House Ownership - Burge End Farm

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 Table Owner/buyer Occupier Comment
1503 Manor Roll  DE50 manor of Pirton Doddingselles   Transferred Ownership To John Martyn       hyllaryes in Brydge End between the toft formerly of the Prior of Hertford on the 1 part and a close called Le halle Close on the other 1 virgate adjacent to the toft in the North end, next to land of Wm Smythe called Dryelle
1503 Manor Roll  DE50 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Thomas Same Transferred Ownership To John Martyn     messuage  Hillaries in Brydgend between the toft of the Prior of Hertford on the 1 part and a close called Le Halle Close on the other with half a virgate of land of the same mess. Adjacent to the toft in Le North End next to the land of the lord on the e
1520 Manor Roll  DE59L manor of Pirton Doddingselles John Same Transferred Ownership To Thomas Same Richard Same   messuage  hillaries in Le Brydgend  half virgate
1521 Manor Roll  DE59m manor of Pirton Doddingselles Thomas Same Transferred Ownership To Richard Same     messuage  hillaries in Le Brydgend adjacent to a toft in North End 
1559 Manor Roll  DE68 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Thomas Hammond Transferred Ownership To John Hemminge     messuage  Hillaries in Brydge End between the toft formerly of the Prior of hertford 
1559 Manor Roll  DE68 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Thomas Hammond Transferred Ownership To John Hemminge Cecilia Hemminge   messuage  Hillaries in Brydge End between the toft formerly of the Prior of hertford 
1596 Manor Roll  DE73 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Cecilia Hemminge Transferred Ownership To Mary Lawrence Edward Lawrence   messuage where John and Cecilia live Hillaries  31 acres
1600 Manor Roll  DE75 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Mary Lawrence Transferred Ownership To Edward Lawrence Vivo Lawrence   messuage where Mary and Edward live Hillaries  31 acres
1611 Manor Roll  48700 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Geoffrey Lawrence Transferred Ownership To Michael Sam     messuage  Hillaries  31 acres
1644 Manor Roll  48712 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Michael Sam Transferred Ownership To Robert Sam     messuage  Hillaries  30 ac  13 ac
1659 Manor Roll   manor of Pirton Doddingselles Robert Sam Transferred Ownership To Hellen Sam Robert Sam   messuage  Hillaries  
1663 Hearthtax Widow Sam
1665 Manor Roll  48712 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Hellen Sam Transferred Ownership To Robert Sam     messuage  Hillaries  
1680 Manor Roll  48712 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Robert Sam Transferred Ownership To Robert Sam   Thomas Taryer messuage  Hillaries  
1682 Manor Roll  48712 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Robert Sam Transferred Ownership To Nicholas Ansell     messuage  Hillaries  with 30 acres &13 acres 
1703 Manor Roll  48712 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Nicholas Ansell Transferred Ownership To Thomas Ansell   Henery Sam messuage  Hillaries  with 30 acres &13 acres 
1727 pollbook James Hanscombe Gent Of Pirton Herts  
1744 Manor Roll  48754 manor of Pirton Doddingselles John Ansell Transferred Ownership To Elizaeth Plaistow 
1744 Manor Roll  48754 manor of Pirton Doddingselles Thomas Ansell Transferred Ownership To John Ansell 
1761 Manor Roll  48754 manor of Pirton Doddingselles       
1763 Manor Roll   manor of Pirton Doddingselles Elizabeth Plaistow Transferred Ownership To Mary Goostrey Thomas Goostrey   messuage  Hillaries  30 acres
1779 Manor Roll   manor of Pirton Doddingselles Mary Goostrey Transferred Ownership To Charles Radcliffe         
1779 Manor Roll   manor of Pirton Doddingselles   messuage  Hillaries  30 acres
1818 Manor Roll  enclosure award manor of Pirton Doddingselles Emilius Radcliffe Transferred Ownership To Thomas Caton    
1818 enclosure John Throssell   Cottage And Garden
1823 Manor Roll   manor of Pirton Doddingselles Thomas Caton Transferred Ownership To Thomas Jeeves Mary Jeeves  
1832 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1833 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1834 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1835 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1836 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1837 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1838 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1839 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1840 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1841 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1842 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1844 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1845 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1846 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1847 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1849 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1850 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1851 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1851 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1851 census Joseph  Lake – Farmer 170 A 10 Labs
1852 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1852 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1853 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1853 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1854 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1854 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1855 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1855 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1857 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1857 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1858 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1858 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1859 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1859 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1860 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1860 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1861 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1861 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1861 census Joseph  Lake – Farmer
1863 rates Charles Bowyer Joseph Lake Farm
1864 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1864 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1865 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1865 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1866 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1866 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1867 register of electors  Charles Bowyer    Burge End   
1867 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1868 register of electors     Joseph Lake
1868 register of electors  Joseph Lake
1869 register of electors  Joseph Lake
1871 register of electors  Joseph Lake
1871 census Joseph  Lake – Farmer 80 Acres 4 Men 2 Boys
1872 register of electors  Joseph Lake
1873 register of electors  Joseph Lake
1875 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1876 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1877 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1877 sanitation William Hanscombe Edmund Lake Farmhouse With Yard & Garden. Well, Drainage-. 5 Inmates Sharing 0 Living Rooms, 0 Sleeping Rooms And Privy
1878 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1879 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1880 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1881 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1882 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1883 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1884 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1885 register of electors  Edmund Lake Burge End   
1891 census Edmund  Lake – Farmer
1909 register of electors     Frank Burton Burge End Farm tenement and land  
1910 register of electors     Frank Burton Burge End Farm tenement and land  
1910 rates William  Hanscombe Frank  Burton House & Homestead
1911 register of electors     Frank Burton Burge End Farm land and tenement  
1912 register of electors     Frank Burton Burge End Farm land and tenement  
1913 register of electors     Frank Burton Burge End Farm land and tenement  
1914 register of electors     Frank Burton Burge End Farm land and tenement  
1915 register of electors     Frank Burton Burge End Farm land and tenement  
1928 register of electors Thomas  Eric Arthur Burton born 12/7/1920 Last school – Cokernhoe,  living with Frank George Burton
1932 register of electors Anthony George Burton born 2/10/1926  living with George  Burton
1933 register of electors David John Burton born 27/8/1928  living with Frank George Burton
1935 rates J A B Hanscombe Frank Burton Agricultural Dwelling Hse
1941 Farm survey William Hanscombe Of Pirton Hall Fc Burton, Full Time Farmer
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