MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Woolhampton Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=woolhampton Exported: 16 October 2026, 02:11 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 15 Location: Woolhampton, Berkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. Edmund Earl of Lancaster Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. the Prior and brethren of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. William Wollascott | 1544 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. and heir Ralf de Chequers Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. William and Katherine and their children | 1286 Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Ralf Chenduit Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Sir Thomas de Sibthorpe Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. William Fauconer | 1390 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. Margaret (Fauconer) the wife of Robert Fitz Elis or Physeles | 1458 Transfer: Settlement Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Robert Ingilton Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. William Revel of Robert Achard by service of half a knight's fee Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. Ellis de St. Albans Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. The half fee of Ellis de St. Albans Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. John Delamare | Attested 1428 Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. the elder branch of Delamare at John's death Transfer: Reversion Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 Edmund Earl of Lancaster Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: When Robert Ferrers, sixth Earl of Derby, forfeited his lands for rebellion in that year, the overlordship of Woolhampton seems to have been granted with his other possessions to Edmund Earl of Lancaster, whose grandson Henry Earl of Derby and Duke of Lancaster died seised of it in 1361. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 the Prior and brethren of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: The manor of Woolhampton was granted to the Prior and brethren of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem before 1159 by Robert Ferrers, second Earl of Derby, whose gift was confirmed by King John in his charter of 1199. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1544 William Wollascott Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: In 1544 Henry VIII granted the lands of the hospital in Shalford and elsewhere to William Wollascott, who afterwards obtained from Queen Elizabeth licence to alienate them to Thomas Farmer and Edmund Plowden. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 and heir Ralf de Chequers Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: His son and heir Ralf de Chequers died seised of the estate before 1286, leaving as co-heir his daughter Katherine the wife of William Hawtrey; her share was settled in that year upon William and Katherine and their children with remainder to William's son and namesake. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1286 William and Katherine and their children Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: His son and heir Ralf de Chequers died seised of the estate before 1286, leaving as co-heir his daughter Katherine the wife of William Hawtrey; her share was settled in that year upon William and Katherine and their children with remainder to William's son and namesake. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 Ralf Chenduit Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Thomas was the son and heir of this second William, but the estate appears to have passed to Ralf Chenduit, son apparently of Agnes Chenduit, co-heir of Ralf de Chequers. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 Sir Thomas de Sibthorpe Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: The property seems to have afterwards passed to Sir Thomas de Sibthorpe, clerk, who granted land described as a twentieth of a knight's fee and rents in Woolhampton in 1341 to the Prior and brethren of St. John in exchange for rents in Sibthorpe and the advowson of the church there. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 | 1390 William Fauconer Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: A messuage and 2 virgates of land in Woolhampton were held of the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem in 1390 by Simon Godewyne, who in that year released his right in them to William Fauconer. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1458 Margaret (Fauconer) the wife of Robert Fitz Elis or Physeles Transfer: Settlement Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: In 1458 the property was settled on Margaret (Fauconer) the wife of Robert Fitz Elis or Physeles, who died seised of the property in 1469, leaving as her heir her granddaughter Sibyl the wife of George Ingilton. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 Robert Ingilton Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Sibyl was succeeded by Robert Ingilton, perhaps her son, who died in 1503, leaving a widow Anne and a daughter and heir Joan. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 William Revel of Robert Achard by service of half a knight's fee Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: There was another manor in Woolhampton, not entered in Domesday Book, which was held in the 13th century by William Revel of Robert Achard by service of half a knight's fee. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 Ellis de St. Albans Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: It seems to have passed to Ellis de St. Albans, rector of Wethersfield, before 1331, in which year it was valued at £20. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 The half fee of Ellis de St. Albans Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: The half fee of Ellis de St. Albans was held in 1428 by John Delamare, who possibly belonged to a younger branch of the Delamares of Aldermaston. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 | Attested 1428 John Delamare Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: The half fee of Ellis de St. Albans was held in 1428 by John Delamare, who possibly belonged to a younger branch of the Delamares of Aldermaston. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 the elder branch of Delamare at John's death Transfer: Reversion Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 3: After this date its history becomes obscure, but it possibly reverted to the elder branch of Delamare at John's death, and descending to Sir Humphrey Forster became amalgamated with his lands in Woolhampton. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY