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 all the information about the property and any comments.
| date | source | owner/buyer | occupier | comment |
| 1642 | Tax to relieve British army in Ireland | James Bush | living in Pirton | |
| 1662 | Pirton Manor Court roll/HALS | Thomas Campkin transferred ownership to James Bush | barn half acre condition being broken | |
| 1663 | Court roll/HALS | Thomas Camkin | new cottager Thomas leaves to daughter Mary | |
| 1670 | Pirton Manor Court roll/HALS | James Bush transferred ownership to James Roberts | barn Near House Of John Kampkin half an acre of ground with a barn on 0 | |
| 1680 | Court roll/HALS | James Roberts transferred ownership to Mary Stringer | barn Near House Of John Kampkin half an acre of ground with a barn on 0 | |
| 1690 | Court roll/HALS | Messuage In Hill End On Hill Lane with orchard and close adjoining Thomas Campkin shoemaker | ||
| 1704 | Court roll/HALS | Thomas Camkin transferred ownership to Oliver Farmer | Thomas Camkin | Messuage In Hill End On Hill Lane with orchard and close adjoining Thomas Campkin shoemaker and Elisabeth Brown widow live here |
| 1706 | HALS | Thomas Campkin | 1706 – 1721 | |
| 1706 | HALS | Oliver Farmer | 1706 – 1721 | |
| 1710 | Court roll/HALS | Oliver Farmer transferred ownership to Thomas Camkin | Thomas Camkin | Messuage In Hill End On Hill Lane with orchard and close adjoining conditional surrender |
| 1716 | Court roll/HALS | Robert Harding | House and a cottage Robert Harding lives in the cottage and Thomas Camkin shoemaker is in the house | |
| 1720 | Court roll/HALS | Issac Camkin transferred ownership to Issac Camkin | Issac Camkin | issac Camkin is a husbandman and surrenders to use of will |
| 1745 | Court roll/HALS | Issac Camkin | Issac Camkin | Messuage 1745/1873 Messuage divided into 2 tenements, 15a 3r allotment, messuage at Hill End with orchard, cottage or part of house with shop in Hill Lane, 3½a and garden, all copyhold of manor of Pirton |
| 1757 | Court roll/HALS | Issac Camkin transferred ownership to Thomas Camkin | Issac Camkin | cottage land occupied by Michael Turner the elder, issac Camkin labourer of St Albans[eldest son of Issac Camkin late of Pirton].Thomas Camkin, of Dunton blacksmith |
| 1760 | Court roll/HALS | Thomas Camkin transferred ownership to Thomas Camkin | cottage Standing In Hill Lane And A Fence Of Pales Standing From A Gatepost Towards The Well And Garden Lying Between A Fence And Orchard Late Of Henry Auger With Free Liberty Of Ingress And Egress To The Well. land occupied by Thomas Arnold Thomas Camkin blacksmith of Maulden surrenders to his eldest son Thomas Camkin cordwainer of Pirton. | |
| 1765 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas senior Campkin transferred ownership to Hailey | Thomas Senior Campkin | |
| 1769 | Court roll/HALS | Thomas Primett transferred ownership to Francis Arnold | cottage and shop Standing In Hill Lane And A Fence Of Pales Standing From A Gatepost Towards The Well And Garden Lying Between A Fence And Orchard Late Of Henry Auger With Free Liberty Of Ingress And Egress To The Well. | |
| 1769 | Court roll/HALS | Thomas Camkin transferred ownership to Francis Arnold | Messuage Standing In Hill Lane And A Fence Of Pales Standing From A Gatepost Towards The Well And Garden Lying Between A Fence And Orchard Late Of Henry Auger With Free Liberty Of Ingress And Egress To The Well. with orchard and close adjoining | |
| 1771 | Court roll/HALS | Sarah Boston transferred ownership to Francis Arnold | Messuage Standing In Hill Lane And A Fence Of Pales Standing From A Gatepost Towards The Well And Garden Lying Between A Fence And Orchard Late Of Henry Auger With Free Liberty Of Ingress And Egress To The Well. with orchard and close adjoining Sarah Boston is Francis Arnold’s daughter | |
| 1791 | Court roll/HALS | Francis Arnold transferred ownership to Thomas Hailey | Messuage In Hill End On Hill Lane with orchard and close adjoining thomas Hailey is Francis Arnold’s son in law | |
