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.
This house was built on a plot which stretched from Great Green to the Back Lane of Priors Hill. The site was part of the planned medieval village which fronted onto the green just outside the bailey. 6 Great Green was also built on this plot. The piece of land on the other side of Priors Hill also belonged to this plot.
| date | source | owner/buyer | occupier | comment |
| 1780 | Land tax/HALS | Mr Francis Arnold | Mr Francis Arnold | |
| 1781 | Land tax/HALS | Mr Francis Arnold | Francis Arnold | |
| 1782 | Land tax/HALS | Mr Francis Arnold | Francis Arnold | |
| 1811 | HALS | George Hailey | George Hailey | Yard and barn. 1 rood |
| 1818 | Enclosure award/HALS | George Hailey | House and yard. 1 rood | |
| 1848 | HALS | Thomas Lovett transferred ownership to John Woodham | Messuage. Bounded On East By Road To Shillington, South By Land Of Jeff Lucas | |
| 1850 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Hellen Thirlwall | Gentry. | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | Helen Thirlwall | Helen Thirlwall – Prop of houses and land age 50 | |
| 1855 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Helen Thirlwall | Gentry. | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Helen Thirlwall | Helen Thirlwall – Proprietress of houses age 60 | |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | John Woodham | Helen Thirlwall | House & premises. rateable value £20 0s 0d |
| 1864 | Cassey – trade directory/HALS | Helen Thirlwall | ||
| 1872 | HALS | John Woodham transferred ownership to Harriet couzens | Messuage. Bounded On East By Road To Shillington, South By Land Of Jeff Lucas with stable built by Wm Hipgrave. father to daughter Harriet | |
| 1888 | HALS | Frederic Skipper | Pirton. House Violet Skipper born /10/1882 enrolled 1888/89 | |
| 1890 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | John Skipper | Gentry. | |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | Frederick Skipper | Pirton. House Frederick J Skipper – Living on his own means age 30 | |
| 1893 | Court book/HALS | White Turnbull | Pirton House | |
| 1899 | HALS | Radcliffe transferred ownership to White Turnbull | Garden. Hitchin Rd | |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | Henry Green | Pirton House Henry Charles Green – Stock broker – agent age 43 | |
| 1902 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Henry Charles Green | Pirton House gentry | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Charles Wilkinson | Charles Wilkinson | House, farm & premises Pirton House gross value £25 0s rateable value £20 0s |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House | |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Charles Wilkinson | Pirton House. Charles Henry Wilkinson – Private Means age 70 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Annie Wilkinson | Pirton House. Annie Wilkinson – age 66 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Mary Wilkinson | Pirton House. Mary D Wilkinson – age 77 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Ethel Cooper | Pirton House. Ethel Cooper – age 24 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Charles Wilkinson | Pirton House. 8 rooms 4 in household. Charles Henry Wilkinson Private Means – age 70 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Annie Wilkinson | Pirton House. 8 rooms 4 in household. Annie Wilkinson – age 66 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Mary Wilkinson | Pirton House. 8 rooms 4 in household. Mary D Wilkinson – age 77 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Ethel Cooper | Pirton House. 8 rooms 4 in household. Ethel Cooper – age 24 | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House. |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House | |
| 1912 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Chas.Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House private resident | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House | |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House | |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Charles Henry Wilkinson | Pirton House |
| 1926 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | William Bonham | Pirton House. private resident | |
| 1926 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Hanscombe | Pirton House. private resident | |
| 1929 | School admission register/HALS | Edwin Flint | Pirton House. Daphne Flint born 31/3/1924 enrolled 1929 | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Edwin Flint | Edwin Flint | A dwelling house. gross value £24 rateable value £17 |
| 1935 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Edwin Jn Flint | Pirton House. nurseryman | |
| 1937 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Edwin Jn Flint | Pirton House. nurseryman | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Pamela Churchward | Single. DOB 9/11/1926 at school | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | David Flint | Pirton House. married DOB 13/4/1896 Horticulturalist Age 43 |
