MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Westcourt or Shalbourne Dormer Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=westcourt-or-shalbourne-dormer Exported: 20 October 2026, 10:36 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 23 Location: Shalbourne, Berkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Hugh Lasne | Attested 1086 Transfer: Recorded possession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Robert de Ewyas of Ewyas Harold Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Sir John Chandos | Attested 1413–1414 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Walter Transfer: Inheritance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Richard de Harden Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. William's widow Mary Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Robert and Anastasia for their lives | 1339 Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Sir Robert de Bilkemore Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Isabel with reversion in default of John's issue to William Changton (Changylton) | 1395 Transfer: Settlement Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Maud Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. Thomas Wenman and his brother William Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. Sir Michael Dormer | 1545 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. Edward Duke of Somerset | 1548 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. William Castell | 1590 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. Edward Earl of Hertford | 1600 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 16. John Renet | Attested 1411 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 17. Robert Collingborn and John Staplehill | 1433–1434 Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 18. Christopher Whiting | Attested 1501 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 19. Robert Worgan | Attested 1757 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 20. Thomas Watts Oburn Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 21. Elizabeth Worgan Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 22. Anthony Kingston | 1826 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 23. the Marquess of Ailesbury | 1902 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | Attested 1086 Hugh Lasne Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: Another Wiltshire manor, consisting of a hide and 3 virgates, was held of King Edward the Confessor by a thegn and in 1086 was in the hands of Hugh Lasne. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 Robert de Ewyas of Ewyas Harold Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: This manor with other of Hugh's estates passed to Robert de Ewyas of Ewyas Harold, whose only daughter and heiress Sybil married Robert de Tregoz. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | Attested 1413–1414 Sir John Chandos Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: Wilts.), and in 1413–14 it was held by Sir John Chandos during the minority of the heir of Edmund. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 Walter Transfer: Inheritance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Before the beginning of the 13th century Richard Sturmy's estates had been divided between Walter and Geoffrey Sturmy, and this manor fell to the share of Walter. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 Richard de Harden Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Letewarie sold her share to Richard de Harden, who was to hold it of Alice, and Alice's share was divided before 1274 between Robert de Punchardon, who had married Alice de Kernet, probably daughter of Robert and Alice, and Roger de Clatford and his wife Hawisia. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 William's widow Mary Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: A third of the manor was assigned to William's widow Mary, who was still holding it in 1339, when Westcourt was settled on Robert and Anastasia for their lives with remainder to John, Anastasia's son by her first husband William Lilbone. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1339 Robert and Anastasia for their lives Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: A third of the manor was assigned to William's widow Mary, who was still holding it in 1339, when Westcourt was settled on Robert and Anastasia for their lives with remainder to John, Anastasia's son by her first husband William Lilbone. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 Sir Robert de Bilkemore Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Sir Robert de Bilkemore held the manor until his death in 1361. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1395 Isabel with reversion in default of John's issue to William Changton (Changylton) Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: In 1395 Sir John Lilbone settled the manor on his wife Isabel with reversion in default of John's issue to William Changton (Changylton). Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 Maud Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: After his death it passed to Maud, who was succeeded in 1527 by her son Thomas. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 Thomas Wenman and his brother William Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Thomas sold the manor and some land soon after to Thomas Wenman and his brother William, the sale being confirmed in 1545 by Thomas Changton's son Walter, who sold the remaining lands and the advowson of the chapel in 1545 to Sir Michael Dormer. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | 1545 Sir Michael Dormer Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Thomas sold the manor and some land soon after to Thomas Wenman and his brother William, the sale being confirmed in 1545 by Thomas Changton's son Walter, who sold the remaining lands and the advowson of the chapel in 1545 to Sir Michael Dormer. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 | 1548 Edward Duke of Somerset Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Geoffrey Dormer, the third son of Sir Michael, sold his share in 1548 to Edward Duke of Somerset, and this part followed the descent of Eastcourt (q.v.) from that time. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 | 1590 William Castell Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: William Wenman, owner of the rest of the manor, was succeeded about 1587 by his son Richard, who sold it in 1590 to William Castell. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 | 1600 Edward Earl of Hertford Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Thomas Castell and Katherine his wife sold it in 1600 to Edward Earl of Hertford, and it then became united to the other part of the manor. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 16 | Attested 1411 John Renet Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: In 1411 John Renet died seised of this estate, consisting of a messuage and a carucate of land, which he had held jointly with his wife Maud of the gift of his mother Parnel. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 17 | 1433–1434 Robert Collingborn and John Staplehill Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: It may have been this property which as a messuage and carucate of land in Shalbourne and East and West Bedwyn was conveyed in 1433–4 by Henry Clerk and his wife Christina to Robert Collingborn and John Staplehill. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 18 | Attested 1501 Christopher Whiting Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: In 1501 Christopher Whiting died seised of a third of a messuage and land in Shalbourne held of the manor of Wexcombe, his heir being his brother John. ¶In 1753 Mary Worgan and Elizabeth Worgan, spinsters, held two third parts of a fifth part of the manor of Shalbourne, and a fifth part was held in 1757 by Robert Worgan, clerk. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 19 | Attested 1757 Robert Worgan Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: In 1501 Christopher Whiting died seised of a third of a messuage and land in Shalbourne held of the manor of Wexcombe, his heir being his brother John. ¶In 1753 Mary Worgan and Elizabeth Worgan, spinsters, held two third parts of a fifth part of the manor of Shalbourne, and a fifth part was held in 1757 by Robert Worgan, clerk. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 20 Thomas Watts Oburn Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Thomas Watts Oburn held a third of a fifth part in 1760. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 21 Elizabeth Worgan Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Elizabeth Worgan held a manor in Shalbourne in 1805, and sold it in 1826 to Anthony Kingston, who died in 1854, leaving it by his will to his son Thomas Kingston, whose executors sold it in 1902 to the Marquess of Ailesbury. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 22 | 1826 Anthony Kingston Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Elizabeth Worgan held a manor in Shalbourne in 1805, and sold it in 1826 to Anthony Kingston, who died in 1854, leaving it by his will to his son Thomas Kingston, whose executors sold it in 1902 to the Marquess of Ailesbury. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 23 | 1902 the Marquess of Ailesbury Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Elizabeth Worgan held a manor in Shalbourne in 1805, and sold it in 1826 to Anthony Kingston, who died in 1854, leaving it by his will to his son Thomas Kingston, whose executors sold it in 1902 to the Marquess of Ailesbury. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY