeded by his son Sir William Norreys, who presented to the living in 1467 and again in 1469. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 | 1500 John Isbury Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Between that date and 1500 he seems to have sold the manor to John Isbury, who granted it in 1502 to the chantry of the Holy Trinity which he was founding at Lambourn. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 | 1502 the chantry of the Holy Trinity Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Between that date and 1500 he seems to have sold the manor to John Isbury, who granted it in 1502 to the chantry of the Holy Trinity which he was founding at Lambourn. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 16 | 1742 John Stirling Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: William mortgaged the manor in 1730 to Bartholomew Tipping of Woolley Park, and in 1742 he, with the consent of Bartholomew Tipping, transferred the mortgage to John Stirling to hold in trust for Dame Anne Scroggs. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 17 | 1820 John Benbow Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: His heir Charles Hyde sold it in 1820 to John Benbow, who conveyed it 7 July 1821 to Mrs. Wroughton. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 18 | 1821 Mrs. Wroughton Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: His heir Charles Hyde sold it in 1820 to John Benbow, who conveyed it 7 July 1821 to Mrs. Wroughton. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY