Alienation Office

Alienation Office
Agency overview
Formed1576
Dissolved1835
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.

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.

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