House Ownership

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

 

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