I would very much
like to complete a section of this web site
illustrating the bearings of the present day
Feudal Lords of Cheshire. Contact would be very
much appreciated from those currently holding
Manors.
I have little
information as to the present ownership of the
Manor of Goostrey and would very much like to
know who the present Lord of the Manor is.
The most
recent information I hold is as follows:
White's
History and Gazetteer of Cheshire, 1860 states
that "Harry Mainwaring is Lord of the Manor
and owner". This would indicate that the
Mainwaring family were the owners at least in
the mid nineteenth century.
The 1906 edition
of Kelly's Directory of Cheshire mentions that
Egerton Leigh of Joderell Hall (Leigh of West
Hall, High Leigh) and John Baskervyle-Glegg,
of Withington Hall are joint Lords of the
Manor. Both of these families are listed in
the 1937 edition of Burke's Landed Gentry.
Quite rightly, the Manorial Society of Great
Britain does not publish details of their
Membership (the present owner may or may not
be a member of the Society) and there is no
public register of Manorial Lords so there is
no "easy route" to finding out who the present
Lord of the Manor is. If anyone has any public
information (we must of course respect the
privacy of any existing individual), perhaps
from the Wills etc. of the two gentlemen last
known to be in possession, I would be most
appreciative.