MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Wilshamstead or Wilhamstead or Wilstead Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=wilshamstead-or-wilhamstead-or-wilstead Exported: 17 October 2026, 23:33 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 10 Location: Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. the Abbess of Elstow of the Countess Judith Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. the Crown Transfer: Recorded possession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Robert Newdigate | 1562 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. John | 1562 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. John Warner and Thomas Norwood | 1563 Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Thomas Norwood | 1565 Transfer: Reversion Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Thomas Norwood still Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. John for life | 1584 Transfer: Settlement Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Henry Lord Mordaunt Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Thus he Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 the Abbess of Elstow of the Countess Judith Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: WILSHAMSTEAD MANOR, slightly the larger, was held by the Abbess of Elstow of the Countess Judith, the soke belonging to Kempston; tradition says that the latter had founded and endowed the convent as an act of reparation for the betrayal of her husband. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 the Crown Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: After the Dissolution the manor was created part of the honour of Ampthill, and the overlordship remained in the hands of the Crown. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1562 Robert Newdigate Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: By 1562 the manor had been granted by the Crown to Robert Newdigate, who conveyed it possibly in trust to his brother John. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1562 John Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: By 1562 the manor had been granted by the Crown to Robert Newdigate, who conveyed it possibly in trust to his brother John. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1563 John Warner and Thomas Norwood Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: In 1563 Robert sold the property to John Warner and Thomas Norwood. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1565 Thomas Norwood Transfer: Reversion Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: John Warner died in 1565 childless, and the manor reverted to Thomas Norwood, his nephew and son of the joint feoffee of the manor. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 Thomas Norwood still Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Thomas Norwood still held the manor in 1584, and four years later it was settled on his son John for life, with remainder to John's second son Edmund, who held in 1605. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1584 John for life Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Thomas Norwood still held the manor in 1584, and four years later it was settled on his son John for life, with remainder to John's second son Edmund, who held in 1605. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 Henry Lord Mordaunt Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: From him it passed to Henry Lord Mordaunt, whose daughters Elizabeth, Margaret and Anne compounded for their estates in 1649. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 Thus he Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Thus he held this manor still in 1795, and it remained in his family till 1849, when John third Lord Carteret died childless; the barony became extinct, but the manor remained in the possession of the family and is at present held by Mr. A. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY