MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Wilden Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=wilden Exported: 18 October 2026, 03:51 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 16 Location: Wilden, Bedfordshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. the Crown | 1097 Transfer: Reversion Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Herbert | Attested 1086 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Agnes Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Margery daughter of James de Pabenham Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Thomas Rolt | 1569 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Sarah Duchess of Marlborough | 1727 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Peter Tirell Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Ralph Tirell | Attested 1286–1287 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Ralph Tirell Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Alice de Norton Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. John de Pabenham | 1323–1324 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. William Blunt previous to 1313 from Ralph and Thomas Tirell Transfer: Purchase Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. Richard Chamberlain | 1360 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. John Morice | 1417 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. The Abbot of Warden Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 16. John Gostwick Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1097 the Crown Transfer: Reversion Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: On his death in 1097 the overlordship of Wilden reverted to the Crown, and became attached to the king's honour of Peverel, the manor being held by service of one knight's fee. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | Attested 1086 Herbert Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: In 1086 Herbert held this manor of the bishop, having as under-tenant his nephew Hugh, from whom it appears to have passed some time in the following century to the family of St. Remy. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 Agnes Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: With regard to the moiety which passed to Agnes, John Ridel her son is found holding in 1286–7, and again in 1302–3. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 Margery daughter of James de Pabenham Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Like Carlton, Wilden Manor passed to Margery daughter of James de Pabenham, who some time before 1388 married William Huggeford, and so, by the marriage of their daughter Alice and Thomas Lucy, to the latter family. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1569 Thomas Rolt Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: It was retained by the Lucys till 1569, when Sir Thomas Lucy alienated it to Thomas Rolt. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1727 Sarah Duchess of Marlborough Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Thomas Rolt, a later member of this family, made in 1727 a settlement of the manor, which he sold five years later to Sarah Duchess of Marlborough. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 Peter Tirell Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Peter Tirell held this fee at the time of the Testa. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | Attested 1286–1287 Ralph Tirell Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: In 1286–7 Ralph Tirell held half of the township of Wilden, the remaining half being the property of John de Pabenham and John Ridel. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 Ralph Tirell Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Ralph Tirell held the same fee in 1302–3. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 Alice de Norton Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Ralph Tirell died about two years later, being then found to hold one messuage, 27 acres of arable land, 2 acres of meadow, 1 acre of pasture, 12d. and ½ lb. pepper rents, which passed to his heir Alice de Norton. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | 1323–1324 John de Pabenham Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: In 1323–4 William de Norton and his wife granted their manor of Wilden to John de Pabenham, thus reuniting the original property in a single ownership. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 William Blunt previous to 1313 from Ralph and Thomas Tirell Transfer: Purchase Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: This land, formerly part of Wilden Manor, was acquired by William Blunt previous to 1313 from Ralph and Thomas Tirell, and was held of the king as of the honour of Peverel by service of 1 lb. of pepper and 1 lb. of cummin yearly. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 | 1360 Richard Chamberlain Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: In 1360 one Richard Blunt, whose relationship to the above John has not been established, granted this property in trust to Richard Chamberlain. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 | 1417 John Morice Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: Agnes Morice died in 1417, when her share passed to her son John Morice. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 The Abbot of Warden Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 4: The Abbot of Warden owned a small property in this parish which had its origin in a grant made to the abbey in 1275–6 by Bartholomew Newman and Cecilia his wife. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 16 John Gostwick Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 4: At the Dissolution 2 acres in this parish, lately belonging to Warden, were granted to John Gostwick, who acquired most of the Warden Abbey property. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY