House ownership - Cromwell Cottage High Street

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
1642 Tax to  relieve British army in Ireland/National Archives Richard Camkin    living in Pirton
1644 Manor of Doddingselles Court book/HALS Richard Campkin transferred ownership to Joan Campkin Richard Campkin messuage

Joan wife of Richard the elder is admitted for life upon condition that Richard junior has the remainder of the house and closes except for the 2 ac of land and pasture before surrendered to Thomas Campkin. Thomas is a minor

1644 Manor of Doddingselles Court book/HALS Richard Campkin transferred ownership to Richard Campkin messuage On Little Green  Richard surrenders to his son Richard who is a minor Joan ,Richard senior’s wife is his guardian
1663 Hearth Tax/ National Archives Richard Campkin    Richard  Camkin 1 hearths
1663 Rental/ HALS Richard Campkin messuage   Richard has 1 hearth. Rent 15shillings
1670 Rental/ HALS Richard  Camkin
1670 Rental/ HALS messuage
1719 Manor of Doddingselles Court book/HALS  Richard  Camkin Thomas Hudson messuage   Richard Campkin dies. He has 4 daughters
1725 Poll Books/HALS Richard Campkin transferred ownership to Richard Campkin messuage   Richard Camkin is admitted on the surrender of his grandfather
1727 Poll Books/HALS Richard Campkin    Richard Campkin Of Hippolets Herts
1733 Rental/ HALS Richard  Campkin
1746 Manor of Doddingselles Court book/HALS Richard Campkin transferred ownership to  Pym messuage
1780 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym Richard Ward
1781 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1782 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1784 Poll Books/HALS Rev Edmond Pym Richard Ward    Edmund Pym Clerk Of Radwell Herts
1784 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1785 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1786 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1787 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1788 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1789 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1790 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1791 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1792 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1793 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1794 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1795 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1796 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1797 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1798 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1799 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1800 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1801 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1802 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1803 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1804 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmond Pym  Richard Ward
1805 Land tax/HALS Rev Edmund Pym  Richard Ward
1809 Manor of Doddingselles Court book/HALS Rev Edmund Pym transferred ownership to Henry Ward
1810 Will Henry Ward transferred ownership to Hannah Ward Henry Ward cottages   to his wife for life and then sell and give money to children
1811 Pre enclosure plan/Hofton Henry Ward Henry Ward    Conditional surrender
1816  Sale Samuel Allen Henry Ward    Conditional sale
1817 Samuel Allen Henry Ward
1818 Enclosure award/HALS Henry Ward Henry Ward Homestead and croft  1 acre 19 perch Henry and Hannah his wife died 1818
1851 Census 1851 Charles Gurney    Charles  Gurney – Grocer age 33
1861 Census 1861 Thomas Gurney    Thomas  Gurney – Baker & grocer age 34
1864 Cassey – trade directory/HALS Joseph James Weston    baker & grocer
1871 Census 1871 Thomas Gurney    Thomas  Gurney – Baker age 40
1877 Sanitation report/HALS Stafford Allen Thomas Gurney Baker’s Shop   bakers shop with yard and garden. well, drainage-into pond. 5 inmates sharing  living rooms,  sleeping rooms and Privy
1878 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Thomas Gurney    baker
1881 Census 1881 Thomas Gurney    Thomas  Gurney – Baker age 50
1886 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Thomas Gurney    baker
1890  Land sale/HALS Stafford Allen transferred ownership to Thomas  Gurney Thomas Gurney Baker’s Shop Well Situate In The Centre Of The Village

Baker’s Shop A piece of garden ground in front enclosed from the road by a stout wooden fence, a well of water.  Together with a large garden in the rear and W.C.; also a paddock orchard. Yard with timber and pantile building used as a stable and chaise-house.  Hen-house adjoining and 2 piggeries.  A timber, lath-plaster and thatched store-house. 5 Bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms, kitchen, wash-house and pantry.  A brick-built newly erected bakehouse fitted with an 8 bushel oven, for coal or wood. Brick-built and slated dwelling house and baker’s shop 3acre 2rood 2peck.for £550

1890 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Thomas Gurney    baker
1891 Census 1891 Thomas Gurney  Nr Little Green  Thomas  Gurney – Baker age 60
1895 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Thomas Gurney    baker
1898 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Thomas Gurney    baker
1901 Census 1901 Thomas Gurney Cromwell Cottage   Thomas  Gurney – Bread baker age 70
1902 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Thomas Gurney    baker
1909 Register of electors/HALS Thomas Gurney Thomas Gurney  Cromwell House
1910 Rates/HALS Thomas Gurney Frank Day Bakehouse & premises  2 rood 7 perch gross value £25 0s rateable value £20 0s
1910 Register of electors/HALS Thomas Gurney  Cromwell House
1911 Register of electors/HALS Thomas Gurney  Cromwell House
1911 Census 1911 Frank Day Cromwell Cottage   Frank  Day – Carpenter age 50
1911 Census 1911 Alice Day Cromwell Cottage   Alice  Day –  age 48
1911 Census 1911 Margaret Day Cromwell Cottage   Margaret E Trussell Day – Art Needle Work age 20
1911 Census 1911 Frank Day Cromwell Cottage  8 rooms 3 in household Frank  Day Carpenter – age 50
1911 Census 1911 Alice Day Cromwell Cottage  8 rooms 3 in household Alice  Day  – age 48
1911 Census 1911 Margaret Day Cromwell Cottage  8 rooms 3 in household Margaret E Trussell Day Art Needle Work – age 20
1912 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  Cromwell House
1912 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Frank Day    builder
1913 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  Cromwell Cottage
1914 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  Cromwell Cottage
1915 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  Cromwell Cottage
1918 School admission register/HALS Fred Weeden    Freda Weeden born 19/3/1913 enrolled 3/4/1918
1920 School admission register/HALS Frederick Weeden    Freda  Weeden born 19/3/1913 enrolled 1920 Last school – Pirton Infants,
1926 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Frederick Weeden    smallholder
1929 Kelly – trade directory/HALS Fred Weeden Cromwell Farm   smallholder
1935 Original rates/Hofton Fred & William Weeden Fred Weeden agric. dwelling house Little Green  gross val 22 rateable val 15
1939 National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives Fred   Weeden Cromwell Farm  married   DOB 9/4/1887 farmer Age 52
1939 National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives Ethel  Weeden   married   DOB 1/11/1886 Unpaid domestic duties Age 53
1939 National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives Annie  Webb   single   DOB 16/4/1926 at school Age 13
1939 National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives Emily  Webb   single   at school

 

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