| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Manor of Stainsby |
| Also Known As | Manor of Stainsby and Heath |
| Place | Ault Hucknall |
| Epithet | manor |
| History | Descent of manor
Stainsby was given by King William I after the Conquest to Roger de Poictou, who was given as its owner in the Domesday survey of 1086. During the reign of King John (1199-1216) it came into the possession of the Savage family. It remained with the Savage family until 1580-1581, when it was conveyed to Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor. Soon afterwards, BromIey sold the manor to Sir William Cavendish. The lordship remained with the Cavendish family, later the Dukes of Devonshire, into the mid-20th century.
Geographical extent
It covered the village of Stainsby as well as Domesday manors of Lund (in Heath), Oldcotes (alias Caldecote, also likely to be in Heath) and Tunstall. |
| Source | Court rolls and other records (late 16th cent) at Haddon Hall
- Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) p. 192
- The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) pp. 49
- Drafted text of ‘Heath – Manors and Other Estates’ by Victoria County History, Scarsdale Group, for future publication. |
| Authorised Form of Name | Ault Hucknall; Manor of Stainsby; manor |
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