Verification Request Referenced by NFRA

Request

In a Notice of Finding published by the National Feudal Register and Archive (NFRA), an organisation claiming to authenticate manorial and feudal dignities in England and Wales (NFRA Reg. No. H1223210-21), it is stated that a Verification Request' concerning the dignity referenced in the Notice was submitted by “the National Archives in Kew, Richmond”.

I would be grateful if you could provide any correspondence—whether incoming or outgoing—related to this 'Verification Request'.

Outcome

Information not held.

Response

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000. The FOI Act gives you the right to know whether we hold the information you want and to have it communicated to you, subject to any exemptions which may apply.

I can confirm that The National Archives does not hold this information.

The National Archives has not received correspondence about the manor or lordship of Haseley/Hasley/Thornton, Buckinghamshire, nor any correspondence with the National Feudal Register and Archive.

We have reviewed the entry for this manor on the National Feudal Register and Archive. We believe the National Feudal Register and Archive may have used the Manorial Documents Register, which is freely available online, for its verification sources.

The Manorial Documents Register is solely an index to the location of surviving English and Welsh manorial records held in public and private hands. The Register is a statutory record maintained by The National Archives, in accordance with the Manorial Document Rules, on behalf of the Master of the Rolls.

Our research guides, Manorial documents and lordships and how to use the Manorial Documents Register and Manors and manorial records provide advice about tracing manorial titles and directs researchers to the Land Registry where a voluntary registration of manorial titles was kept until 2003.