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Ralph Neville of Thornton Bridge, Esquire and landed proprietor of Thornton Bridge, Leckby, Cundall, Kirkby-on-the-Moor, Gipton and Leeds
Dates: born circa 1460; died 24 July 1522
Ralph was the last male-line representative of the Thornton Bridge Neville branch. He married Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Christopher Warde of Givendale. His inquisition post mortem…
View historical person →Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 6th Baron Neville of Raby, KG, Earl Marshal, warden of the west march, royal councillor
Dates: c.1364–21 October 1425
Ralph Neville was the dominant northern magnate of his generation. He controlled Raby, Brancepeth, Middleham and Sheriff Hutton, rebuilt or enlarged several of those residences, and used marriages…
View historical person →Ralph Paganel, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Norman landholder, lord of Adel Manor in Adel church historical tradition
Dates: Flourished in the late eleventh century; active in Yorkshire by 1086-1089
Ralph Paganel, also known as Ralph Paynel, was a Norman landholder and sheriff of Yorkshire. Domesday evidence records him as holding numerous estates, and historical accounts associate him…
View historical person →Ralph Paganell, Governor of Nottingham Castle (1140, as stated in the registry)
Dates: fl. 1138–1140
Successor of Fulke Paganell and recorded holder of Lower Penn in 1138.
View historical person →Ralph Ridel, Holder of Abbotsley manor
Dates: Recorded in connection with Abbotsley about 1230 and in 1244
A later member of the Abbotsley branch of the Ridel family. The source identifies his manorial holding but gives no independent biographical account.
View historical person →Ralph Shirley, Knight, High Sheriff of Derbyshire, Knight banneret
Dates: died 1443
English knight and soldier who married Margaret Staunton in 1423 and thereby brought Staunton Harold into the Shirley family.
View historical person →Ralph St Leger, Knight, lord of Otterden
Dates: died before 1483
A Kentish knight who acquired Derbies Court by the mid-15th century. He was the son of Sir John St Leger of Ulcombe.
View historical person →Ralph Stafford, Knight of the Garter, first Earl of Stafford, military commander
Dates: c.1301–1372
A prominent Stafford nobleman who received livery of Dunston and his father's domains in 1321, served in Edward III's wars, became an original Knight of the Garter, and…
View historical person →Ralph Stepney, Gentleman, described as probably a London merchant
Ralph Stepney, also recorded as Ralph Stepneth or Ralph of Stepney, received Aldenham from the Crown in 1546.
View historical person →Ralph Stepney or Stepneth, Gentleman, also styled Ralph Stepney, Stepnith or Stepneth
Dates: Died c. 1544 or 1548 according to conflicting antiquarian evidence; the date concerns the identification of the memorial and is not treated as a firm death date.
Ralph Stepney or Stepneth was the Crown grantee of Aldenham Manor after the Dissolution. The surviving antiquarian evidence associates him with a London or Thames-side property exchanged or…
View historical person →Ralph Verney, Knight
Dates: fl. 15th century
A fifteenth-century Verney knight who obtained a 1467 grant of Waynfords Manor in Bierton, Buckinghamshire, for himself and his heirs.
View historical person →Ralph Ward, Gentleman, of Guisborough
Dates: recorded 1749-1759 or later
Member of the Ward family who received the Aislaby lands from the assignee in the bankruptcy of John Ward in 1749.
View historical person →Ralph Warren, Knight, Lord Mayor of London
Dates: died 1553
An English merchant and civic office-holder who served as Lord Mayor of London.
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