Richard Borough

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Lord Boyle of Youghall, 4th Earl of Shannon, 4th Viscount Boyle of Bandon, 4th Baron Carleton

Dates: 1566–1643

Anglo-Irish nobleman and major coloniser of Munster who acquired the Cloghmacsimon and Bandon lands by agreement with the Beecher family, completed on 1 May 1619.

Richard Brettell, Of Chertsey, manor owner, Co-owner of Kavenham-Stoke-Wereham Manor

Dates: fl. 1878–1880

Jointly acquired Emsworth and Warblington with Henry Edwards Paine in 1885; his share was subsequently acquired by Paine.

Richard Brettwell

Joint purchaser of Frimley Manor with Henry Edwards Paine early in the twentieth century; Paine later acquired his share.

Richard Brewse

Richard Broke, High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1623, according to the Beaumont Collection account

Richard Broke was a Suffolk landowner and office-holder recorded as lord or owner of Stowmarket or Abbotts Hall in 1610.

Richard Brown

Dates: flourished late sixteenth century

Cranleigh landholder recorded as trustee of one moiety of Abinger Manor for Richard Hill.

Richard Bulkeley, Viscount Bulkeley, Viscount Bulkeley of Baron Hill

Dates: Active as owner by 1715; exact dates for the relevant viscount not established in the accessible sources

Richard Bulkeley was the identified Bulkeley owner of Aber by 1715. The manor formed part of the Baron Hill family's wider landed interests in Anglesey and Caernarfonshire.

Richard Burdett

Dates: Died 1492

Burdett holder upon whom the manor of Ab Lench was settled jointly with his wife Joyce in 1487.

Richard Burton of Kinsley

Richard Carew of Antony, Cornish gentleman, Member of Parliament, Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall, antiquary and author

Dates: 1555–1620

Cornish antiquary, author and politician, best known for The Survey of Cornwall. He married Juliana Arundell and acquired substantial Cornish estates through the marriage. He died on 6…

Richard Cave

Richard Chadwick

Dates: Active in 1646

Richard Chadwick was the documented lessee of Alderwasley Manor during the period in which the property had been sequestered from the royalist Edward Lowe.

Richard Charles Fullarton-Smith Acton, Acton Scott estate owner and resident

Dates: 1882-1970

A later member of the Acton family who was associated with Acton Scott Hall and the continuing Acton estate descent until his death in 1970.

Richard Chedder, Esquire, lord of Aldwick in the 1433 Ubley court-roll account.

Dates: Died 8 June 1437; recorded as lord of Aldwick by 1433 according to local historical material.

Richard Chedder was a member of the wealthy Chedder family of Bristol and Somerset. The 1437 IPM identifies him as the son and heir of Joan, formerly wife…

Richard Child

Richard Child, later Earl Tylney, 1st Earl Tylney, 3rd Baronet Child, Viscount Castlemaine

Dates: 1680-1750

Richard Child inherited the Child family estates and was later created Earl Tylney. He was the grandson of Sir Josiah Child and the principal successor in the family's…

Richard Choke, Serjeant-at-law, King's Serjeant (1453–1461), Justice of the Common Pleas (1461–1483), knighted 1465

Dates: died 1483

English lawyer and judge who held Stanton Drew and other estates. He served as a royal legal officer and justice, received royal commissions, and was summoned to the…

Richard Corbet, Esquire, of Shawbury and Moreton Corbet

Dates: 1624-1690 or 1691 depending on source convention

A Corbet landowner who inherited the principal Moreton Corbet estates in 1688 and was associated with the Shawbury and Acton Reynald estates.

Richard Corbet, Corbet family landholder of Adderley

Dates: 1564-1601

A member of the Adderley Corbet family and son of Reginald Corbet and Alice Gratewood. He and his wife Anne were associated with the family estates.

Richard Corbet, Lord of Adderley, Corbet landowner of Adderley Hall

Dates: died 1877

Second son of Sir Andrew Corbet of Acton Reynald who inherited the Adderley estates from his kinsman Sir Corbet Corbet in 1823. He was recorded as lord of…

Richard Courtenay, Bishop of Norwich, lord of Moretonhampsted

Dates: died 1415

A Courtenay churchman who succeeded to the lordship of Moretonhampsted in 1406 and later became Bishop of Norwich.

Richard Crawshay; Joseph Bailey; Benjamin Hall, Industrialists and partners in the Cyfarthfa Ironworks

Dates: Richard Crawshay died 1810; Joseph Bailey 1783-1858; Benjamin Hall 1778-1817

Industrial partners connected with the Cyfarthfa Ironworks who acquired the Abercarn estate and ironworks in the course of the transaction begun in 1808.

Richard Cresset of Upton, Esquire

Dates: flourished sixteenth century

Nephew and devisee of Henry Cresset who inherited Abdon under the 1562 will.