House ownership - 14 Royal Oak Lane

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 John Kingsley transferred ownership to James Burgess Edward Wilson  
1811 Land tax/HALS  James Burgess Joseph Burgess  
1812 Land tax/HALS  James Burgess James Burgess    James is a shepherd
1814 Land tax/HALS  James Burgess James Burgess  
1818 Enclosure award/HALS John Kingsley transferred ownership to James Burgess house,yard and orchard  1 rood 21 perch
1841 Census 1841   Thomas Balls  Little Green  Thomas  Balls –  age 38
1851 Census 1851   Thomas Balls  Little Green  Thomas  Balls – Tea Dealer age 47
1861 Census 1861   Sarah Balls  Little Green  Sarah  Balls – Plaiter age 55
1871 Census 1871   Sarah Balls  Little Green  Sarah  Balls – Strawplaiter age 65
1877 Sanitation report/HALS Stafford Allen Sarah Balls Cottage   Cottage with `garden. well, drainage-None. 1 inmates sharing 2 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and 1/2 shared privy
1881 Census 1881   Sarah Balls    Sarah  Balls – Small grocer age 75
1890  Land sale/HALS Stafford Allen transferred ownership to Frank Day Frank Day  Well situate in the village of Pirton with frontage to the road leading to Holwell. F. Day.for £75  Well of water and a piece of garden ground in the rear.  Well placed in the village, with a frontage to the road. Lean-to thatched barn,a small yard at the side, enclosed from the road by an iron fence.  A timber and thatched wood and meal-barn.   2 Bedrooms and 2 rooms on the ground floor.   A brick, lath, plaster and slated small dwelling house.  25peck
1891 Census 1891   Frank Day  Near Little Green  Frank  Day – General Dealer age 30
1899 School admission register/HALS   Frank Day  Pirton 0 Maggie   Trussell born 17/11/1890 enrolled 1899 living with Frank  Day
1901 Census 1901   Frank Day  Near Little Green  Frank  Day – General builder age 40
1906 School admission register/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  Pirton  Annie Devereaux born 20/3/1903 enrolled 2/4/1906
1908 School admission register/HALS   Joseph Deveraux  Pirton  Charles  Deveraux born 6/3/1900 enrolled 1908 Last school – Infants Dept,
1909 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  dwelling house  Dead Horse Lane
1909 Register of electors/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  dwelling house  Dead Horse Lane
1909 School admission register/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  Pirton  Maisie Devereaux born 4/6/1906 enrolled 14/6/1909
1910 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  Syringa Cottage Near Little Green
1910 Rates/HALS Frank Day house & premises Dead Horse Lane 9 perch gross value £7 0s rateable value  £5 5s
1910 Rates/HALS Frank Day orchard, land & buildings Dead Horse Lane 2 rood 19 perch gross value £1 12s rateable value  £1 10s
1910 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  house  Dead Horse Lane
1910 Register of electors/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  dwelling house  Little Green
1910 School admission register/HALS   Joseph Deveraux  Pirton 0 Annie  Deveraux born 20/3/1903 enrolled 1910 Last school – Pirton Infants,
1911 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  Near Little Green
1911 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  house  Dead Horse Lane
1911 Register of electors/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  Syringa Cottage  Little Green
1911 School admission register/HALS   Joseph Devereaux    Constance Devereaux born 28/7/1908 enrolled 11/9/1911
1911 Census 1911   Joseph Devereux   Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Joseph  Devereux – Grocers Cowman age 30
1911 Census 1911   Jane Devereux   Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Jane  Devereux  – age 31
1911 Census 1911   Charlie Devereux   Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Charlie  Devereux School – age 10
1911 Census 1911   Annie Devereux   Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Annie  Devereux School – age 8
1911 Census 1911   Maisie Devereux   Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Maisie  Devereux School – age 4
1911 Census 1911   Constance Devereux   Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Constance  Devereux  – age 2
1912 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  cottage and land  Near Little Green
1912 Register of electors/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  dwelling house  Syringa Cottage
1913 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  cottage and land Near Little Green
1913 Register of electors/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  dwelling house  Syringa Cottage
1914 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  cottage  Near Little Green
1914 Register of electors/HALS   Joseph Devereaux  dwelling house  Syringa Cottage, Near Little Green
1914 School admission register/HALS   George Charlick    William Charlick born 21/7/1910 enrolled 14/9/1914 living with  Charlick
1915 Register of electors/HALS Frank Day  cottage Near Little Green
1917 School admission register/HALS   George Charlick  Pirton 0 William  Last born 21/7/1910 enrolled 1917 Last school – Pirton Infants, living with George  Charlick
1935 Original rates/Hofton Frank Day Elizabeth Charlick cottage and premises Holwell Rd 0 gross value £9 rateable value £ 5
1939 National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives   Herbert A Tidy  Syringa Cottage married   DOB 6/5/1909 Poultry man Age 30
1939 National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives   Mabel A Tidy   married   DOB 3/12/1908 Unpaid domestic duties Age 31
1939 National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives   Hugh Tidy    Under school age

 

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