MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Wootton Pilling or Pilling Rowsbery or PIlling Shingay or St Johns Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=wootton-pilling-or-pilling-rowsbery-or-pilling-shingay-or-st-johns Exported: 17 October 2026, 06:02 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 3 Location: Wootton, Bedfordshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. the Knights Hospitallers and attached to their preceptory of Shingay Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Elizabeth Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Sir Francis Clerke | 1617 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 the Knights Hospitallers and attached to their preceptory of Shingay Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: The manor of Pilling-in-Wootton, which was known in the 17th century as the manor of PILLING SHINGAY, was held by the Knights Hospitallers and attached to their preceptory of Shingay. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 Elizabeth Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Elizabeth died seised of the manor in 1617, leaving a son Francis, by whom Pilling Shingay was doubtless alienated to Sir Francis Clerke, lord of Pilling Rowsberry, who in 1627 bestowed both manors on Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge, since which date their history has been identical. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1617 Sir Francis Clerke Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Elizabeth died seised of the manor in 1617, leaving a son Francis, by whom Pilling Shingay was doubtless alienated to Sir Francis Clerke, lord of Pilling Rowsberry, who in 1627 bestowed both manors on Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge, since which date their history has been identical. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY