The table below gives details about who owned and occupied the house. The sources for information vary; the records pre 1800 are mainly manor court rolls. Every time a property changed hands, even between family members, the transaction had to be recorded at the manorial court. The names of those who surrendered and those who were admitted and the entry fines they paid were written in the rolls of parchment by the clerk. An entry fine was paid to the lord of the manor and the new owner was given a written copy of the transaction, hence the term copyhold.
All records were in abbreviated medieval latin until 1752 except for a short period during the commonwealth between 1650 and 1660.Freehold property is rarely mentioned but can sometimes be found in the manor rentals. It is difficult to trace the history of a house as addresses are never given ad therefore the only way is to use the owners name or very occasionally the name of the house.
Post 1800 there are many more sources of information although actual addresses are not used until mid 20th century. One method of identifying a house in the records is by the description of the land that went with it or the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor which often didn’t change over a hundred years.
The table is arranged over five columns. The first gives the year of the record and the second is the source document sometimes with a reference number. The next two columns record the transfer of ownership and the occupier of the property. Click on the names to link to the people database. Sometimes there is no link to the database so go to the people page on the top navigation bar and simply type in the name you are searching for. The search function returns all documents where the name searched for appears in that document. Click on a name match to view the document in which that name appears. When viewing a record that contains other names, it is possible to perform a new search on that name by clicking on the name link.
The last column shows information about the property and any comments.
| date | source | owner/buyer | occupier | comment |
| 1611 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | William Ansell | new cottager | |
| 1613 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | William Ansell | built a cottage against the statute | |
| 1625 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | William Ansell transferred ownership to Martha Ansell | Tyledhall. William leaves the house where he lived to his daughter Martha | |
| 1628 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | Martha Ansell transferred ownership to Michael Turner | Tyledhall. | |
| 1639 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | Michael Turner transferred ownership to Edward Tapster | Tiled Hall Near House Of George Mann orchard of half a rood on Croft | |
| 1649 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | Edward Tapster transferred ownership to William Dunham | Tiled Hall Near House Of George Mann orchard of half a rood on Croft | |
| 1649 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | William Dunham transferred ownership to Alice Dunham | Tiled Hall Near House Of George Mann orchard of half a rood on Croft wife of William Dunham | |
| 1653 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | William Dunham transferred ownership to John Ferryan | Tiled Hall Near House Of George Mann orchard of half a rood on Croft | |
| 1657 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | John Ferryan transferred ownership to Elizabeth Ferryan | messuage with orchard & other appurtenences to Eliz for life and then to son John | |
| 1663 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | John Ferrian | new cottager | |
| 1670 | Rental/ HALS | John Ferrion | ||
| 1701 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | Elizabeth Ansell transferred ownership to John Ferryan | John Baldock | Cottage. John Ferryan, first husband of Elizabeth Ansell dec. [now wife of Joseph Ansell] left cottage to grandson John Ferryan a minor. His guardian is Michael Turner senior |
| 1726 | Will | Mary Sheppard transferred ownership to John Ferryan | Land. John is Mary’s nephew | |
| 1733 | Rental/ HALS | Widdow Furrian | ||
| 1733 | Rental/ HALS | Widdow Furrian | ||
| 1740 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | John Ferryan transferred ownership to John Ferryan | Thomas Harding | Cottage. John Furrian left the cottage to his son John |
| 1740 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | John Furrian transferred ownership to Hellen Furrian | Thomas Harding | Cottage. John Furrian left a cottage to his wife Hellen for life |
| 1749 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Ferrian | Thomas Harding | |
| 1753 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | Hellen Furrian transferred ownership to John Furrian | Edward Arnold | Cottage. House Of George Mann On west and House Of James Mann On The East. John Furrian is Hellen’s son and is admitted on her death |
| 1776 | Will | John Ferrian transferred ownership to Susan Ferrian | Thomas Harding | Cottage. husband to wife |
| 1776 | Will | Susan Ferrian transferred ownership to Thomas Ferrian | Edward Arnold | Cottage. Thomas is John Ferrian’s brother |
| 1777 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | John Furrian transferred ownership to Thomas Furrian | Thomas Harding | Messuage and 2 cottages Thomas Furrian is John’s brother |
| 1777 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | Thomas Ferrian | Messuage Tom and wife Sarah admitted | |
| 1800 | Doddingselles Manor Court roll/HALS | Thomas Furrian transferred ownership to Fanny Wright | Cottages x2. Thomas left 2 cottages to his 2 daughters Fanny and Mary. Fanny married John Wright and Mary married John Kingsley | |
| 1811 | Pre enclosure plan/Hofton | John Wright | Henry Young | Cottages x2. |
| 1811 | Pre enclosure plan/Hofton | John Wright | Joseph Wilshire | cottages x2 |
| 1818 | Enclosure award/HALS | John Wright | house and garden 19 perch | |
| 1829 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Ferrian transferred ownership to Fanny Wright | Cottage divided into 2 occupied by Tom Harding and Edward Arnold. All Furrians property went to his 2 daughters Mary Kingsley or Fanny Wright | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | John Larman | Near Burge End John Larman – Agricultural labourer age 50 | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | John Larman | John Larman – Ag Lab age 60 | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | John Lake | Near Burge End John Lake – Agricultural labourer age 40 | |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Hagar Wright | John Larman | Cottage. rateable value. £3 0s 0d |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | John Lake | John Lake – Ag Lab age 52 | |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Hagar Wright | James Lake | Cottage. rateable value. £3 0s 0d |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | John Lake | John Lake – Agricultural labourer age 62 | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | James Walker | George Larman | 1/2cottages Well in field, drainage-. 4 inmates sharing 1 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and shared privy/2 |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | James Walker | William Wright | 1/2cottages with do. Well in field, drainage-None. 2 inmates sharing 1 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and shared privy/2 |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | George Lake | George Lake – Agricultural labourer age 24 | |
| 1887 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Herbert Lake born 8/2/1880 enrolled 1887 | |
| 1888 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Down Town. Leonard Lake born /7/1885 enrolled 1888/89 | |
| 1890 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Charles Lake born 17/5/1882 enrolled 1890 | |
| 1891 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Alice Lake born 11/11/1883 enrolled 1891 | |
| 1891 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Down Town. Annie Lake born /4/1888 enrolled 1891/92 | |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | George Lake | Near Burge End. George Lake – General Dealer, shop age 70 | |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | George Lake | Near Burge End. George Lake – Farm Laborer age 34 | |
| 1893 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Down Town. Joseph Lake born /6/1890 enrolled 1893/94 | |
| 1894 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Pirton. Leonard Lake born 3/7/1886 enrolled 1894 | |
| 1896 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Pirton. Annie Lake born 11/4/1888 enrolled 1896 | |
| 1896 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Pirton. Frank Lake born 1894 enrolled 1896/97 | |
| 1899 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Pirton. Exempt Joseph Lake born 4/6/1890 enrolled 1899 | |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | George Lake | Near Burge End. George Lake – Ordinary agricultural labourer age 43 | |
| 1902 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Frank Lake born 7/10/1893 enrolled 1902 | |
| 1903 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Pirton. Reginald Lake born 12/6/1895 enrolled 1903 Last school – Pirton | |
| 1905 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Pirton. Philip Lake born 21/9/1901 enrolled 311/1/1905 | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | dwelling house Near Burge End | |
| 1909 | School admission register/HALS | George Lake | Near Burge End Philip Lake born 21/9/1901 enrolled 1909 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | dwelling house Near Burge End | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Elizabeth Lake | George Lake | cottage & garden Near Burge End 28 perch gross value £3 15s rateable value. £2 15s |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Elizabeth Lake | Elizabeth Lake | cottage & garden Near Burge End 28 perch gross value £3 10s rateable value. £2 10s |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | dwelling house Near Burge End | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | George Lake | Near Burge End 4 rooms 5 in household George Lake School – age 10 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | George Lake | Near Burge End 4 rooms 6 in household George Lake Farm Labourer – age 53 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Emma Lake | Near Burge End 4 rooms 6 in household Emma Lake – age 51 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Annie Lake | Near Burge End 4 rooms 6 in household Annie Elizabeth Lake – age 23 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Ralph Lake | Near Burge End 4 rooms 6 in household Ralph Joseph Lake Carpenter – age 21 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Reginald Lake | Near Burge End 4 rooms 6 in household Reginald Lake Farm Labourer – age 15 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Philip Lake | Near Burge End 4 rooms 6 in household Philip Lake School – age 9 | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | house Near Burge End | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | George Lake | house Near Burge End |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | George Lake | house Near Burge End |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | house Near Burge End | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | George Lake | house Near Burge End |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | house Near Burge End | |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | George Lake | house Near Burge End |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | George Lake | house Near Burge End | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | George Lake | George Lake | house and premises Shillington Rd gross value 13 rateable value 8 |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Emma Lake | Shillington Rd. Widow/widower DOB 29/6/1859 Unpaid domestic duties Age 80 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Herbert Lake | Shillington Rd married DOB 8/4/1880 Gardener Age 59 | |
| 1918 | Absent voters/Aut 1918/Hitchin division/W/p2 | Reginald Lake | Pirton Autumn 1918 | |
| 1918 | Absent voters/Aut 1918/Hitchin division/W/p2 | Ralph Joseph Lake | Pirton Autumn 1918 | |
| 1919 | Absent voters/Spr 1919/Hitchin division/W/p1 | Reginald Lake | Pirton Spring 1919 | |
| 1919 | Absent voters/Spr 1919/Hitchin division/W/p1 | Ralph Joseph Lake | Pirton Spring 1919 | |
| 1919 | Absent voters/Aut 1919/Hitchin division/W/p1 | Reginald Lake | Pirton Autumn 1919 |
