Alienation Office

Alienation Office
Agency overview
Formed1576
Dissolved1835[a]
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Agency executives
  • Arthur Atys, Receiver-General (first known)
  • Charles Dodd, Receiver-General (last)
Footnotes
  1. ^ All of the office's functions had been abolished in 1834.
Royal licence to alienate the manor of Dolton granted in 1619 by King James I to Sir Thomas Monck (d.1627) of Potheridge, Devon. Great Seal of King James I appended

The Alienation Office was a British Government body charged with regulating the 'alienation' or transfer of certain feudal lands in England by use of a licence to alienate granted by the king, during the feudal era, and by the government thereafter.