MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ALFORD WITH WELL MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=alford-with-well-manor Exported: 17 October 2026, 23:54 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 12 Location: Alford, Lincolnshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Well family | Domesday period, 1086 - Medieval period; date uncertain Transfer: The estate at Well was held by the Well family at the time of Domesday and later passed to the Willoughby family. The date and legal form of the transfer are not established. Holding arrangement: Well family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=well-family-27846 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Willoughby family, represented by Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, Baron Willoughby de Eresby | After the Domesday period; date uncertain - 1640s Transfer: The estate at Well passed from the Well family to the Willoughby family at an uncertain medieval date. By the seventeenth century it was held by the Willoughby interest, represented by Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, who was compelled to sell the manor of Alford-Well during the Civil War or Parliamentary period. Holding arrangement: Willoughby family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-bertie-earl-of-lindsey-27847 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Colonel William Wolley | 1640s - 1695 Transfer: Sale of the manor of Alford-Well during the English Civil War or Parliamentary period by the Willoughby interest to Colonel William Wolley. Holding arrangement: Wolley family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=colonel-william-wolley-27848 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Anthony Wellden, Merchant-adventurer, associated with the East India Company, later President of Fort William, Calcutta | 1695 - By 1715 Transfer: Purchase of the manor or Well estate from the Wolley family in 1695. Holding arrangement: Wellden family / Co-holders: Anthony Wellden, son of Anthony Wellden Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-27849 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Anthony Wellden, son of Anthony Wellden | By 1715 - About 1720 Transfer: Succession to the Well estate within the Wellden family; the Parks and Gardens Register states that Anthony Wellden's son had succeeded by 1715. Holding arrangement: Wellden family / Co-holders: Anthony Wellden Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-son-of-anthony-wellden-27850 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. James Bateman, Second son of Sir James Bateman of Shobdon Court | About 1720 - 1752 Transfer: Acquisition of Well and its estate about 1720. The precise seller and legal form of the transaction are uncertain; the source suggests that the property may have been acquired from or through Sir Robert Chaplin, who had been financially ruined by the South Sea Bubble. Holding arrangement: Bateman family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=james-bateman-27851 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Anne Dashwood and Samuel Dashwood | 1752 - 1793 Transfer: Well was given to James Bateman's only child Anne and her husband Samuel Dashwood in 1752. Holding arrangement: Joint / Dashwood family / Co-holders: Francis Bateman Dashwood Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anne-dashwood-and-samuel-dashwood-27852 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Francis Bateman Dashwood, Esquire | 1793 - 1825 Transfer: Inheritance from his parents, Anne and Samuel Dashwood, in 1793. Holding arrangement: Dashwood family / Co-holders: Anne Dashwood and Samuel Dashwood Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=francis-bateman-dashwood-27853 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. R. A. Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton, Right Honourable, Member of Parliament | 1836 - 1876 Transfer: Purchase of the manor and several other estates from the heirs of Francis Bateman Dashwood in 1836, following the financial pressures caused by debts. Holding arrangement: Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=r-a-christopher-nisbet-hamilton-27854 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Mary Hamilton Ogilvy, also styled Mrs Hamilton Ogilvy, also styled Lady Mary Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton in an 1880 estate-plan reference | 1876 - 1914 Transfer: Inheritance from her father, R. A. Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton, in 1876, followed by sale of Well in 1914. Holding arrangement: Hamilton Ogilvy family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=mary-hamilton-ogilvy-27855 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. Major Walter H. Rawnsley | 1914 - After 1914; later succession date uncertain Transfer: Purchase of Well in 1914 from Mary Hamilton Ogilvy. Walter H. Rawnsley had rented Well Hall for several years before buying it. Holding arrangement: Rawnsley family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=major-walter-h-rawnsley-27856 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. John Reeve | After 1974 - Date of later sale unknown Transfer: The estate passed to John Reeve, nephew of John Chaplin Rawnsley, after the death of John Chaplin Rawnsley's widow in 1974. The later sale is mentioned but its date and purchaser are not identified. Holding arrangement: Reeve family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-reeve-27857 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | Domesday period, 1086 - Medieval period; date uncertain Well family Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=well-family-27846 Transfer: The estate at Well was held by the Well family at the time of Domesday and later passed to the Willoughby family. The date and legal form of the transfer are not established. Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Well family Narrative / explanation: This is the earliest identified holding associated with the Well portion of the Alford with Well estate. The source does not name an individual member of the Well family and does not provide a precise date for the later transfer to the Willoughby family. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section; accessed through Parks & Gardens UK. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Well family Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=well-family-27846 Person dates: Medieval family; individual dates not identified Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | After the Domesday period; date uncertain - 1640s Willoughby family, represented by Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, Baron Willoughby de Eresby Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-bertie-earl-of-lindsey-27847 Transfer: The estate at Well passed from the Well family to the Willoughby family at an uncertain medieval date. By the seventeenth century it was held by the Willoughby interest, represented by Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, who was compelled to sell the manor of Alford-Well during the Civil War or Parliamentary period. Previous holder: Well family Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Willoughby family Narrative / explanation: The sources establish the Willoughby connection but do not provide the medieval conveyance date. The Earl of Lindsey is identified as the relevant seventeenth-century holder or representative of the Willoughby interest. The title numbering is not reproduced here because the modern local source and standard historical identifications are not wholly consistent on the ordinal number of the barony. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section; Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, Lincolnshire Past and Present, issue containing the discussion of the Alford Fight and the manor of Alford-Well. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Willoughby family, Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=well-family-27846 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-bertie-earl-of-lindsey-27847 Person dates: 1582–1642 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1640s - 1695 Colonel William Wolley Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=colonel-william-wolley-27848 Transfer: Sale of the manor of Alford-Well during the English Civil War or Parliamentary period by the Willoughby interest to Colonel William Wolley. Previous holder: Willoughby family, represented by Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Wolley family Narrative / explanation: A local historical account explicitly states that the manor of Alford-Well was sold to William Wolley during the Parliamentary period. The Parks and Gardens Register likewise records that Colonel William Wolley purchased or occupied Well after the Earl of Lindsey was forced to sell it. Source citation: Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, Lincolnshire Past and Present, issue containing the discussion of the Alford Fight and the manor of Alford-Well; English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990. Source URL: https://slha.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/import/Downloads/LPP006.pdf Other parties: Colonel William Wolley Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=robert-bertie-earl-of-lindsey-27847 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=colonel-william-wolley-27848 Person dates: Seventeenth century; exact dates not established in the sources reviewed Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1695 - By 1715 Anthony Wellden, Merchant-adventurer, associated with the East India Company, later President of Fort William, Calcutta Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-27849 Transfer: Purchase of the manor or Well estate from the Wolley family in 1695. Previous holder: Colonel William Wolley Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Wellden family Narrative / explanation: The Parks and Gardens Register states that the Wolleys sold the property in 1695 to Anthony Wellden, an explorer-trader associated with the East India Company. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Anthony Wellden Co-holders: Anthony Wellden, son of Anthony Wellden Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=colonel-william-wolley-27848 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-27849 Person dates: Died 1715 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | By 1715 - About 1720 Anthony Wellden, son of Anthony Wellden Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-son-of-anthony-wellden-27850 Transfer: Succession to the Well estate within the Wellden family; the Parks and Gardens Register states that Anthony Wellden's son had succeeded by 1715. Previous holder: Anthony Wellden Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Wellden family Narrative / explanation: The source explicitly records that the younger Anthony Wellden had succeeded to the property by 1715. His exact date of accession and the later conveyance to James Bateman are not given. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Anthony Wellden, son of Anthony Wellden Co-holders: Anthony Wellden Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-27849 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-son-of-anthony-wellden-27850 Person dates: Active by 1715; other dates not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | About 1720 - 1752 James Bateman, Second son of Sir James Bateman of Shobdon Court Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=james-bateman-27851 Transfer: Acquisition of Well and its estate about 1720. The precise seller and legal form of the transaction are uncertain; the source suggests that the property may have been acquired from or through Sir Robert Chaplin, who had been financially ruined by the South Sea Bubble. Previous holder: Anthony Wellden, son of Anthony Wellden Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Bateman family Narrative / explanation: James Bateman acquired Well about 1720. The source presents the possible connection with Sir Robert Chaplin as a hypothesis rather than a documented conveyance, so no specific seller is asserted beyond the preceding Wellden holding. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: James Bateman Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anthony-wellden-son-of-anthony-wellden-27850 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=james-bateman-27851 Person dates: Eighteenth century; exact dates not established in the sources reviewed Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1752 - 1793 Anne Dashwood and Samuel Dashwood Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anne-dashwood-and-samuel-dashwood-27852 Transfer: Well was given to James Bateman's only child Anne and her husband Samuel Dashwood in 1752. Previous holder: James Bateman Holding arrangement: joint Shared holding: Dashwood family Narrative / explanation: The Parks and Gardens Register states that Anne and Samuel Dashwood were given Well in 1752 when James Bateman moved to a smaller house at Claxby. The source does not state whether the gift was by settlement, conveyance or another legal mechanism. