MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY
CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY
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Whitwick or Thurleigh
Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=whitwick-or-thurleigh
Exported: 18 October 2026, 08:01 GMT+0000
Recorded historical holders: 6
Location: Thurleigh, Bedfordshire

SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT
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Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred.

1. William | 1297
   Transfer: Succession
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

2. John Harvey | 1569
   Transfer: Succession
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

3. John Harvey | 1627
   Transfer: Succession
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

4. Sir John Holt
   Transfer: Passed
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

5. Rowland Holt | Attested 1744
   Transfer: Recorded holder
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded

6. the Duke of Bedford | 1790–1791
   Transfer: Sale
   Relationship to present holder: Not recorded


DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES
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HOLDER 1 | 1297
William
Transfer: Succession
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: He died in 1297 and was succeeded by a son William, who married Mary daughter and heir of Richard Foliot.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 2 | 1569
John Harvey
Transfer: Succession
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: He was member of Parliament for Bedford in 1554, but by 1569 had been succeeded by his son John Harvey.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 3 | 1627
John Harvey
Transfer: Succession
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: He died in 1627 and was succeeded by his son John Harvey, who is found making a settlement of the manor on the occasion of his marriage to Elizabeth daughter of Stephen Harvey in 1631–2.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 4
Sir John Holt
Transfer: Passed
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: Whitwick Manor thus passed to Sir John Holt, the eminent lord chief justice, and was held in 1744 by Rowland Holt.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 5 | Attested 1744
Rowland Holt
Transfer: Recorded holder
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: Whitwick Manor thus passed to Sir John Holt, the eminent lord chief justice, and was held in 1744 by Rowland Holt.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

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HOLDER 6 | 1790–1791
the Duke of Bedford
Transfer: Sale
Holding arrangement: sole
Narrative / explanation: In 1790–1 it was sold to the Duke of Bedford by Thomas Holt for £1, 796, and in 1880 was purchased from the duke's successor by William Thomson.

Relationship paths: No published path recorded.

END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY