MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Yattendon Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=yattendon Exported: 15 October 2026, 11:19 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 27 Location: Yattendon, Berkshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. William son of Ansculf Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. According to the Domesday Survey Baldwin Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Nicholas | 1259–1260 Transfer: Grant Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. Hugh de Brandeston | 1287–1288 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Hugh Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Osbert Clynton and his wife | 1315 Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. John de la Beche | 1315 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. Thomas Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. John | 1331 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Andrew de Sackville Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. Ralph de Restwold and Thomas Hancepe | 1365–1366 Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. Sir Thomas de Coleshill | 1371–1372 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 13. and heir Isabel the wife of Hugh Crane Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 14. Alice Coteron and others | 1382–1383 Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 15. John atte Hyde and William Bruyly | 1408–1409 Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 16. Richard Merbroke and John Golafre | Attested 1428 Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 17. William Bruyly | 1428 Transfer: Purchase Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 18. William | 1467 Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 19. Sir Edward | 1506–1507 Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 20. Edward | 1669 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 21. James Norreys Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 22. James Close | 1714 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 23. Norreys Bertie Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 24. John Andrea Gallini | 1805 Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 25. T | 1841 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 26. Thomas Aubrey Howard Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 27. the late Alfred Waterhouse | 1877 Transfer: Sale Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 William son of Ansculf Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Overlordship: In the time of Edward the Confessor YATTENDON was held by Baldwin of the king in alod, and at the time of the Domesday Survey it was held by William son of Ansculf. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 According to the Domesday Survey Baldwin Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: According to the Domesday Survey Baldwin held this manor of Edward the Confessor, but in 1086 Godebold held it of William Fitz Ansculf. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1259–1260 Nicholas Transfer: Grant Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In 1259–60 he granted lands and rents here to Nicholas. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 | 1287–1288 Hugh de Brandeston Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Bartholomew was holding the manor in 1286, and in 1287–8 conveyed the reversion to Hugh de Brandeston, who had married his daughter Margaret. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 Hugh Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Hugh died seised of this manor in or before 1298, when the king proceeded to administer the estate, as his son Henry was then under age. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 | 1315 Osbert Clynton and his wife Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In spite of the fact that her interest was limited, she sold the manor in 1315 to Osbert Clynton and his wife, and they conveyed it the same year to John de la Beche, who is returned as its owner in 1316. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 | 1315 John de la Beche Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In spite of the fact that her interest was limited, she sold the manor in 1315 to Osbert Clynton and his wife, and they conveyed it the same year to John de la Beche, who is returned as its owner in 1316. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 Thomas Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: He was succeeded by his son Thomas, then a minor, who died without issue in 1331, when the manor passed to his brother John, then aged sixteen. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1331 John Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: He was succeeded by his son Thomas, then a minor, who died without issue in 1331, when the manor passed to his brother John, then aged sixteen. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 Andrew de Sackville Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: It seems probable that when this manor and the other estates thus inherited were divided among the three co-heirs Edmund Danvers conveyed his share to Andrew de Sackville, for there is no further reference to any interest in this manor belonging either to him or his heirs. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | 1365–1366 Ralph de Restwold and Thomas Hancepe Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Sir Andrew sold his share in 1365–6 to Ralph de Restwold and Thomas Hancepe, apparently in trust for the latter, who sold it in 1371–2 to Sir Thomas de Coleshill. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | 1371–1372 Sir Thomas de Coleshill Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Sir Andrew sold his share in 1365–6 to Ralph de Restwold and Thomas Hancepe, apparently in trust for the latter, who sold it in 1371–2 to Sir Thomas de Coleshill. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 13 and heir Isabel the wife of Hugh Crane Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: From Sir Thomas it passed to his daughter and heir Isabel the wife of Hugh Crane, who was holding part of the manor in 1381 and sold it in 1382–3 to Alice Coteron and others, when the share was stated to be two thirds. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 14 | 1382–1383 Alice Coteron and others Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: From Sir Thomas it passed to his daughter and heir Isabel the wife of Hugh Crane, who was holding part of the manor in 1381 and sold it in 1382–3 to Alice Coteron and others, when the share was stated to be two thirds. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 15 | 1408–1409 John atte Hyde and William Bruyly Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In 1408–9 John conveyed his share of the manor to John atte Hyde and William Bruyly. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 16 | Attested 1428 Richard Merbroke and John Golafre Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship: What happened is uncertain, for no records have been found to trace the descent of these shares during the next fourteen years, but in 1428 we find the manor in the hands of Richard Merbroke and John Golafre, the latter of whom had probably inherited the share of the manor bought by William Bruyly in 1408–9. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 17 | 1428 William Bruyly Transfer: Purchase Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: What happened is uncertain, for no records have been found to trace the descent of these shares during the next fourteen years, but in 1428 we find the manor in the hands of Richard Merbroke and John Golafre, the latter of whom had probably inherited the share of the manor bought by William Bruyly in 1408–9. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 18 | 1467 William Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: He died in 1467 and was buried at Bray, when he was succeeded by his son William, who was holding the manor in 1471. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 19 | 1506–1507 Sir Edward Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Sir William died on 4 January 1506–7, but it is uncertain whether he was succeeded by his son Sir Edward, who married Frideswide, sister and heir of Francis Viscount Lovel, or by their son John Norreys, who was certainly holding the manor in 1517. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 20 | 1669 Edward Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: On the death of Sir Francis in 1669 the manor passed to his son Edward. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 21 James Norreys Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: At Sir Edward's death the manor seems to have passed to James Norreys, who would appear to have been another son, and in 1714 he and his wife Mary conveyed the manor to James Close, apparently in trust. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 22 | 1714 James Close Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: At Sir Edward's death the manor seems to have passed to James Norreys, who would appear to have been another son, and in 1714 he and his wife Mary conveyed the manor to James Close, apparently in trust. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 23 Norreys Bertie Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: At the death of James Bertie the manor passed to his son Norreys Bertie, who was holding it in 1747 and again in 1759. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 24 | 1805 John Andrea Gallini Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: At his death in 1805 the manor passed to his son John Andrea Gallini, who was holding the manor in 1806, but was dead before 1825, when one-fifth of the manor belonged to one of his daughters, Mary. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 25 | 1841 T Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: In or about 1841 they sold the estate to T. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 26 Thomas Aubrey Howard Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Howard the manor passed to his son Thomas Aubrey Howard, who sold it in 1877 to the late Alfred Waterhouse, R.A., LL.D., at whose death, on 25 August 1905, it passed to his widow, the present owner. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 27 | 1877 the late Alfred Waterhouse Transfer: Sale Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship: Howard the manor passed to his son Thomas Aubrey Howard, who sold it in 1877 to the late Alfred Waterhouse, R.A., LL.D., at whose death, on 25 August 1905, it passed to his widow, the present owner. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY