MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Wille or Wyld Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=wille-or-wyld Exported: 18 October 2026, 01:07 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 17 Location: Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. In the reign of Edward the Confessor it Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Gilbert de Bretville | Attested 1086 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Amice | 1245 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Isabel the wife of William de Fortz Earl of Albemarle | 1262 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. the king on 8 November 1293 the Isle of Wight Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. the king Transfer: Recorded possession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Sir William Montagu | 1330 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. John Montagu Transfer: Descent Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. William Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. William son of Hereward | 1199 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. William de Wantage Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. Elias de Coleshill Transfer: Recorded possession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. Thomas de Coleshill | 1316 Transfer: Descent Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. Isabel widow of Sir John de Brumton | 1355 Transfer: Purchase Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. William Cokeswell and William Ceresy | 1355 Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 16. Isabel daughter of Thomas de Coleshill Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 17. Thomas Hayward | 1634–1635 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 In the reign of Edward the Confessor it Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: In the reign of Edward the Confessor it was held of the king by Elwin, and in 1086 it was held by Gilbert de Bretville. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | Attested 1086 Gilbert de Bretville Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: In the reign of Edward the Confessor it was held of the king by Elwin, and in 1086 it was held by Gilbert de Bretville. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1245 Amice Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: The overlordship of this passed with all Gilbert's manors to Baldwin de Redvers, seventh Earl of Devon, who was holding it in the 13th century, and after his death in 1245 it seems to have passed to his widow Amice, whose second husband was Robert Gynes. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1262 Isabel the wife of William de Fortz Earl of Albemarle Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: At the death of Amice in 1283, as her only son Baldwin eighth Earl of Devon had died childless in 1262, the manor passed to her daughter Isabel the wife of William de Fortz Earl of Albemarle. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 the king on 8 November 1293 the Isle of Wight Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: Isabel sold to the king on 8 November 1293 the Isle of Wight, Christchurch and others estates, among which this manor was included. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 the king Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: The overlordship of this manor remained in the hands of the king until about 1330, when it was granted to Sir William Montagu, who was in 1337 created Earl of Salisbury. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1330 Sir William Montagu Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: The overlordship of this manor remained in the hands of the king until about 1330, when it was granted to Sir William Montagu, who was in 1337 created Earl of Salisbury. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 John Montagu Transfer: Descent Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: The overlordship descended to John Montagu, nephew of the last earl, being the son of his younger brother John. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 William Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: William held this manor of Gilbert de Bretville in 1086, and in 1199 Robert de la Wille sold a virgate of land here to William son of Hereward. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | 1199 William son of Hereward Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: William held this manor of Gilbert de Bretville in 1086, and in 1199 Robert de la Wille sold a virgate of land here to William son of Hereward. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 William de Wantage Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Early in the 14th century lands in Le Wyk and Bokhampstede were held by William de Wantage, and after his death by his widow Joan, and in 1311 these lands were in the king's hands by reason of the minority of their son John. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 Elias de Coleshill Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Immediately after this we find that certain lands at La Wille were in the hands of Elias de Coleshill, who received a grant of free warren in all his lands here, as well as those in Hampstead, Basildon and Ashampstead, in 1311. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 | 1316 Thomas de Coleshill Transfer: Descent Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: He was holding these lands in 1316, and at his death they descended to Thomas de Coleshill, apparently his son. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 | 1355 Isabel widow of Sir John de Brumton Transfer: Purchase Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In 1355 this rent was purchased by Isabel widow of Sir John de Brumton, and the following Easter the property was conveyed to William Cokeswell and William Ceresy in trust for Isabel for her life, with reversion to Thomas de Coleshill, his wife Lucy, and afterwards in succession to their sons Richard and Thomas and their daughter Isabel. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 | 1355 William Cokeswell and William Ceresy Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In 1355 this rent was purchased by Isabel widow of Sir John de Brumton, and the following Easter the property was conveyed to William Cokeswell and William Ceresy in trust for Isabel for her life, with reversion to Thomas de Coleshill, his wife Lucy, and afterwards in succession to their sons Richard and Thomas and their daughter Isabel. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 16 Isabel daughter of Thomas de Coleshill Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Isabel de Brumton appears to have outlived Thomas and Lucy as well as their two sons, both of whom died without issue, and the property passed to Isabel daughter of Thomas de Coleshill. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 17 | 1634–1635 Thomas Hayward Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: This John, who married Anne Fettiplace, was in 1634–5 a recusant, and the estate, then in the tenure of his uncle Griffin Dancastle, was forfeited and granted by the king to Thomas Hayward. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY