MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Westcourt Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=westcourt Exported: 20 October 2026, 10:35 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 19 Location: Inkpen, Berkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Nicholas a few years | 1234 Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Richard de Inkpen | 1250 Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Sir Roger Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Emeline | 1306 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Isabel wife of Robert Hill | 1395 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Cecily | 1434 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. John Waldgrave Transfer: Inheritance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Roger Ricard or Richards | 1551 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Richard Money | 1622 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Richard Smith | 1731 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. the trustees of George John second Earl Spencer | 1784 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. Francis Durnford | 1798 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. Mary | 1804 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. Mary Newman | 1822 Transfer: Settlement Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. the present Earl of Craven | 1829 Transfer: Descent Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 16. Anthony Guidott | 1715 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 17. John Bradburne | 1756 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 18. Henry Hissey | 1865 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 19. Mr. W | 1900 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1234 Nicholas a few years Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Gervase the son of Nicholas de Inkpen was holding land here in 1234, and he was succeeded by his son Nicholas a few years later. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1250 Richard de Inkpen Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Nicholas was living in 1250, when he witnessed the grants to the abbey of Titchfield by Peter Sukemund and Geoffrey Mansell, but he appears to have died soon afterwards, and was succeeded by Richard de Inkpen. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 Sir Roger Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Richard was succeeded by his son Sir Roger, who was holding this manor in 1263 and 1273, and settled certain lands here in 1281 on himself and his wife Emeline. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1306 Emeline Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: He died in 1306, and this manor passed to his widow Emeline, who afterwards married Thomas Raundelou. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1395 Isabel wife of Robert Hill Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Ricarda died in 1390, leaving a son Thomas, who died an infant in 1395, when the manor passed to his sister Isabel wife of Robert Hill. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1434 Cecily Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: His son John Hill died in 1434, when a third of Westcourt passed in dower to his widow Cecily, who took as her second husband Sir Thomas Keryell and lived until 1472. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 John Waldgrave Transfer: Inheritance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The various estates of Genevieve seem to have been divided among these four co-heirs, and this manor fell to the share of John Waldgrave, whose son Edward, with Frances his wife, sold it in 1551 to Roger Ricard or Richards. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1551 Roger Ricard or Richards Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The various estates of Genevieve seem to have been divided among these four co-heirs, and this manor fell to the share of John Waldgrave, whose son Edward, with Frances his wife, sold it in 1551 to Roger Ricard or Richards. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1622 Richard Money Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: His son William sold it in 1622 to Richard Money. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 | 1731 Richard Smith Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: In 1731 William East conveyed twothirds of it to Richard Smith. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | 1784 the trustees of George John second Earl Spencer Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: It was probably a descendant of his, the Rev. Martin Stafford Smith of Prior Park, near Bath, who conveyed these two-thirds in 1784 to the trustees of George John second Earl Spencer. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | 1798 Francis Durnford Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: He sold them on 15 June 1798 to Francis Durnford, who mortgaged this property in 1798 and died intestate in 1804, when it passed to his widow Mary, who was holding it in 1810. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 | 1804 Mary Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: He sold them on 15 June 1798 to Francis Durnford, who mortgaged this property in 1798 and died intestate in 1804, when it passed to his widow Mary, who was holding it in 1810. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 | 1822 Mary Newman Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: A dispute having arisen the contracts were relinquished and the property was settled in 1822 on Mary Newman, the daughter of Francis Durnford, and her issue. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 | 1829 the present Earl of Craven Transfer: Descent Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The estate was eventually purchased from Mary Newman, 27 August 1829, by William second Earl of Craven, and attached to his estate at Hampstead Marshall (q.v.), with which it has descended to the present Earl of Craven. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 16 | 1715 Anthony Guidott Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The remaining third of this manor belonged to Margaret Heron and appears to have passed at her death in 1671 to her nephew Richard Twitchen, who sold it in 1715 to Anthony Guidott. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 17 | 1756 John Bradburne Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: For some little time the history of this estate is obscure, but in 1756 Michael and Joseph Stratton sold it to John Bradburne. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 18 | 1865 Henry Hissey Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: It was sold in 1865 by Joseph and George Mills and William Henry Sewell to Henry Hissey, whose mortgagees sold it in 1900 to Mr. W. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 19 | 1900 Mr. W Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: It was sold in 1865 by Joseph and George Mills and William Henry Sewell to Henry Hissey, whose mortgagees sold it in 1900 to Mr. W. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY