Sir Humphrey Lee, Baronet from 1620, barrister, owner of Langley and Acton Burnell

Dates: Died 1632

A Shropshire landowner and barrister who purchased Acton Burnell in the early seventeenth century and was buried there in 1632. He was created a baronet in 1620.

Sir Ingram Boynton, knight

Sir James FitzJames, Knight, Somerset landowner associated with the FitzJames family

A Somerset landowner of the FitzJames family. He is identified in the available manor-specific summary as the person from whom William Rosewell purchased Alford manor circa 1563.

Sir James Strangeways

Dates: fl. late 15th–early 16th century

Grandson of Joane Fauconberge who inherited Boundhall in 1490 and sold it in 1539.

Sir John Abdy, 2nd Baronet of Albyns

Dates: about 1643-1691

Sir John Abdy was the second Abdy baronet of Albyns and succeeded his father in 1670.

Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet of Albyns, Tory MP for Essex

Dates: 1714-1759

Sir John Abdy was the fourth Abdy baronet of Albyns, represented Essex in Parliament from 1748 to 1759, and died unmarried and without issue.

Sir John Acton, Baronet, described as lord or principal landowner of Acton Round

Dates: nineteenth-century reference; exact identity and dates not established from the cited directory extracts

A Sir John Acton, Baronet, is identified in mid-nineteenth-century topographical and directory sources as the principal landowner or lord of Acton Round and as patron and impropriator of…

Sir John Arderne, Lord of Aldford, son of Richard de Harderna

Dates: Active from the early thirteenth century; exact dates uncertain

Medieval Cheshire landholder who acquired the fee and castle of Aldford from Richard de Aldford between 1208 and 1225, according to the cited local history.

Sir John Aylesbury, holder of Aldbury

Dates: died 1409

Sir John Aylesbury, identified as the second son of Philip de Aylesbury, held Aldbury until his death in 1409.

Sir John Bankes, Attorney General to Charles I, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas

Dates: 1589-1644

Sir John Bankes was a leading lawyer and royal servant who purchased the Corfe Castle estate in 1635. He died at Oxford in 1644 during the Civil War.

Sir John Bellot, 1st Baronet, son of Edward Bellot of Moreton

Dates: born 1619; died 1674

John Bellot acquired Stallington in 1630. The supplied record states that he was created a baronet in 1663 and died in 1674.

Sir John Bernard, lord of Abington manor, briefly Member of Parliament

Dates: 23 August 1604 to 5 March 1674

An English landowner of Abington who was the final Bernard holder of the manor and conveyed it to William Thursby in 1669.

Sir John Borough, knight

Sir John Brockhull

Dates: Active in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century

Member of the Brockhull family, which subsequently held Aldington Westcourt and became associated with both moieties of Aldington.

Sir John Brograve, Baronet of Hamells

Dates: Died 1691; held the reunited manor in 1688

Hertfordshire landowner and member of the Brograve family who reunited the divided Albury manor in 1688 before its sale to Felix Calvert.

Sir John Brydges, 2nd Baronet of Wilton Castle, member of the Brydges family associated with Wilton Castle, Dewsall and Aconbury

Dates: Died 21 February 1651/2

Herefordshire landowner and member of the Brydges family. He was the father of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, and died in 1651/2.

Sir John Bulmer, Bulmer family landholder

Dates: d. 1537

Bulmer landholder of West Coatham who was executed for treason in 1537, after which the lordship was forfeited to the Crown.

Sir John Burton, knight

Sir John Bussy, Knight, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, Speaker of the House of Commons

Dates: died 1399

English knight and administrator associated with Lincolnshire, executed in 1399 under Henry IV and remembered in Shakespeare’s Richard II.

Sir John Byron, knight

Sir John Byron of Halgh, knight

Sir John Chetwode, lord of Warkworth

Dates: floruit late 14th–16th centuries

Husband of Elizabeth Lyons and successor to the Lyons family interest described in the Begbroke narrative; he became lord of Warkworth.

Major Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet, 5th Baronet of Baldon House, 2nd Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards, formerly Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards and Royal Buckinghamshire Infantry Militia

Dates: 20 October 1859–1918

Sir John Christopher succeeded his father as 5th Baronet in 1866 at the age of seven. He held military appointments and was the final male-line bearer of the…

Sir John Cope, owner of Canons Ashby

Dates: died 1558

A landowner who purchased the former Canons Ashby priory property from Sir Francis Bryan in 1538 and established a post-Dissolution residence on the priory site.