| 1809 | Court roll/HALS | Thomas Hailey transferred ownership to George Hailey | Messuage Hill End On Hill Lane abuts South On Land Of Tom Hailey ,Abuts East On Estate Of Widow Auger with orchard and close adjoining .part of a house containing 2 rooms and a lean to at the north end of a house formerly occupied by Issac Campkin, and all that shop standing near Hill Lane and a fence of pales extending towards the well. Also garden between fence and orchard formerly of Henry Auger with access to the well George Arnold Hailey of Arlesey | |
| 1811 | Court roll/HALS | John Weedon | Thos Weedon | previous tenant John Weedon |
| 1816 | Court roll/HALS | George Hailey transferred ownership to William Broughton | Messuage In Hill End On Hill Lane George Arnold Hailey of Arlesey | |
| 1818 | Enclosure award/HALS | Mary Hailey transferred ownership to William Lucas | 27 perch | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | Uriah Odell | Great Green Uriah Odell – Agricultural labourer age 29 | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | Samuel Roberts | Great Green Samuel Roberts – Agricultural labourer age 35 | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | Samuel Roberts | Samuel Roberts – Ag Lab age 46 | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | Uriah Odell | Uriah Odell – Ag Lab age 40 | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | David Weeden | David Weeden – Agricultural labourer age 33 | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Uriah Odell | Uriah Odell – Agricultural labourer age 51 | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Samuel Roberts | Samuel Roberts – Agricultural labourer age 55 | |
| 1863 | HALS | John Acres | John Joseph Acres of Weston admitted but died leaving 5 chldren | |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Jeffery (Dec) Lucas | Samuel Roberts | cottage rateable value £3 8s 0d |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Jeffery (Dec) Lucas | Thomas Dawson | cottage rateable value £2 8s 0d |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Jeffery (Dec) Lucas | David Weedon | cottage rateable value £3 0s 0d |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Jeffery (Dec) Lucas | Uriah Odell | cottage rateable value £3 8s 0d |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | David Weeden | David Weeden – Ag lab age 43 | |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | Uriah Odell | Uriah Odell – Ag lab age 59 | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Acres | Frederic Hoye | 1/2cottages 1/2cottages with Garden. 1/2 shared well, drainage-into moat ditch. 7 inmates sharing 1 living rooms, 1 sleeping rooms and 1/2 shared privy |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Acres | Samuel Trussell | 1/2cottages 1/2cottages with Garden. 1/2 shared well, drainage-into moat ditch. 6 inmates sharing 2 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and 1/2 shared privy |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Acres | Uriah Odell | 1/2cottages 1/2cottages with Garden. 1/2 shared well, drainage-into moat ditch. 5 inmates sharing 2 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and 1/2 shared privy |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Acres | David Weeden | 1/2cottages 1/2cottages with Garden. 1/2 shared well, drainage-into moat ditch. 6 inmates sharing 1 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and 1/2 shared privy |
| 1877 | School admission register/HALS | David Weedon | Eliza Weedon enrolled 1877 | |
| 1877 | School admission register/HALS | David Weedon | Elizabeth Weedon born 12/3/1865 enrolled 1877 | |
| 1877 | HALS | David Weedon | Frederic Weedon born 11/5/1874 enrolled 1877 | |
| 1879 | HALS | Mr Acres | Frederic Hoye | |
| 1879 | HALS | Mr Acres | Samuel Trussell | |
| 1879 | HALS | Mr Acres | Uriah Odell | |
| 1879 | HALS | Mr Acres | David Weeden | |
| 1880 | HALS | John Acres transferred ownership to William Horsfield | John Wilshere | cottage divided into 2 |
| 1880 | HALS | John Acres transferred ownership to William Horsfield | James Weedon | cottage divided into 2 |
| 1880 | HALS | John Acres transferred ownership to William Horsfield | William Nicholls | cottage divided into 2 |
| 1881 | School admission register/HALS | David Weedon | Frederic Weedon born 11/5/1874 enrolled 1881 Last school – Pirton Infant School, | |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | David Weeden | David Weeden – Agricultural labourer age 53 | |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | Uriah Odell | Uriah Odell – Agricultural labourer age 70 | |
