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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameManor of Codnor
Parent BodyHonour of Peveril
PlaceHeanor
EpithetManor
HistoryAt the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Codnor was held by Warner under William de Peveril. Warner’s descendants seem to have held the manor, taking the name Codnor as their surname, until the marriage of the Codnor heiress Isolda to Henry Grey, who held the manor from at least 1208. It remained to the Grey family, with the elder branch of the family having Codnor Castle as its seat. In 1330, Robert, Lord Grey, claimed right of pillory, tumbrel and gallows as well as four parks in Codnor. In 1496 Henry, the last Lord Grey of Codnor, died, with the manor devolving to Sir John Zouch, husband of Henry’s aunt, Elizabeth. The Zouch family sold the manor in 1634 to Archbishop Neile and his son, Sir Paul Neile. In 1692 their descendant, Richard Neile, sold the manor to Sir Strensham Master. It remained with the Master family into the 19th century. The Butterley Company seem to have acquired the castle and land in Codnor from the Master family in the mid-19th century

Geographic Extent
In its early history of the manor Heanor, Loscoe and Langley would seem to have been members.
SourceMagna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) pp. 180-181
The History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, by S. Glover, Vol. 2 pp. 307-314 (1833)
The Heritage of Codnor and Loscoe by Fred. S. Thorpe (1990)
Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol. 14 (1892), pp. 16-33, “Codnor Castle and its Ancient Owners” by Charles Kerry
Authorised Form of NameHeanor; Manor of Codnor; Manor

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