Manor Enfranchisements & Dealings of Lands and Properties in Bourton

The Copyhold Act of 1852 allowed tenants to demand enfranchisement. The act stated that if the 'Fee Simple' (Freehold) of the land was conveyed to the tenant, then the Copyhold nature of the land was permanently extinguished. However, there was usually a monetary cost for so doing. All Copyhold tenure was extinguished and turned into Freehold by the Law of Property Act 1922 which came into force on 1st January 1926. This effectively, brought to an end the function of the Manorial Court.

Deed of Enfranchisement dated 28th June 1900 between Percy Lord Viscount Barrington (8th) Lord of the Manors of Shrivenham Salop, Stallpitts and Cley Court and the new Trustees for the Will of Henry Tucker late of Bourton, for £231.10.4, relinquish the Copyhold of numerous Bourton lands and properties - all listed.

Deed of Enfranchisement dated 12th May 1906 between Walter Bulkeley Lord Viscount Barrington (9th) Lord of the Manor and Cyril Kendall Butler of Bourton House, fort £28.15.4. relinquish the Copyhold on numerous lands and properies - all listed.

Surrender & Admission dated 11th March 1905. Surrender by William Tucker and Stephen Baker Tucker, and the Admission to the Manor of Walter & Florence Kayess as new Trustees of the Will of James Kayess, deceased.

Surrender & Admission dated 28th February 1906. Surrender by Walter & Florence Kayess, and the Admission of Cyril Kendall Butler to three estates (three small pieces of land).

Admission (in to Shrivenham Salop) dated 3rd October 1894, of Mr Noah Keevil to an estate of the late Henry Tucker, upon a Conveyance under the Settled Land Act.

Admission (in to Shrivenham Salop) dated 26th August 1886, of William & Stephen Baker Tucker, Trustees under the Will of James Kayess, deceased, to three estates (three pieces of land).