MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Westcotes or Cotton or Cotys or West Cotton Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=westcotes-or-cotton-or-cotys-or-west-cotton Exported: 21 October 2026, 10:00 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 4 Location: Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Nigel de Albini Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Sir John Cornwall | 1428 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. John Grey | 1483–1484 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Samuel Whitbread | 1800 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 Nigel de Albini Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: At that date it was assessed at 3 hides all but 1 virgate, and was held by Nigel de Albini. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 1428 Sir John Cornwall Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The history diverges circa 1428, when Elizabeth Beauchamp transferred Millbrook to Sir John Cornwall, retaining Westcotes. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1483–1484 John Grey Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: It was, however, forfeited to the Crown by her second husband Sir Roger Tocotes, and was granted by Richard III in 1483–4 to John Grey, from whose family it had passed by 1609 to Henry Lord Mordaunt, who died seised of the manor at this date. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1800 Samuel Whitbread Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Thomas Baker, a representative of this family, held the manor in 1800, and sold it about this time to Samuel Whitbread, whose representative Mr. Samuel Whitbread is now lord of the manor. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY