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 |
| 1811 | Pre enclosure plan/Hofton | Radcliffe | Land | |
| 1818 | Enclosure award/HALS | Radcliffe | Land | |
| 1855 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House vicar | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Ralph Loughborough | Ralph L Loughborough – Vicar of pirton age 41 | |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Rev. R.L. Loughborough | House & premises 2 acre rateable value £40 0s 0d | |
| 1864 | Cassey – trade directory/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House vicar | |
| 1865 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House and lands | |
| 1866 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House and lands | |
| 1867 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House and lands | |
| 1868 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House and lands | |
| 1868 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House and lands | |
| 1869 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage House and lands | |
| 1871 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Ralph Loughborough – Vicar age 51 | |
| 1872 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage | |
| 1873 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage | |
| 1874 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage | |
| 1875 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage | |
| 1876 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage | |
| 1877 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Vicarage with Garden. Well, drainage-Main. 11 inmates sharing | |
| 1878 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1878 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Gentry. | |
| 1879 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1880 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1881 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Ralph Loughborough – Vicar of pirton age 61 | |
| 1882 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1883 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1884 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1885 | Register of electors/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | House and land. | |
| 1886 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Gentry. | |
| 1890 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Ralph Lindsay Loughborough | Gentry. | |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | Ralph Loughborough | The Vicarage. Ralph L Loughborough – Vicar of Pirton age 71 | |
| 1895 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Frederick Bedale | Gentry. | |
| 1898 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Frederick Bedale | Gentry. m.a. | |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | Frederick Bedale | Pirton Vicarage Frederick Bedale – Clergyman c of e age 48 | |
| 1902 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Frederick Bedale | Gentry. m.a. | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | House. | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | Benifice freehold |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | House & prem: Pirton Vicarage 2 acre 4 perch gross value £50 0s rateable value £40 0s |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | House. | |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | Benifice freehold |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | House. | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Florence Haylock | Vicarage. Florence Haylock – Housemaid age 18 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Emma Weeden | Vicarage. Emma Weeden – Domestic Servant age 58 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Florence Haylock | Vicarage 12 rooms 2 in household Florence Haylock Housemaid – age 18 | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | Benifice freehold |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Emma Weeden | Vicarage 12 rooms 2 in household Emma Weeden Domestic Servant – age 58 | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | House. | |
| 1912 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | The Vicarage private resident, m.a. | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | Benifice. freehold |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | House. | |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | Benifice. freehold |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | House. | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | Benifice. freehold |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Erskine William Langmore | House. | |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Langmore | Erskine William Langmore | Benifice. freehold |
| 1924 | School admission register/HALS | William Winkworth | The Vicarage, Pirton William Frederick Allwright Winkworth born 26/10/1914 enrolled 1924 Last school – Hitchin Grammar, | |
| 1926 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | William Thomas Winkworth | Pirton Court private resident,m.a.vicar | |
| 1929 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Philip Brian Martineau | Pirton Court private resident | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Martineau | Philip Brian Martineau | House and premises gross value 90 rateable value 72 |
| 1935 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Brian Phillip Mortineau | Gentry. | |
| 1937 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Philip Brian Martineau | Private resident | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Sophie Olbert | Pirton Court. single DOB 20/4/1889 refugee visitor Age 50 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Wilhelmine Olbert | Pirton Court. single DOB 8/2/1900 chemist dispenser refugee visitor Age 39 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Annie W Jenkin | Pirton Court. single DOB 12/4/1894 LCC teacher Age 45 |
