Richard Uppehull

Richard Vaughan

Dates: Active in 1484

A fifteenth-century grantee of the manors of Aber and Cemaes in 1484.

Richard Vaughan of Courtfield, Esquire of Courtfield, Welsh Bicknor, later Herefordshire

Dates: Active 1696

Member of the Courtfield Vaughan family who purchased Abenhall Manor in 1696 in connection with the payment of the debts of John and Thomas Vaughan.

Richard Venables of Agden, Gentleman

Dates: Flourished in the seventeenth century; recorded in 1662/3

Member of the Venables of Agden family named in a marriage settlement concerning Agdon Hall and the family's Cheshire estate lands.

Richard Vernon, Holder of a portion of Adstock, son-in-law of William Avenel

Dates: Died before 1195

Richard Vernon was a twelfth-century landholder and son-in-law of William Avenel. He held one portion of Adstock and was dead by 1195.

Richard Warner

Richard Washington of Adwick le Street, Yorkshire landowner, reported successor to James Washington at Adwick

Dates: fl. late 16th and early 17th centuries

Richard Washington was the successor of James Washington in the Adwick branch of the family and is described in local historical accounts as holding the Adwick estates during…

Richard Washington of Adwick le Street, Reported final Washington holder of Adwick

Dates: born 1673; died after 1712 and before or in 1719 according to local accounts

Richard Washington was the last recorded Washington resident at Adwick le Street in the local historical tradition and is associated with the disposition of the Washington estate to…

Richard Weston

Richard Whistler

Dates: Dates not established from the sources located

A member of the Whistler family recorded as receiving a moiety that passed with Adresham after the manor had been held with Fulscot.

Richard Whitmore

Richard Whitworth of Adbaston and Batchacre, Esquire, owner of the Adbaston estate

Dates: Died 1719

Staffordshire gentleman who purchased Adbaston Manor or the principal Adbaston estate before 1680 and established the Whitworth family's documented association with Adbaston.

Colonel Richard Whitworth of Batchacre, owner of the Adbaston estate

Dates: 1677-1749

Younger son of Richard Whitworth and Anne Moseley. He inherited the Adbaston estate after the death of his elder brother Charles Whitworth in 1725 and was associated with…

Lieutenant Richard William Francis Cecil, younger son of Lord Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil, associated with the Cecil-Bain marriage controversy of 1901.

Dates: 7 August 1882 – 6 September 1933

Youngest son of Lord Francis Cecil and Edith Brooks. He married Jessie Bain in Edinburgh in 1901. Their only recorded son, Flying Officer Richard Francis Bain Cecil, died…

Richard Williamscot, grandson of Sibyl de Saussay

Richard Wood, Recorded Lord of Acomb Manor

Dates: flourished 1650

Richard Wood is named in the Acomb court-roll summary as a private lord or lessee of the manor in 1650.

Richard Woodman

Dates: recorded after 1547

Richard Woodman succeeded his father John Woodman as holder of Aglonds More after John's death in 1547.

Richard Woodman, second son of William Woodman

Dates: seventeenth century; holding recorded 1706-1707

Richard Woodman succeeded as the second son of William Woodman in the descent of Aglonds More and was associated with More Place in the later seventeenth or early…

Richard Zouch, D.C.L., Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford from 1620, principal of St Alban Hall, advocate of Doctors' Commons, MP for Hythe in 1621 and 1624, judge and legal writer.

Dates: c.1590–1 March 1661

Richard Zouch was born at Ansty as the third surviving son of Francis Zouche and Philippa Ludlow. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, became Regius…

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III

Dates: 1452-1485

Richard of Gloucester received a large group of forfeited de Vere estates from Edward IV in 1462, including Aldham in Suffolk.

Richard, earl of Arundel, 11th or 10th Earl of Arundel, depending on numbering convention

Dates: Richard FitzAlan, 1346-1397

Richard FitzAlan was a major fourteenth-century English nobleman and earl of Arundel. The inquisition source directly records a knight's fee in Acton Turville among the property associated with…

Richard, Earl of Arundel

Dates: Died 1302

A medieval nobleman whose inquest after death recorded a tenure at Alkamston under Walter de Hopton.

Robert, Domesday tenant at Aisholt

Dates: floruit 11th century

An otherwise unidentified Robert held terra Olta at Aisholt from Roger de Courseulles in the Domesday record of 1086.

Robert and Henry Stidulfe

Dates: flourished in the fifteenth century

Sons of Thomas Stidulfe on whom their father settled the combined fee of Albans and Blackpitts.