Sir Baldwin Leighton, Baronet, lord of Alberbury Manor, principal landowner, owner of Loton Park

Dates: Nineteenth-century holder; exact dates of Alberbury lordship not established

Sir Baldwin Leighton was a member of the long-established Shropshire Leighton family associated with Loton Park near Alberbury. Contemporary directories identify him as lord of Alberbury Manor and…

Sir Baptist Edward Wray, 8th Baronet, 8th Baronet of Glentworth, landed proprietor of Barlings, Lincolnshire.

Dates: Died c.1689

Sir Baptist Edward Wray was the only son of Edward Wray of Barlings and Dorothy Horsey. He succeeded as 8th Baronet of Glentworth after Sir William Wray, 7th…

Sir Barrington Bourchier, Knight, Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1658

Yorkshire landowner of Beningbrough who purchased Barforth in 1660. His father, John Bourchier, was associated with the regicide of 1649, and the family estates were later restored after…

Sir Bartholomew Bacon, Knight, holder of Beauchamps, Oakley, Suffolk

Dates: died 1392

Received Beauchamps with his wife Joan from Sir John Heveningham and died in 1392.

Sir Boteler Charnock

Brother and successor of Sir Pyncent Charnock in the lordship of Bedlow from 1734 until 1756.

Sir Cecil Wray, 13th Baronet, 13th Baronet of Glentworth, Member of Parliament for East Retford and Westminster, captain in the South Lincolnshire Militia., 11th Baronet of Glentworth, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1715., High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1715, Worshipful Master of the Cross Keys Lodge in 1730

Dates: 3 September 1734–10 January 1805

Sir Cecil Wray inherited the baronetcy and extensive Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Yorkshire estates in 1752. He built Summer Castle, later known as Fillingham Castle, in 1760, represented East…

Sir Charles Frederick Smythe, 7th Baronet, lord of the manor of Acton Burnell

Dates: Died 1897

The seventh Smythe baronet and late-nineteenth-century lord of the manor of Acton Burnell. He was identified as the principal landowner in the 1871 Shropshire directory.

Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte, Baronet, of Halswell, Somerset

Dates: Dates not established from the source used for this manor entry.

The Kemeys Tynte estate owner named in the 1767 agreement for the sale of Alexanderstone Manor and other Brecknockshire properties to John Wilkins.

Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, of Tredegar, represented in the records as Lord Tredegar, Tredegar estate owner, the title Baron Tredegar was created later, in 1859, for his son Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan

Dates: 1760-1846

Sir Charles Morgan, formerly Gould, was the Tredegar estate owner who inherited the Tredegar interests in 1797 and developed the family's commercial and industrial position. The enclosure source…

Sir Christopher Boynton, knight

Sir Christopher Curwen, knight

Sir Christopher Hatton, Courtier, politician and Lord Chancellor of England, Lord Chancellor of England

Dates: 1540-1591

Sir Christopher Hatton was an Elizabethan courtier and politician who acquired substantial property, including the Corfe Castle estate and the Afflington property according to local historical accounts.

Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham, Knight, landed gentleman of Parham, Suffolk, De jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Knight of the Bath at Richard III's coronation on 7 July 1483, served on Suffolk commissions, received livery of his lands on 15 July 1474.

Dates: Died between July 1538 and October 1540

Sir Christopher was the second son of Christopher Willoughby, de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. His marriage to Elizabeth Tailboys connected the Parham line to the Tailboys…

Sir Christopher Willoughby, 1st Baronet, D.C.L., 1st Baronet of Baldon House, created 1794, landed proprietor

Dates: November 1748–5 February 1806

Sir Christopher was created a baronet on 8 December 1794. He was the founder of the Baldon House baronetcy and established the Oxfordshire branch that continued through five…

Sir Christopher Wray, Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, 1575–1592, knighted before or during his judicial career.

Dates: c.1524–7 May 1592

A leading Elizabethan judge and Lincolnshire landowner, Wray held the manors of Ashby, Fillingham, Grainsby and Kennington as well as Brodsworth and Cusworth in Yorkshire. His 1586 patent…

Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby and Barlings, Knighted 12 November 1623, MP for Grimsby, deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire, commissioner of the Admiralty, 1645., Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1621, 1624, 1625, 1628 and 1640–1646, associated with Ashby and Barlings, Lincolnshire., Member of Parliament for Grimsby, commissioner of the Admiralty in 1645., MP for Great Grimsby

Dates: 7 May 1601–8 February 1646

A younger son of Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Glentworth, Christopher established the Ashby and Barlings branch. He married Albinia Cecil, daughter of Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon,…

Sir Christopher Wray, 10th Baronet of Glentworth, soldier or major

Dates: Born before 1672; died before 7 December 1710

Eldest surviving son of Sir Drury Wray and Anne Casey. He succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death in October 1710 but died unmarried only weeks later,…

Sir Christopher Wray, 2nd Baronet of Ashby and 6th Baronet of Glentworth, 2nd Baronet of Ashby from 1669, 6th Baronet of Glentworth from 1672, MP for Grimsby, 1675–1679., 8th Baronet of Glentworth, Lincolnshire gentleman., 1669, 1672., MP for Great Grimsby, 1675–1679, 6th Baronet of Glentworth from 1672., Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby

Dates: 10 February 1652–31 August 1679

Christopher inherited the Ashby baronetcy from his father and the Glentworth baronetcy from his cousin Sir Bethell Wray in 1672. His death without issue transferred the combined succession…

Sir Corbet D'Avenant Corbet, Baronet of Adderley, lord of Adderley

Dates: died 1823

A Corbet D'Avenant heir who assumed the Corbet surname, was created a baronet in 1786, and held the Adderley estates until his death in 1823.

Sir Cornwallis Maude, Viscount Hawarden, seller of Abermarlais in 1795

Dates: 18th century; exact dates for Abermarlais tenure not established

An eighteenth-century member of the Maude family who held Abermarlais before selling it to Captain Thomas Foley in 1795.

Sir Crisp Gascoyne, Knight Bachelor, Lord Mayor of London, 1752–1753, Sheriff of London, Verderer of Epping Forest, wealthy brewer and London civic notable., Brewer, Member of Parliament, 1752, knighted

Dates: Baptised 26 August 1700; died 28 December 1761

Sir Crisp Gascoyne was a prominent London brewer who became Lord Mayor of London and acquired substantial Essex property. Through his marriage to Margaret Bamber he became connected…

Sir Drayner Massingberd, knight

Dates: fl. 1658; dates of birth and death not established here

A Lincolnshire landowner who acquired Ingoldmells beneficially in 1658 after his trustee Francis Purley released the manor to him.

Sir Drury Wray, 9th Baronet, 9th Baronet of Glentworth, military officer, landholder in Counties Limerick and Tipperary., Sheriff of Limerick, 1685, captain in a Jacobite regiment, 9th Baronet of Glentworth., 9th Baronet of Glentworth from about 1689., High Sheriff of County Limerick in 1685, captain in a Jacobite regiment in 1690

Dates: 29 July 1633–30 October 1710

Sir Drury Wray was the third son of Sir Christopher Wray and Albinia Cecil. He obtained grants of land in Limerick and Tipperary in 1674 and served on…

Sir Edmund Bedingfield, Knight, of Oxburgh, Norfolk

Dates: fl. 16th century

Norfolk landowner of the Bedingfield family of Oxburgh. The registry record states that after the Dissolution he received the Manor and Grange of Cavenham.