Babraham manor
Babraham is a historical manor established in the 11th century in Cambridgeshire.
Since 2025, the manor has been under the lordship of Alexandru-Cosmin Voica.
A history of Babraham manor in Cambridgeshire
Babraham is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The village has been continuously settled since Roman times and it is recorded in the Domesday Book​​ as Badburgham.
The village's name means "homestead or village of a woman called Beaduburh" (the modern day equivalent of Barbara). ​The area around Babraham became wealthy during medieval times thanks to its wool trade. St Peter's parish church was built in the 12th century and consists of a chancel, an aisled and clerestoried nave with north and south porches, and a west tower.
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In the 11th century, the manor was held by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and his famous wife Godgifu (Lady Godiva) who then passed it to their son Ælfgar.
In 1086, Robert Fafiton, a local lord who owned multiple lands in London, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and beyond, held a manor at Babraham. By 1212, the manor had become part of the estates of Roger Mortimer of Wigmore and it stayed in the Mortimer family during the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1428, John Wilford and other parceners were listed to hold fee of the manor. The land may have been in dispute between Wilford's heirs, including his son John and his feoffees in the 1460s, but its later fate is not known.
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Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the manor was owned by the Bennet and Adeane families, who lived in Babraham Hall, built in 1833 by Henry John Adeane.
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When Alexandru-Cosmin Voica moved to the United Kingdom in 2010, he lived in Fulbourn, a village separated by Babraham by the ancient Wool Street. In 2025, Alexandru-Cosmin Voica became the new Lord of Babraham, by ownership of the lawful rights to the lordship. These rights are enshrined in the laws of England as incorporeal hereditaments and have been re-established through due legal process in compliance with the Honours Act of 1925.
Lords and ladies of Babraham manor
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Robert Fafiton
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Alexandru-Cosmin Voica and Christina Emily Voica