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 |
| 1487 | Court roll/HALS | Chicksands Priory | William Samme | Messuage. Grene Ende virgate |
| 1489 | Court roll/HALS | Chicksands Priory | Thomas Samme | Messuage. William Samme is involved with all these properties |
| 1489 | Court roll/HALS | Chicksands Priory | William Samme | Messuage. Cotmanend a piece of land south of the house william Samme is involved with all these properties |
| 1500 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Chicksands Priory | Thomas Samme | Toft. |
| 1512 | Court roll/HALS | Chicksands Priory | Thomas Samme | Messuage. Cotmanend Samme leases property |
| 1530 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Chicksands Priory transferred ownership to Richard Eton | Messuage. Cotmanend Dissolution of monasteries | |
| 1540 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Richard Eton | Messuage. Cotmanend with land | |
| 1546 | Court roll/HALS | John Smyth transferred ownership to Robert Peirson | Messuage. Cotmanend 40 ac and 2 ac in Grensdytche formerly pertaining to a toft called Danngers now in occupation of Walter Carter | |
| 1558 | Court roll/HALS | Robert Peirson transferred ownership to Agnes Peirson | Messuage. Cotmorend 40 ac and 2 ac in Greensdytche formerly pertaining to a toft called Danngers. Robert leaves property to Agnes his wife for her life and then to his son John Peyrson and daughter Agnes | |
| 1558 | Court roll/HALS | Agnes Peirson transferred ownership to Robert Sam | Messuage. Cotmorend 40 ac and 2 ac in Greesdytche formerly pertaining to a toft called Danngers | |
| 1599 | HALS | George Copcote | 12/2/1599 covenant for lease for 6 yrs. & lease – 1. George Copcott of pirton, gent. 2. Thomas field of St. Thomas’ chapel, Meppershall, Beds, yeoman. Detailed regulations. copcott to provide seed. messuage etc. at green end (Pirton), 2 pightles adjoining, Alton close (4a.), new close (7a.) Godgrene close (la.) | |
| 1608 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Copcote transferred ownership to Thomas Hale | Michael Hamond | Cotmorend. bargain and sale by Thomas Copcote and his wife Elizabeth |
| 1609 | Court roll/HALS | George Copcote transferred ownership to Thomas Hale | Michael Hamond | Messuage. Cotmorend 62 acres and half ac meadow, 9ac and 1 rood pasture Copcote has alienated the property. He also alienates lots of land. |
| 1610 | Rental/ HALS | Michael Hamond | Farm. Flints Farm | |
| 1609 | Court roll/HALS | Henry Copcote transferred ownership to George Copcote | Michael Hamond | Farm. Cotmorend 62 acres George Copcote bought the land from his brother Henry |
| 1610 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Hale transferred ownership to Robert Field | Michael Hamond | Farm. Cotmorend Thomas Docwra of Putteridge bargain and sale |
| 1612 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Robert Field transferred ownership to Thomas Docwra | Farm. Cotmorend bargain and sale | |
| 1628 | HALS | Thomas Docwra | Michael Turner | Farm. Cotmorend 5 acres pasture, 16 ac 1 rood arable, 2 pightells Flints is leased to Michael Turner |
| 1628 | Rental/ HALS | Perriam Docwra | Michael turner | House flintes farm with 5 acres of pasture 16 acres of arable and 2 pightell leased by perriam dockwra to michael turner |
| 1628 | Rental/ HALS | Perriam Docwra | John Hammond | Land. 5.5 ac belonging to the farm called Flintes farm |
| 1644 | Tax to relieve British army in Ireland | Michaell Turner | living in Pirton | |
| 1646 | Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Perriam Docwra | Perriam Docwra has died | |
| 1663 | Hearth Tax/ National Archives | Michaell Turner | Michaell Turner senior 2 hearths | |
| 1693 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Docwra transferred ownership to Katherine Stone | Mortgage to Katherine Stone his sister who lives at Putteridge | |
| 1700 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Docwra transferred ownership to John Coppin | Lease to Coppin to raise money for debts | |
| 1700 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Docwra transferred ownership to George Warburton | Messuage Cotmorend 314 acres mortgage Thomas Docwra of Putteridge mortgaged the property for £1,025 to grandson Sir George Warburton of Arley Cheshire | |
| 1706 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Docwra transferred ownership to George Warburton | William Hale | Farm. mortgage of farm and 314ac for £1,025 |
| 1706 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Docwra transferred ownership to Dorothy Docwra | Thomas Halfpenny | Messuage Cotmorend. Thomas Docwra has died and Dorothy his wife now owns. Flynts is occupied by Thomas Halfpenny |
| 1726 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | George Warburton transferred ownership to Ralph Radcliffe | Charles Halfpenny | Messuage. Cotmorend occupied by Halfpenny and Thomas Burrell sale of whole manor cost £6,700 |
| 1726 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Ralph Radcliffe | Messuage 2 cottages Cotmorend Churchyard Closes and 6 acres Flints has 340 acres | |
| 1736 | HALS | Ralph Radcliffe | Matthew Lacey | Cotmorend. lease for 15 years |
| 1761 | HALS | Edward Pryor transferred ownership to Ralph Radcliffe | Charles Halfpenny | Messuage. Cotmorend with 2 roods of grass |
| 1780 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | Robert Odell | |
| 1781 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | Robert Odell | |
| 1782 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakely | |
| 1784 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1785 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1786 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1787 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1788 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1789 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1790 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1791 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1792 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1793 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1794 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1795 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1797 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakey | |
| 1798 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1799 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1800 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1801 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | John Oakley | |
| 1802 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | late John Oakley | |
| 1803 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | late John Oakley | |
| 1804 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | late John Oakley | |
| 1805 | Land tax/HALS | Charles Farnaby Radcliffe | late John Oakley | |
| 1811 | HALS | Emilius Radcliffe | John Kingsley | Cotmorend the farm homestead |
| 1818 | Enclosure award/HALS | Emilius Henry Delme Radcliffe | Abraham Barber | farm homestead Cotmorend 4 acre 3 rood 34 perch |
| 1830 | Land tax/HALS | Esq E H D Radcliffe | John Kingsley | Farm. |
| 1853 | Register of electors/HALS | Esq E H D Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1854 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1855 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1857 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1858 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1859 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1860 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1861 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | William Coxall – Farmer age 65 |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | William Coxall | farm 442 acre rateable value £497 5s 0d |
| 1864 | Cassey – trade directory/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Frederick Coxall | Walnut Tree House gentry |
| 1864 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | John Cook | house and land Near Little Green |
| 1864 | Cassey – trade directory/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | James King | Walnut Tree House farmer |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | Delme Radcliffe | Frederick Coxall | Frederick Coxall – Farmer 441 acres age 40 |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | I Coxall | Farmhouse with . , drainage-. 8 inmates sharing living rooms, sleeping rooms and |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | Delme Radcliffe | Frederick Coxall | Frederick Coxall – Farmer age 50 |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | Delme Radcliffe | Frederick Coxall | Frederick Coxall – Farmer age 60 |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | Delme Radcliffe | Frederick Coxall | Walnut Tree Farm Frederick Coxall – Farmer age 70 |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | tenement and land |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | House & homestead. Walnut Tree Farm 1 acre 2 rood 27 perch gross value £80 0s rateable value £57 0s |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | Land. Walnut Tree Farm 541 acre 2 rood 7 perch gross value £413 10s rateable value £398 15s |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | tenement and land |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | dwelling house |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | tenement and land |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | 11 rooms 7 in household Thomas Franklin Farmer – age 53 |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Delme Radcliffe | Anne Franklin | 11 rooms 7 in household Anne Catherine Franklin – age 41 |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Delme Radcliffe | Lawrence Franklin | 11 rooms 7 in household Lawrence Thomas Franklin Farmers Son – age 17 |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Delme Radcliffe | Kathleen Franklin | 11 rooms 7 in household Kathleen Mary Franklin – age 13 |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Hearle | 11 rooms 7 in household Thomas Hearle Student – age 21 |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Delme Radcliffe | Gladys Bales | 11 rooms 7 in household Gladys May Bales Housemaid – age 18 |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Delme Radcliffe | Alice Barker | 11 rooms 7 in household Alice Barker Cook – age 20 |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Walrond Hearle | Walnut Tree Farm Walnut Tree Farm bedroom first floor, furnished |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | Dwelling house Walnut Tree Farm |
| 1912 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | Walnut Tree & High Down Farms farmer |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | Dwelling house Walnut Tree Farm |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | Dwelling house Walnut Tree Farm |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Lawrence Franklin | bedroom first floor, furnished |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Delme Radcliffe | Thomas Franklin | Dwelling house |
| 1926 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Lawrence Franklin | Private resident | |
| 1926 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Franklin Laurence | farmer | |
| 1929 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Lawrence Franklin | Walnut Tree Farm private resident | |
| 1929 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Lawrence Franklin | Walnut Tree & High Down farmer | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Lawrence Franklin | agric. dwelling house gross value 50 rateable value 40 | |
| 1935 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Lawrence Franklin | Gentry | |
| 1935 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Lawrence Franklin | Farmer | |
| 1937 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Lawrence Franklin | Private resident | |
| 1937 | Kelly – trade directory/HALS | Lawrence Franklin | Farmer | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Lawrence Franklin | Walnut Tree Farm married DOB 11/2/1894 Farmer Age 45 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Clara C Franklin | married DOB 7/10/1888 Unpaid domestic duties Age 51 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Laura C Franklin | single DOB 21/7/1922 at school Age 17 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Jessie Hatter | single DOB 29/3/1882 School mistres LCC Age 57 | |
| 1941 | Farm Survey/National Archives | R Radcliffe | Lawrence Franklin | 0wned by R Delme Radcliff of The Priory Hitchin LJ Franklin, full time farmer with 1060ac, |
