Lady Sophia Cecil, Lady Sophia Cecil by birth, later Mrs Henry Manvers Pierrepont. She was not suo jure a peeress.

Dates: Born February 1792; died 11 November 1823 at Caudéran near Bordeaux, France; buried at Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.

Lady Sophia Cecil was the only daughter of Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter, and his second wife Sarah Hoggins. She was an accomplished amateur artist whose drawings…

Lady Sophia Georgiana Lennox, Lady by birth as daughter of a duke, later Lady Sophia Cecil by marriage.

Dates: 21 July 1809–17 January 1902

Lady Sophia Georgiana Lennox was the seventh and youngest daughter of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, and Charlotte Gordon. She married Lord Thomas Cecil in…

Lady Vavasour, Lady of the manor of Addingham.

Dates: recorded in the ninth year of Edward II, approximately 1315-1316

An unnamed female member of the Vavasour family is recorded as lady of the manor of Addingham in the Nomina Villarum evidence cited by the Craven history.

Lancelot St. Aubyn of Alfoxton

Dates: died before 16 December 1624

A Somerset landholder of Alfoxton who married Elizabeth Halswell, daughter of Robert Halswell of Halswell.

Lancelot St. Aubyn of East Quantoxhead, later of Alfoxton

Dates: died about 1709

A member of the St. Aubyn family associated first with East Quantoxhead and later with Alfoxton in Somerset.

Lancelot St. Aubyn of Nether Stowey, later of Alfoxton

Dates: died 1745

A Somerset member of the St. Aubyn family associated with Nether Stowey and later Alfoxton.

captain Langdale Sunderland, Of Ackton or Aikton, Royalist officer during the English Civil War

Dates: Baptised 20 December 1622; died 1698

Langdale Sunderland was a Yorkshire gentleman and Royalist officer. He acquired Ackton after the Civil War period, held Ackton Hall and lands there, and was involved in documented…

Langford descendants, Descendants of Sir Thomas Langford

Dates: Reported to 1509

The available county description reports continued Langford family association with the Aldworth property until 1509 but does not name the individual holders.

Langley Gravenor

Dates: fl. early 19th century

The Gravenor beneficiary who inherited the Alfoxton estate after the death of Anna Maria St. Albyn and subsequently adopted the St. Albyn surname.

Langley St. Albyn formerly Langley Gravenor, High Sheriff of Somerset, 1850

Dates: 1786-1874

Somerset landowner of Alfoxton Park. He inherited the Alfoxton estate from his great-uncle, the Reverend Lancelot St. Albyn, and assumed the St. Albyn surname by royal licence in…

Laurence de Chaworth, Chaworth landholder associated with Alfreton

Dates: Recorded in the seventeenth year of Edward II, 1317-1318.

A member of the Chaworth family recorded in Bateman's account as holding Alfreton during the reign of Edward II.

Lauretta

Dates: died 1224

Daughter of Eustace Picot and wife of Hugh Burdeleys; she inherited Burdeleys and died in 1224.

Lawrence Dundas, Merchant, created Baronet in 1762, 1st Earl of Zetland, later 1st Marquess of Zetland

Dates: 1712–1781

British merchant and landowner who acquired the Aske estate in 1763 and established the Dundas family's association with Aske Hall.

Lawrence Greyndour, Holder in right of his wife Margaret de Abenhall

Dates: Active 1358

Husband of Margaret de Abenhall and an early Greyndour holder of the Abenhall inheritance.

Lawrence Ireland, Jesuit priest

Dates: died 6 May 1609

Purchased Eggergarth from James Scarisbrick, received possession in 1547, and held the manor until his death in 1609. He enfeoffed Sir Richard Molyneux and others in 1605 for…

Leofgifu, abbess of Shaftesbury

Dates: Active as abbess and holder of Abbas Combe in 1066; otherwise unknown

Leofgifu is recorded in the Exon Domesday material as abbess of Shaftesbury and holder of Abbas Combe before 1066. No fuller secure biography was located.

Leonard Dacre, Dacre claimant

Dates: attainted 1570

A younger son of William Dacre and uncle of George Dacre who claimed part of the Dacre inheritance. He rebelled in 1570, was defeated, fled abroad and was…

Leonard Dannett

Dates: flourished 1579; other dates not established

Member of the Dannett family who, with his wife Christiana, sold Albury Manor to John Southcote in 1579.

Leonard Pickering

Leonard Pigott

Leonard Spencer

A member of the Spencer family who held Worstead Hemptons after succeeding his father, John Spencer. He sold the lordship in 1565 and was last recorded in 1572.

Leveson Vernon

Lewin of Nuneham

Lewis Loyd, Banker, purchaser of Abington Manor, London banker

Dates: 1767 to 1858 according to the published estate descent

A London banker and land investor who purchased Abington Manor in 1841 and acquired it as an investment rather than as a principal residence.