Richard Gore, Gore landholder of Alderton and other Wiltshire estates

Dates: 1543-1583

Wiltshire landholder who succeeded Giles Gore II and held land at Alderton, Surrendell, Grittleton, Hullavington and elsewhere.

Richard Grey

Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, 7th Baronet, Baron Grosvenor, Member of Parliament for Chester, Mayor of Chester

Dates: 1731–1802

Richard Grosvenor inherited the Grosvenor estates in 1755, represented Chester in Parliament, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Grosvenor in 1761 and Earl Grosvenor in 1784.…

Richard Hanbury

Richard Haute, Esquire, landholder of Hastingleigh, Aldelose and Ightham Mote

Dates: Active in the fifteenth century; inherited the relevant Haute estates in 1462

Richard Haute was a member of the Kentish Haute family and was established by the 1480 feoffment as holder of the manors of Hastingleigh and Aldelose.

Richard Hayne, Esquire, reported lord of the manor of Abson and Wick in 1851

Dates: Dates not established from the accessible source

A Gloucestershire landholder identified in the 1851 directory as lord of the manor of Abson and Wick.

Richard Herfeld

Richard Hill, Of Sutton in Shere

Dates: flourished late sixteenth century

Beneficial holder associated with one moiety of Abinger Manor, for whom Richard Brown acted as trustee.

Richard Hill and William Morgan

Dates: flourished late sixteenth century

Moiety-holders recorded as joint lords of Abinger Manor in a 1586 court.

Richard Hilton of Westleigh, Yeoman of Westleigh

Dates: Died circa early 1690

Purchaser of the Abram estate in a conveyance dated 16 September 1667 for £1,505.

Richard Hoby, Esquire, of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire

Dates: Died 1616 or 1617 according to local Hoby studies

Richard Hoby was a Worcestershire gentleman associated with the Hoby estates around Badsey, Abbots Morton and Elmley Castle. He was active in local parish affairs and is identified…

Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers, Coxwell-Rogers landowner of Ablington

Dates: Active as estate owner in 1914; later dates not established in the source used

Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers was the Coxwell-Rogers owner who began the break-up of the Ablington estate in 1914. The estate was subsequently sold and divided in 1918.

Richard Hugh Willis Fleming

Richard Hurlestone, son of Thomas Hurlestone

Richard Hussey, Lord of Albright Hussey, patron of its chapel

Dates: Active 1333-1416 or later

Member of the established Hussey line and documented lord of Albright Hussey. He presented clergy to the chapel and was involved in granting land for the post-Battle of…

Richard II of England, King of England, 1377–1399

Dates: 1367–1400

Richard II succeeded Edward III in 1377 and is recorded as lord of Meers Court before selling the lordship to John of Gaunt.

Richard III of England, King of England, 1483–1485, Duke of Gloucester

Dates: 1452–1485

King of England who, according to the record, granted Crepping Hall to John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, in 1483.

Richard Irton, Sheriff of Cumberland in the reign of Henry VIII

Dates: died 1544

An Irton landholder and Sheriff of Cumberland who died seised of the manor and town of Irton and Santon, together with other recorded holdings.

Richard Jackson of Forkhill, Esquire, High Sheriff of County Armagh, 1760, deputy master of the Masonic Lodge in Ulster, 1768, founder of the Forkhill charitable trust

Dates: Born c.1722; died 11 June 1787

A substantial Irish landed proprietor who acquired the Forkhill estate and also held interests connected with Castle Hamilton in County Cavan. He married Nichola Ann Cecil Hamilton in…

Richard Jerningham, Knight, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Henry VIII, Governor of Tournai, diplomat

Dates: died 1526

A courtier and diplomat who entered Henry VIII's service in 1509, was knighted at Tournai in 1513, served as governor of Tournai, and undertook diplomatic and court duties.…

Richard Jervois, Merchant

Dates: fl. 1541

Merchant who bought Bedcote in 1541 from William Strangeways.

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, 3rd Viscount Ranelagh, Governor of Roscommon Castle, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, Paymaster of the Forces, Member of Parliament for Roscommon and several English constituencies, original Fellow of the Royal Society.

Dates: 8 February 1641 – 5 January 1712

Anglo-Irish peer, politician, revenue administrator and architect. He succeeded his father in the Ranelagh viscountcy in 1670 and was created Earl of Ranelagh in the Peerage of Ireland…

Richard Kernick

Richard, identified as the son of Philip Arvas alias Kernick, continued the Luxulyan descent and married Joan, daughter and heir of Richard Metherose.

Richard le Gramaire

Dates: Recorded holding Aberford in 1166; other life dates unknown

A medieval Yorkshire landholder recorded as holding Aberford and Becca in 1166. He is associated with the Gramary or Grammayr family that held the manor and its market…