Robert Broomfield

Robert Broughton

Dates: died 1506

Brother and successor of John Broughton in the Burdeleys descent; he came of age in 1487 and died in 1506.

Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lord Chancellor

Dates: c.1239-1292

Royal administrator and bishop whose extensive Shropshire estates included the Holgate interest associated with Abdon.

Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Chancellor of England, royal clerk and adviser

Dates: Died 1292

Robert Burnell rose from royal clerical service under Prince Edward to become Chancellor of England in 1274 and Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1275. He was a…

Robert Buxton Clark, Lord of Shimpling

Dates: fl. 1743

Lord of Shimpling in 1743 and named as lord in a court-baron extract.

Robert Carbonell

Robert Carr of Aswarby

Dates: died 1606

Lincolnshire landowner of Aswarby and member of the Carr family. He founded Sleaford Grammar School in 1604 and died without issue in 1606.

Robert Carr of Sleaford

Robert Chedder of Bristol senior; Joan his wife; Robert Chedder their son, Robert Chedder senior was a Bristol merchant and civic figure, the source identifies the parties as holders of the manor rather than assigning a territorial title.

Dates: Active in the late fourteenth century; the charter was dated 1 September 1382.

Robert Chedder of Bristol was a wealthy merchant whose estates included several Somerset manors and associated lands. Joan was his wife and Robert their son, who received an…

Robert Clerke

Robert Clifton

Robert Copley

Robert Corbet, Corbet of Leigh, son of Sir Pelham Corbet

Dates: Active during the seventeenth century; exact dates not established here

Son of Sir Pelham Corbet who settled at Albright Hussey. His descendants occupied the manor house until the family succeeded to Sundorne in 1760.

Robert Craig

Robert Crane

Robert Curson

Dates: 16th century

The recipient named in the local account as grantee of an Edward VI grant of the manor of Stanford Hoope.

Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, traveller, collector and bibliophile, owner of Parham-related Curzon collections.

Dates: 16 March 1810–15 November 1873

Robert Curzon was the son of the 13th Baroness Zouche and inherited the barony in 1870. He was a prominent collector of manuscripts and Eastern Christian material. His…

Robert d'Oilly, Immediate lord of Aldridge in 1086, held from William son of Ansculf, Norman baron, Domesday landholder, hereditary castellan of Oxford, Norman landholder, Domesday tenant-in-chief, builder and castellan of Oxford Castle

Dates: Active in the period of the Domesday survey; exact personal dates not established here

A Norman landholder recorded in Domesday Book as the immediate lord of Aldridge. The evidence used here concerns his holding of Aldridge rather than a broader family pedigree.

Robert Dalby

Robert Dalton of Thurnham, Esquire of Thurnham, High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1577

Dates: flourished 1550s-1570s

A Lancashire landowner who acquired Thurnham and, in 1557, purchased the former priory possessions including Aldcliffe and Bulk from the Crown. He became the founder of the Dalton…

Robert Dalton of Thurnham, the younger, Esquire of Thurnham, member of the Dalton family of Aldcliffe

Dates: died 1626

The second Robert Dalton of the Thurnham family held the Aldcliffe estate in the early seventeenth century. His daughters lived at Aldcliffe Hall and maintained the family's Catholic…

Robert Danby of Yafford

Robert Danby of Yafforth, esquire

Dates: party to fine dated one week from St John the Baptist, 7 Edward IV

Robert Dawson and Isobel Leigh, Owners of Aldcliffe Hall and estate

Dates: Robert Dawson 1712-1769; Isobel Leigh Dawson died 1791

Robert Dawson of Warton married Isobel Leigh in 1742 and settled at Aldcliffe Hall. The marriage brought the Leigh Aldcliffe estate into the Dawson family, whose members retained…