Sir Thomas Leighton, Leighton family landholder, holder of the profits of Alberbury Manor

Dates: Died in the sixteenth century; exact date not established in the consulted passage

Sir Thomas Leighton was a member of the established Shropshire Leighton family and a landholder whose will made provisions for his children from revenues associated with Alberbury and…

Sir Thomas Nevill of Hornby, Knight, son of Sir Robert Nevill of Hornby

Dates: died before or around 1387; exact date disputed in the consulted sources

A member of the Nevill family of Hornby. The consulted historical note identifies him as holder of the manor of Aintree and records his descent from Sir Robert…

Sir Thomas Pomeroy, Knight, later Member of Parliament for Devon

Dates: floruit 1402; died in the 1420s according to modern biographical summaries

A Devon knight of the Pomeroy family who was active in royal and county affairs and represented Devon in Parliament. In 1402 he and his wife Joan petitioned…

Sir Thomas Richardson, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, knight

Dates: c. 1569–1631

English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench and died in 1631.

Sir Thomas Savage, Baronet, member of the Savage family of Clifton and Rock Savage

Dates: Died 1635

Cheshire baronet who held the Savage interest in the second moiety of Agden and sold it to George Venables in 1619.

Sir Thomas Sebastian Bazley, Baronet, of Hatherop Castle

Dates: Nineteenth-century baronet; exact dates not established in the source used

A Bazley landowner associated with Hatherop Castle and recorded in 1897 as lord of the manor of Eastleach Turville.

Sir Thomas Webster, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament, owner of the Battle Abbey estate from 1721

Dates: 1679-1751

Sir Thomas Webster was a London financier, landowner and politician who acquired the Battle Abbey estate in 1721 from the 6th Viscount Montagu. The acquisition included several Sussex…

Sir Thomas Willoughby, Serjeant-at-law, King's Serjeant, Justice of the Common Pleas from 1537, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in later genealogical descriptions

Dates: died 28 September 1545

Sir Thomas was a younger son of Sir Christopher Willoughby and established the Bore Place succession through his marriage to Bridget Read, daughter and coheiress of Sir Robert…

Sir Thomas Willoughby of Newton-on-Trent, Knight, resident landowner of Newton-on-Trent, Lincolnshire

Dates: Born before c.1602; living after January 1624

Sir Thomas was the fifth and youngest son of Charles Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham, and Lady Margaret Clinton. He married Mary Thornhagh, daughter of John Thornhagh…

Sir Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Baronet and 1st Baron Middleton, 2nd Baronet of Wollaton, Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire and Newark, Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Tory political manager in the East Midlands., Privy Councillor., 4th Baron Middleton, member of the Middleton landed family

Dates: 9 April 1672 – 2 April 1729

Second son of Francis Willughby, the naturalist, and Emma Barnard. After the death of his elder brother Sir Francis in 1688, he inherited the baronetcy and the Wollaton…

Sir Timothy White, Founder of the Timothy Whites chemist chain, knight, Founder of Timothy Whites, baronet

Dates: 19th century

Founder of the chemist chain Timothy Whites, Sir Timothy White purchased the manor of Belper in 1891.

Sir Urian Legh, knighted at Cadiz in 1596, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1613

Dates: born 1566; died 2 June 1627

English soldier and Cheshire landholder who was knighted for his conduct at the capture of Cadiz in 1596. He succeeded to Adlington in 1602 and managed the family…

Sir Verney Noel, 1st Baronet of Kirkby Mallory, Created Baronet of Kirkby Mallory in 1660., 2nd Baronet of Kirkby Mallory.

Dates: c.1604–1670

Founder of the Kirkby Mallory Noel baronetcy, a clearly documented collateral branch of the wider Dalby–Brooke Noel family. The branch later became connected with the Wentworth barony and…

Sir Villiers Charnock, Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire

Successor to St. John Charnock in the lordship of Bedlow and father of Sir Pyncent Charnock; he succeeded in 1680 and apparently sold the manor to Lady Amabel…

Sir Vincent Rowland Corbet, 3rd Baronet

Dates: 1821-1891

A Corbet baronet and Shropshire landowner associated with Acton Reynald Hall and estate during the later nineteenth century.

Sir Walter Calverley, knight

Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Baronet, English wine merchant and philanthropist

Dates: 1831–1914

Sir Walter Gilbey was an English wine merchant and philanthropist who was created a baronet in 1906. He acquired Bishop's Stortford from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the late…

Sir Walter Hungerford, or Sir Thomas Hungerford according to a conflicting printed account, Knight, associated with the Hungerford family of Wiltshire

Dates: Sir Walter Hungerford is reported in the comparative source as dying in 1449; the identification of the precise donor requires verification against the original grant.

A fifteenth-century member of the Hungerford family who held substantial Wiltshire interests and is associated by the sources with the grant of the reversion of Abingdon Court to…

Sir Walter Orlando Corbet, 4th Baronet

Dates: 1856-1938 or later date depending on biographical source

Corbet baronet and late nineteenth-century holder of Acton Reynald Hall and estate, identified in county and baronetage sources with the property.

Sir Walter Palk Carew, Carew baronet

Son of Sir Henry Carew and Elizabeth Palk who inherited North Filham and represents the transition of the manor into the Carew family descent described in the record.

Sir Walter Thomas William Spencer-Stanhope, KCB, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Member of Parliament for the Southern Division of the West Riding, Captain of the 1st West Yorkshire Yeoman Cavalry

Dates: died 1911

Cannon Hall landholder and eldest son of John Spencer-Stanhope. He held senior civic and military roles in the West Riding and represented the Southern Division of the West…

Sir William Awbrey of Tredomen

Dates: Died circa 1631; exact birth date not established here

Son of Sir Edward Awbrey and member of the Tredomen branch of the Awbrey family. The historical account states that he sold Abercynrig after the family's financial decline.

Sir William Brereton, Chamberlain of Chester, groom of the chamber to Henry VIII, courtier

Dates: Executed 17 May 1536

Cheshire courtier and officeholder who acquired Aldford after the manor's earlier Crown possession. He was executed on 17 May 1536, after which his estates, including Aldford, were forfeited…

Sir William Calverley, knight