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Mary Philadelphia Dawson, Owner of Aldcliffe Hall, member of the Dawson family
Dates: 1863-1945
The unmarried daughter of Edward Bousfield Dawson, Mary Philadelphia Dawson lived at Aldcliffe Hall, acquired the hall and just over forty acres from the family trust in 1933,…
View historical person →Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney, OBE, philanthropist, antiquarian and amateur ornithologist., 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney suo jure from 1909, charitable and archaeological patron, Lady of Justice of the Order of St John, OBE., 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney from 1909, patron and participant in Egyptian archaeological work, ornithologist and author., suo jure, from 16 January 1909, 1919, Lady of Justice of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, amateur archaeologist, ornithologist and charitable worker., ornithologist and author
Dates: 25 April 1857 – 21 December 1919
The eldest daughter and eventual heir of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, she succeeded to the Amherst barony in 1909 under the special remainder in the original patent. Her marriage…
View historical person →Mary Scrope
Dates: 17th century
The eldest daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Earl of Sunderland, who inherited Bracken when her father's lands were divided after his death in…
View historical person →Mary Shireburne, Duchess of Norfolk, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Shireburn
Dates: 1692 or 1693-1754
Only surviving child of Sir Nicholas Shireburn who inherited the Shireburn estate, including the Stonyhurst and Aighton-related manors, and held it through her marriage to Thomas Howard, eighth…
View historical person →Mary St Barbe, Life tenant of Alderstone Manor
Dates: Flourished 1671/1672; death date unknown
The widow of Edward St Barbe who received a life interest in Alderstone Manor under his will.
View historical person →Mary Thompson, Heir of the Aldburgh estate
Dates: 1734-1 April 1756
Mary Thompson, daughter of Jane Beckwith and Beilby Thompson, inherited Aldburgh Hall from her maternal grandfather in 1743 and died in childbirth in 1756.
View historical person →Mary Waine, Widow of John Waine
Mary Waine was the widow of John Waine and is recorded as lessee of Aldsworth Manor in Christ Church lease entries dated 1779 and 1786.
View historical person →Mary wife of Thomas Abram
Dates: Active in 1598 and after
Wife of Thomas Abram and life tenant under the 10 December 1598 settlement of the Abram estate.
View historical person →Mary Wortley Montagu, English aristocrat, writer and traveller, daughter of Edward Wortley Montagu
Dates: 1689-1762
Mary Wortley Montagu was an English writer and traveller who held a life interest in her father's Wortley estates under the reported settlement.
View historical person →Mary Wotton, née Throckmorton, Daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton, wife of Sir Thomas Wotton
Dates: Dates not established in the sources consulted
Mary Wotton was the eldest daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton and was named with her husband in the contingent remainder of the 1596 Alderminster settlement.
View historical person →Master and Chaplains of the Savoy Hospital, Corporate governors of the Savoy Hospital, London
Dates: Institutional holder in the 1520s-1539
The Master and Chaplains of the Savoy Hospital held the Hastingleigh estate, including Aldelose, under a royal assignment before the hospital was dissolved in 1539.
View historical person →Matilda de Lacy, Heiress of Walter de Lacy
Daughter and heiress of Walter de Lacy who, according to the supplied account, married John le Botiller and brought holdings in Meath including Girley to the marriage.
View historical person →Matilda de Verdon, later Matilda de Amundeville, Widow of John fitz Alan, dower holder at Acton Round
Dates: died 27 November 1283
A noblewoman who held Acton Round as part of her dower after the death of John fitz Alan and continued in possession after marrying Richard de Amundeville.
View historical person →Matilda of Boulogne, Queen consort of England, Countess of Boulogne
Dates: c. 1105–1152
Heiress of the House of Boulogne and queen consort of Stephen. The registry states that Donyland descended to her as part of the honour of Boulogne and that…
View historical person →Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour, member of the Arundell family of Wardour
Dates: c.1532–1598
Matthew Arundell was the son of Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour and Margaret Howard. The registry records that he succeeded to Donhead after the manor was returned to…
View historical person →Matthew Fetherstone
Dates: 18th century
The purchaser recorded as acquiring Abbotts Manor from Thomas Aleyn in 1771.
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