| 1884 | Court book/HALS | William Horsfield transferred ownership to Fred Eddowes | Samuel Thrussell | cottage divided into 2 sold for £180 By Horsfield land agent |
| 1884 | Court book/HALS | William Horsfield transferred ownership to Fred Eddowes | Uriah Odell | cottage divided into 2 sold for £180 By Horsfield land agent |
| 1888 | Court book/HALS | Frederick Eddowes transferred ownership to White Turnbull | Thrussell | cottages 3 Eddowes lives in Pirton House conditional surrender for £478 |
| 1898 | Pirton Manor Court book/HALS | White Turnbull transferred ownership to William Newbury | empty | cottage divided into 2 Great Green White and Turnbull solicitors sold to William Newbury of Walkern |
| 1898 | Pirton Manor Court book/HALS | White Turnbull transferred ownership to William Newberry | Walker | cottage and premises Great Green |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | Herbert Shepherd | Great Green Herbert Shepherd – Under gardener domestic age 38 | |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | Martha Shepherd | Great Green Martha Shepherd – Living on own means age 64 | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | Martha Shepherd | house | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | William Newbery | Eliza Shepherd | cottage Great Green 5 perch gross value £7 0s rateable value £5 5s |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Martha Shepherd | house | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Martha Shepherd | house | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Martha Sheppard | 6 rooms 1 in household Martha Sheppard – Old Age Pensioner age 74 | |
| 1915 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Sheppard | Pirton Gladys May Sheppard born 5/2/1908 enrolled 1915 Last school – Pooles Park, L.C.C., | |
| 1915 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Shepherd | Daisy Shepherd born 18/6/1909 enrolled 21/9/1915 last school Pauls Park, London | |
| 1915 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Shepherd | Violet Shepherd born 5/8/1911 enrolled 21/9/1915 | |
| 1917 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Sheppard | Pirton Daisy Sheppard born 18/6/1909 enrolled 1917 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1918 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Shepherd | Lilian Shepherd born 18/6/1913 enrolled 24/6/1918 | |
| 1918 | Absent voters/HALS | Hedley Shepherd | Pirton Autumn 1918 | |
| 1919 | Absent voters/HALS | Hedley Shepherd | Pirton Spring 1919 | |
| 1920 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Sheppard | Pirton Violet Sheppard born 5/8/1911 enrolled 1920 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1921 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Shepherd | Pirton Ivy Shepherd born 14/12/1915 enrolled 4/1/1921 | |
| 1924 | School admission register/HALS | Headley Sheppard | Pirton Lilian Sheppard born 16/6/1913 enrolled 1924 Last school – Pirton Junior, | |
| 1924 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Sheppard | Pirton Ivy May Sheppard born 14/12/1915 enrolled 1924 Last school – Pirton Junior, | |
| 1926 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Sheppard | Great Green Iris Rose Sheppard born 7/10/1920 enrolled 1926 Last school – None, | |
| 1928 | School admission register/HALS | Hedley Sheppard | Great Green Margarite Joan Sheppard born 31/5/1923 enrolled 1928 | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Joseph Walker | Hedley Sheppard | cottage and premises Great Green gross value 11 rateable value 7 |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Hedley Sheppard | 9 Great Green married DOB 22/10/1881 LNER maintenance Age 58 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Lizzie Sheppard | married DOB 17/5/1882 Unpaid domestic duties Age 57 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Mary Jane Sheppard | single DOB 18/6/1909 glove machinist Age 30 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Violet L Sheppard | single DOB 5/8/1911 glove machinist Age 28 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Ivy Sheppard | single DOB 14/12/1915 glove machinist Age 24 |
