Spelman Crowe

Spencer descendant of Elizabeth Spencer, Member of the Spencer family, personal name not supplied by the source

Dates: Died at Hopton Heath in 1643

An unnamed son of Elizabeth Spencer who is reported to have held the manor and to have been killed fighting for the King at Hopton Heath in 1643.

St Mary's Abbey, Evesham, Abbey of St Mary

Dates: Benedictine abbey; medieval institution, dissolved in 1540

The Benedictine abbey at Evesham was a major medieval religious landholder in Worcestershire and is specifically named in the Domesday evidence for Acton.

St Mary's Abbey, York, Benedictine abbey

Dates: Founded before the Airmyn grant; dissolved 1539

A major religious house in York that held extensive estates, including the Airmyn endowment, until its dissolution under Henry VIII.

St. Albyn family and trustees

Dates: late 19th to early 20th century

The family and unnamed trustees who continued to own or administer parts of the Alfoxton estate before its twentieth-century dispersal.

Stanley family, Lords of Aldford

Dates: Fifteenth century to 1495 in the Aldford descent

The Stanley family held Aldford after the Arderne inheritance passed through marriage. The available account records a later sale by Sir John Stanley of Elford to Sir William…

Stephen Barnwell, Lord of Beeston-next-Mileham

Dates: fl. reign of Elizabeth I

Mileham landholder descended from Thomas Barnwell of Offaly, Ireland, who held the manor after its reconveyance from Henry Bastard.

Stephen Cope, Holder of Hansted Manor in Adstock

Dates: Died 1436 according to associated genealogical and parliamentary evidence

Stephen Cope was a fifteenth-century member of the Cope family who held Hansted Manor in Adstock after the death of Joan Cope.

Stephen Creke

Stephen de Aldon, Lord of Eytchden

Dates: died 1363

A medieval member of the Aldon family who died seised of Eytchden in 1363.

Stephen de Beauchamp

Dates: Active in the late 12th century

A Beauchamp tenant recorded by the VCH as holding Ab Lench under William de Beauchamp.

Stephen de Bocton, Lord of Eytchden, lord of Boughton Aluph

Dates: died 1286

A medieval landholder who held Eytchden and Boughton Aluph and died in 1286.

Stephen de Burgersh, Lord of Eytchden, holder of a charter of free warren for the lordship

Dates: died 1309

A member of the Burghersh family who held Eytchden and obtained a charter of free warren in 1307.

Stephen de Croften

Stephen de Croften's Croften descent

Stephen de Evers, Holder of Adwick

Dates: floruit 1316

A medieval landholder stated to have held Adwick in 1316 and to have participated in the attack on the party accompanying Lewis Beauin, Bishop of Durham.

Stephen de Evers or Evre, Reported holder of Adwick

Dates: fl. early 14th century

Stephen de Evers or Evre is identified in local historical accounts as holding Adwick in the reign of Edward II.

Stephen de Ingworth

Stephen de Lubrook

Stephen de Pencestre

Stephen de Segrave, Justiciar of England, lord of the Segrave baronial family

Dates: Died 1241

A leading thirteenth-century royal administrator and baron. The source specifically associates him with the overlordship of the Alconbury estate between 1230 and 1233 and 1241.

Stephen de Trafford and Elizabeth de Trafford

Dates: active before 1332

A married couple who held Stockholt before 1332, with the source indicating that Elizabeth's inheritance was the basis of the holding.

Stephen Edgar

Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester, 1st Earl of Ilchester from 1756

Dates: 1704-1776

English courtier and politician who married Elizabeth Strangways Horner in 1735, adopted the surname Fox-Strangways, and was created 1st Earl of Ilchester in 1756. Through the marriage he…