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Anne Dashwood, Samuel Dashwood Co-holders: Francis Bateman Dashwood Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=james-bateman-27851 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anne-dashwood-and-samuel-dashwood-27852 Person dates: Eighteenth century; exact dates not established in the sources reviewed Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1793 - 1825 Francis Bateman Dashwood, Esquire Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=francis-bateman-dashwood-27853 Transfer: Inheritance from his parents, Anne and Samuel Dashwood, in 1793. Previous holder: Anne Dashwood and Samuel Dashwood Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Dashwood family Narrative / explanation: Francis Bateman Dashwood inherited Well in 1793 and held it until his death in 1825. The later sale was made by his heirs because of debts. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Francis Bateman Dashwood Co-holders: Anne Dashwood and Samuel Dashwood Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=anne-dashwood-and-samuel-dashwood-27852 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=francis-bateman-dashwood-27853 Person dates: Died 1825 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1836 - 1876 R. A. Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton, Right Honourable, Member of Parliament Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=r-a-christopher-nisbet-hamilton-27854 Transfer: Purchase of the manor and several other estates from the heirs of Francis Bateman Dashwood in 1836, following the financial pressures caused by debts. Previous holder: Heirs of Francis Bateman Dashwood Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton family Narrative / explanation: The Parks and Gardens Register states that the heirs sold the estate in 1836 to the Right Honourable R. A. Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton, MP, who purchased the manor and several other estates. A weights-and-measures history separately identifies Robert A. Christopher as lord of the Manor of Alford with Well Tothby before 1850, corroborating the manor connection. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990; Carl Ricketts and John Douglas, Marks and Markings of Weights and Measures of the British Isles, East Anglia and Eastern England I, section 'Manor of Alford with Well Tothby'. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: R. A. Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=r-a-christopher-nisbet-hamilton-27854 Person dates: Active by 1836; exact dates not established in the sources reviewed Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | 1876 - 1914 Mary Hamilton Ogilvy, also styled Mrs Hamilton Ogilvy, also styled Lady Mary Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton in an 1880 estate-plan reference Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=mary-hamilton-ogilvy-27855 Transfer: Inheritance from her father, R. A. Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton, in 1876, followed by sale of Well in 1914. Previous holder: R. A. Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Hamilton Ogilvy family Narrative / explanation: The Parks and Gardens Register states that Mr Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton's daughter, Mrs Hamilton Ogilvy, inherited in 1876. A Lincolnshire Archives catalogue reference cited by the same heritage record describes an 1880 plan of the parish of Well as the property of the Honourable Lady Mary Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton, supporting the identification of the female holder, although the precise formal name and style require archival confirmation. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990; Lincolnshire Archives, HIG 1/28, plan of the Parish of Well, 1880, as cited in the heritage register. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Mary Hamilton Ogilvy Previous holder profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=r-a-christopher-nisbet-hamilton-27854 Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=mary-hamilton-ogilvy-27855 Person dates: Active from 1876; died or other dates not established in the sources reviewed Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | 1914 - After 1914; later succession date uncertain Major Walter H. Rawnsley Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=major-walter-h-rawnsley-27856 Transfer: Purchase of Well in 1914 from Mary Hamilton Ogilvy. Walter H. Rawnsley had rented Well Hall for several years before buying it. Previous holder: Mary Hamilton Ogilvy Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Rawnsley family Narrative / explanation: The Parks and Gardens Register explicitly records the 1914 sale to Major Walter H. Rawnsley. It also states that he had previously rented Well Hall. The subsequent transfer within the Rawnsley family is not assigned to a precise date in the sources reviewed. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: Major Walter H. Rawnsley Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=major-walter-h-rawnsley-27856 Person dates: Active by 1914; other dates not established in the sources reviewed Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | After 1974 - Date of later sale unknown John Reeve Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-reeve-27857 Transfer: The estate passed to John Reeve, nephew of John Chaplin Rawnsley, after the death of John Chaplin Rawnsley's widow in 1974. The later sale is mentioned but its date and purchaser are not identified. Previous holder: Rawnsley family; immediate intermediate holder not securely documented Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Reeve family Narrative / explanation: The source states that after John Chaplin Rawnsley's widow died in 1974, the estate passed to their nephew John Reeve. The intervening succession from Major Walter H. Rawnsley and the subsequent purchaser are not securely established, so those links are left as documentary gaps rather than inferred. Source citation: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, Well Hall, Alford, Register entry GD1990, historic development section. Source URL: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/well-hall-alford Other parties: John Reeve Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=john-reeve-27857 Person dates: Active after 1974; other dates not established in the sources reviewed Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY