Simon Mountford, Holder of a settlement interest in the Manor of Aldridge, formerly associated with the Mountford family of Warwickshire and Staffordshire

Dates: Died 1537; will proved 30 November 1538

A sixteenth-century landholder whose surviving will records a marriage settlement concerning the Manor of Aldridge and whose widow was Joyce Rugeley or Joyce Mountford.

Simon Payne

Simon son of Adam de Croome

Simon son of Walter

Dates: fl. 1212

A medieval landholder recorded as holding one moiety of Ainstable in 1212.

Simon Traunter

Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope, Member of Parliament for Maidstone, Stoke and the University of Cambridge, Privy Counsellor, Fellow of the Royal Society, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects., Stoke and Cambridge University, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, trustee of the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery., Member of Parliament for Maidstone and later Cambridge University, 1865–1867, trustee of the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Privy Counsellor from 1880, author and prominent Anglican and Gothic Revival patron.

Dates: 25 January 1820 – 20 October 1887

Author, Conservative politician, architectural patron and prominent Anglo-Catholic. He supported the rebuilding and development of St Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury and was associated with the Ecclesiological movement. In…

Sir Ambrose Willoughby of Matson, Knighted in 1603, courtier and one of the Queen's esquires of the body, resident at Matson, Gloucestershire

Dates: Born after 11 January 1551/52; died before 24 November 1608

Second son of Charles Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham, and Lady Margaret Clinton. He established the Matson branch that later produced the senior surviving male-line claimant to…

Sir Andrew Corbet, Knight, member of the Corbet family of Moreton Corbet

Dates: 1580-1637

A Shropshire landowner and politician who held the Acton Reynald estate early in the seventeenth century and was associated with the development of the house there.

Sir Andrew Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Moreton Corbet

Dates: 1766-1835

Shropshire landowner who consolidated the Corbet estates after 1799 and remodelled Acton Reynald Hall around 1800 as the family's principal residence.

Sir Andrew Noel, Knight

Dates: died 1607

Son of Andrew Noel and holder of Brooke until his death in 1607, when he was succeeded by his son Edward.

Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke, Knighted at Greenwich in 1585, Sheriff of Rutland in 1586, 1595 and 1600, Member of Parliament for Rutland., Country gentleman of the Noel family of Brooke, no independent peerage or baronetcy securely associated with him., Knighted at Greenwich in March 1586, High Sheriff of Rutland in 1587, Member of Parliament for Rutland in 1586, 1588 and 1593

Dates: c.1552–19 October 1607

Landed gentleman and parliamentary representative who consolidated the Noel family's position in Rutland. He married Mabel Harington of Exton, thereby linking the Noel family with the Harington estates…

Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, 3rd Baronet of Moreton Corbet

Dates: 1796-1855

Shropshire landowner and proprietor of Acton Reynald Hall, identified in the 1851 directory as the principal landowner of Acton Reynald and associated with the lordship of the manor.

Sir Anselm William Guise, Baronet, last lord of Lassington according to the registry description, last recorded Guise lord of King's Barton

Dates: 1838–1911

Member of the Guise baronetical family and son of Sir William Guise; identified in the registry as the last lord of the manor of Lassington.

Sir Anthony Babington, Knight, of Dethick, holder of Alfreton through marriage

Dates: Late fifteenth or early sixteenth century; exact dates not established here.

A Derbyshire landholder of the Babington family who acquired the Alfreton inheritance through the Ormond-Chaworth heiress.

Sir Anthony Browne, Knight, standard-bearer to Henry VIII, esquire of the body, Lieutenant of the Isle of Man, Governor of Queenborough Castle, Constable of Calais, Master of the King's Forests north of the Trent

Dates: c. 1488–1548

English courtier and office-holder who served Henry VIII in diplomatic and military capacities. He received former monastic and other estates during the Dissolution and died at Byfleet in…

Sir Anthony Browne; Browne family; Viscounts Montagu, Sir Anthony Browne was a Tudor courtier and Master of the Horse, his son Anthony Browne became 1st Viscount Montagu in 1554

Dates: Sir Anthony Browne died 1548; the Browne/Viscount Montagu ownership of the Battle Abbey estate continued until the sale in 1721

Sir Anthony Browne was a prominent Tudor courtier and landowner who received Battle Abbey after the Dissolution. His son, Anthony Browne, inherited the estate in 1548 and was…

Sir Anthony Felton, Knight, Sheriff of Suffolk (1597)

Dates: fl. late 16th century

Son and heir of Thomas Felton and holder of Mitchells; he served as Sheriff of Suffolk in 1597.

Sir Anthony St Leger, Knight, Privy Councillor, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1540–1544 and 1550–1556)

Dates: c. 1496–1559

English courtier, administrator and lawyer associated with Gray's Inn. He served on commissions during the Henrician Reformation and was twice Lord Deputy of Ireland under Henry VIII and…

Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 5th Baronet of Felix Hall

Dates: about 1720-1775

Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy was a member of the Abdy family and the named remainderman of the Albyns estates after the life interest of Jane Crank.

Sir Arscott Ourry Molesworth, 7th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow, Cornwall

Dates: 1789-30 December 1823

Cornish landowner and baronet, son of Sir William Molesworth, 6th Baronet. He inherited the baronetcy in 1798 and was reported as lord of Affaland Manor by inheritance from…

Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet, Parliamentarian, lord of Alderton manor in 1655

Dates: c. 1601-1661

Sir Arthur Hesilrige was an English Parliamentarian, one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I helped precipitate the English Civil War. He was the son…

Sir Arthur Ingram, Knight, financier and politician

Dates: c. 1565–1642

English financier and politician who purchased the Lordship of Stratford-upon-Avon from Sir Edward Greville in 1610.

Sir Arthur Throckmorton, Knight, courtier and Member of Parliament

Dates: circa 1557-1626

Sir Arthur Throckmorton was an Elizabethan courtier and politician, knighted in 1596. He inherited estates including Alderminster from his father and was associated with Paulerspury in Northamptonshire.

Sir Augustus Webster, 7th and 8th Baronets, Webster baronets of Battle Abbey

Dates: The Webster family reacquired the Battle Abbey estate in 1901; the estate was sold to the state in 1976

Sir Augustus Webster reacquired the Battle Abbey estate in 1901, returning it to the Webster family after the Cleveland ownership. The Webster family retained the estate until its…