Richard Crofts

Richard Crompton, Landholder of Acton Burnell and Longnor

Dates: Died 1587

Heir of his brother Thomas Crompton and holder of Acton Burnell. His estate was recorded in an inquisition post mortem in 1587 and was later alienated in a…

Richard Crompton and George Hopton, Joint holders of Acton Burnell

Dates: Transaction recorded 1597-1609

Richard Crompton and George Hopton were parties to the 1597 alienation and settlement of Acton Burnell. George Hopton subsequently administered rents and obtained a licence to alienate the…

Richard Cromwell

Richard Crook

Dates: Died November 1727

Son of Thomas Crook and Abigail Hilton and owner of the Abram estate. He died without issue in November 1727, causing the inheritance to pass to his five…

Richard Crosse, later Richard Legh, Richard Crosse of Shaw Hill, High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1821

Dates: died 11 August 1822; aged 68

Lancashire landowner who succeeded to the Adlington estates in 1806 after the failure of the direct Legh line. He adopted the Legh name and arms by royal licence.

Richard Crowfoot

Richard Culpeper, Lord of Offham, Sheriff of Kent, 1470

Dates: died 1484

Kentish landholder stated to have been lord of Offham during Edward IV's reign and Sheriff of Kent in 1470; he died in 1484 and left the manor to…

Richard d'Avilers

Dates: died 1269

Son and successor of Bartholomew D’Avilers at Davillers in Brome; he received grants of free warren, a weekly market and an annual fair in 1253 according to the…

Richard Dalby

Richard Dangeroes, Medieval lord of Mylor.

Identified in the supplied history as the recipient of a grant of Mylor from Robert de Cardinan and progenitor of the later D'Angers descent.

Richard de Abram

Dates: Recorded in 1212

Medieval holder of land at Edburgham, the settlement later known as Abram. He held four oxgangs by fee-farm tenure under the grant attributed to King Henry.

Richard de Acton

Dates: Flourished circa 1190

The earliest identified member of the de Acton family associated by Eyton with the Acton holding.

Richard de Afton, Holder of a life interest in the manor of Afton, Freshwater

Dates: flourished 1302

A medieval landholder of the Afton family who received a life grant of the manor of Afton in 1302.

Richard de Aldford, Holder of the fee of Aldford under the Earl of Chester

Dates: Active in the reign of King John, 1199-1216

Medieval lord associated with Aldford and its castle. The available account places him as holder of the fee under the Earl of Chester during the reign of King…

Richard de Bayeux, Feudal landholder of Covington, Sheriff of Huntingdonshire, 1332

Dates: fl. 14th century

Son and heir of Robert de Bayeux. He held Covington and served as sheriff in 1332, while also holding other offices.

Richard de Beaumis I, Bishop of London, 1108–1127, Archdeacon of Middlesex

Dates: died 1127

Richard de Beaumis, also recorded as Richard de Belmeis, was Bishop of London from 1108 until his death in 1127. The registry records Middle Hampton as passing to…

Richard de Bedeford

Dates: fl. 1268-1280; died 1289

Richard de Bitering

Fourteenth-century landholder recorded as a recipient of the conveyance of Moulton St Mary in 1349.

Richard de Blogate

Richard de Brewse, Knight or member of the de Brewse landed family, exact style varies by source

Dates: flourished in the late thirteenth century

Richard de Brewse was a medieval Suffolk landholder associated with Akenham and with the absorption of the Rous or Rice Hall interest into the main Akenham estate.

Richard de Burton

Dates: flourished 1339; other dates not established

Received John de Passelew's right in Albury Manor in 1339. No fuller biography is established by the consulted sources.

Richard de Denton

Dates: fl. 1323

A member of the Denton family to whom Edward II granted the forfeited manor of Ainstable after Andrew de Harcla's execution.

Richard de Eketon