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Remigius de Fécamp, Bishop of Lincoln, 1072–1092
Dates: died 1092
Norman ecclesiastic and Bishop of Lincoln from 1072 until his death in 1092. He was responsible for the foundation and early construction of Lincoln Cathedral.
View historical person →Reverend Rev. Basil James Harrold Sparrow-Beridge, Lord of Abbas Hall Manor by 1896, of Gosfield Place, Halstead, Essex
Dates: Born 1819; assumed the surname Beridge by royal licence in 1883; later nineteenth-century death date not established here
The Reverend Basil James Harrold Sparrow-Beridge was the son and heir of Basil Sparrow. He assumed the additional surname Beridge by royal licence in 1883 and was recorded…
View historical person →Reverend Rev. John Brooke of Shifnal
Dates: flourished eighteenth century
Grandson of Elizabeth Briggs and inheritor of the Haughton and Abdon estates.
View historical person →Rev. John Dryden Pigot, Reverend John Dryden Pigot
Dates: Died 1865
Rev. John Dryden Pigot inherited the Sundorne estate as kinsman of Annabella Corbet but died the following year.
View historical person →Rev. John Dryden Pigot, later Pigot-Corbet, Reverend John Dryden Pigot
Dates: 1808-1889
Rev. John Dryden Pigot inherited the Sundorne estate in 1865 and later adopted the surname Pigot-Corbet.
View historical person →Reverend Rev. Lewis Way, Anglican clergyman and philanthropist
Dates: 1772-1840
Lewis Way was an Anglican clergyman and philanthropist associated with Stansted Park. He was the recorded transferor in the 1826 conveyance to Charles Dixon.
View historical person →Rev. Sir William Ullithorne Wray, 14th Baronet, 14th Baronet of Glentworth, Rector of Darley, Derbyshire.
Dates: August 1721–9 August 1808
Rev. Sir William Ullithorne Wray was the son and heir of Cecil Wray of Enfield, a collateral relative of Sir John Wray, 12th Baronet. He was educated at…
View historical person →Revd Henry Hugh Way, J.P., formerly vicar of Henbury, Gloucestershire
Dates: 13 April 1807-23 February 1890
Henry Hugh Way was a clergyman and landowner associated with the Way family of Denham Place. He was vicar of Henbury from 1830 to 1860 and is stated…
View historical person →Reverend Henry Case Morewood, Clergyman, husband of Ellen Morewood, adopted the surname Morewood by royal sign manual
Dates: Died 21 June 1825; born about 1747 according to local memorial evidence.
A clergyman who married Ellen Morewood and adopted the Morewood surname. He was associated with the Alfreton estate and is recorded in enclosure-era documents as Henry Case Morewood.
View historical person →Reverend Inigo William Jones, purchaser of Albrighton in 1804
Dates: Died 1809; other dates not established in the cited source
The Reverend Inigo William Jones purchased Albrighton in 1804. He died in 1809 while preparing to sell it to Hugh Smith, leaving an infant son and namesake.
View historical person →Reverend Lancelot St. Albyn, rector of Parracombe and vicar of Wembdon
Dates: died 22 January 1791
A clergyman and member of the St. Albyn family who succeeded to the Alfoxton estates, married Anna Maria Selleck, and died without issue on 22 January 1791.
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