The Manor of Papworth is located in the parish of Send with Ripley, Surrey, England.
Like Dedswell, Papworth may be derived from the holding of Walter or Herbert recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, but the matter is uncertain.
[3] The 33rd lord of the manor was Lieutenant Colonel John Walter Molyneux-Child who acquired it by inheritance in 1984 with the neighbouring Manor of Dedswell from the trustees of the 6th Earl of Onslow (died 1971), and in succession to the 7th Earl of Onslow (died 2011) who relinquished the titles in that year.
[5] Acquiring the manors kindled Molyneux-Child's interest in their history and in the history of the manorial system generally and he began to research the subject and wrote a book of his findings, The evolution of the English manorial system, that was published in 1987.
Molyneux-Child exercised his right as lord of the manor to appoint manorial officials such as ale tasters and hangmen which he combined with fund-raising for charity.