Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet of Stoke and Adderley, Sheriff of Shropshire in 1629

Dates: 1594-1662

The first Corbet baronet of Stoke and Adderley, a Parliamentarian during the Civil Wars and a prominent Shropshire landowner who exercised lordship and patronage at Adderley.

Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Stoke and Adderley

Dates: 1620-1664

The Royalist son and successor of Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, in the Adderley Corbet family succession.

Sir John Cornwallis, Knight, proprietor of Beauchamps, Oakley, Suffolk

Dates: fl. 1519

Recorded as proprietor of Beauchamps in 1519.

Sir John Croke, Knight, Recorder of London, Speaker of the House of Commons, judge of King's Bench, Lord of Motcombe

Dates: died 1620

A lawyer and parliamentarian who became Recorder of London, Speaker of the House of Commons in 1601, and a judge of King's Bench. He inherited Motcombe through marriage…

Sir John Dackombe, Knight, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Dates: c. 1570-January 1618

Sir John Dackombe was a lawyer and royal administrator who served as Master of the Court of Requests and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He accumulated extensive…

Sir John Dawtrey, Sussex landowner and member of the Dawtrey family

Dates: died 1542

Sir John Dawtrey was a Sussex landowner of the Dawtrey family who died seised of Aldsworth in 1542 and settled the manor upon his son.

Sir John Dawtrey, Dawtrey landowner

Dates: died 1549

The younger Sir John Dawtrey received Aldsworth under a settlement made by his father and died in 1549.

Sir John de Aylesbury, Knight, high sheriff of Buckinghamshire

Dates: died 1409

Medieval knight and landholder who died seised of Abinger Manor in 1409 and served as high sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

Sir John de Legh, heir of Ellen de Corona in the cited inquisition account

Dates: flourished fourteenth century

Fourteenth-century member of the Legh family who succeeded to the Adlington interest after the death of Ellen de Corona.

Sir John Deiville, of Adlingfleet, Deyville or d'Eyville landholder

Dates: died 1325-1326

Sir John Deiville was a fourteenth-century member of the Deyville family associated with Adlingfleet and other Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire estates. The Complete Peerage records that he died in…

Sir John Denton, knight

Dates: fl. 1446

A member of the Denton family and holder of Ainstable who enfeoffed the manor in 1446.

Sir John Digby, Knight, Marshal of the King's Household, grantee of the forfeited Bedale and Aiscough possessions

Dates: died before 26 March 1533

Sir John Digby was a royal servant and military officer who received the forfeited Lovel Bedale estate from Henry VII. His grant was confirmed in 1514 with possessions…

Sir John Dudley

Dates: flourished sixteenth century

Tudor-period recipient of the Abdon and related estates from Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk.

Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 8th Baronet, 1st Baron Acton, lord of Acton Round in nineteenth-century directory evidence

Dates: 1834–1902

An English Catholic historian, political thinker and Liberal intellectual, later created Baron Acton in 1869. He inherited the Acton family estates and is identified by nineteenth-century directories as…

Sir John Felbrigg, Knight

Dates: died 1423

Holder of Mitchells and son of Sir George Felbrigg; he died in 1423.

Sir John Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough, knight, lord of Emley

Dates: died at Rouen

Sir John Fogge, Knight, comptroller and treasurer to Edward IV, Sheriff of Kent, Member of Parliament, lord of the manor of Licktopp

Dates: died 1490

A prominent Kentish landholder and royal servant associated with Ripton House. The supplied record states that he was attainted under Richard III and restored by Henry VII, dying…

Sir John Fortescue, 1st Baronet, of Salden

Dates: died 1729

English landowner and baronet associated with Salden in Buckinghamshire.

Sir John Franklin, knight, sometime Member of Parliament for Middlesex

Dates: died 1647

A Franklin family landholder and Member of Parliament for Middlesex who succeeded Richard Franklin at Adwell.

Sir John Gage, Knight of the Garter, Tudor courtier, grantee and lord of Alciston Manor, Knight, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Comptroller of the Household, Constable of the Tower of London

Dates: 1479-1556

Sir John Gage was a prominent Tudor courtier and administrator who held offices including Comptroller of the Household and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was a…

Sir John Gates, Knight, Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1552

Dates: died 1553

English courtier and office-holder under Henry VIII and Edward VI. He supported Lady Jane Grey and was executed on 22 August 1553 after Mary I's accession.

Sir John Greville, Knight

Dates: died 1480

Son of Joyce Beauchamp; succeeded to Timberhonger in 1473 and died seised of it in 1480.

Sir John Guldeford, Knight

Dates: flourished late fifteenth century

English knight who received a Crown grant of Abinger Manor after the Stafford forfeiture of 1486.

Sir John Harby or Sir Job Harby, Baronet, of Aldenham, Hertfordshire

Dates: Sir Erasmus Harby, the later Harby holder identified in related sources, died 1674; the exact identity of the 1642 purchaser remains unresolved.

The Harby family were royalist landowners associated with Aldenham during the English Civil War. A Harby baronet acquired Aldenham Manor from Lucius Cary in 1642 and the interest…