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Thomas Kidder, Lessee of the demesne lands of Hastingleigh and Aldelose
Dates: Lessee circa 1799 and early nineteenth century
Thomas Kidder was recorded by Hasted as the lessee of the demesne lands of Hastingleigh and Aldelose while St Thomas's Hospital retained the manorial rights.
View historical person →Thomas Killigrew, Restoration playwright, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles II, diplomat
Dates: 1613–1683
A prominent Restoration dramatist and courtier from the Cornish Killigrew family. He served Charles II as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber and was sent on an embassy to…
View historical person →Thomas Kitson, Knighted 1578, landowner and patron of the arts
Dates: 1540–1603
English landowner and patron of the arts, son of the wealthy merchant Thomas Kitson. He married Elizabeth Cornwallis in 1560, was associated with the circle of Thomas Howard,…
View historical person →Thomas Knyvett, Great-nephew and heir of Thomas Parry
Dates: fl. 1616–1617
A great-nephew and heir of Thomas Parry who conveyed his respective share of Uffington manor in 1617.
View historical person →Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Baron le Despenser
Dates: 1373–1400
English nobleman and heir of the Despenser line, executed in 1400 after rebellion against Henry IV.
View historical person →Thomas le Sauvage, Lord or holder of Alderton castle and lands
Dates: Active 13th century
The sources provide no reliable independent biography beyond Thomas le Sauvage's documented association with Alderton castle and lands.
View historical person →Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington
Dates: died 8 August 1519
Early Tudor Cheshire landholder and lord of Adlington. He enlarged or remodelled the hall and maintained the family's manorial chapel.
View historical person →Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington
Dates: born approximately 1527; died 17 May 1548
Tudor heir to the Adlington estates. He came into possession as a minor and made settlements concerning the Hall of Adlington shortly before his death.
View historical person →Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1587
Dates: died 25 January 1601–02
Elizabethan lord of Adlington who obtained livery of the family lands in 1567–68 and rebuilt or enlarged the hall in 1581. He served as High Sheriff of Cheshire…
View historical person →Colonel Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1628–29 and 1642–43
Dates: died 1644
Cheshire landholder and Royalist commander during the English Civil War. He held and defended Adlington Hall before his death in 1644.
View historical person →Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1662
Dates: died December 1687
Royalist Cheshire landholder who inherited Adlington during the Civil War, compounded with Parliament after sequestration, and retained the estate after the Restoration.
View historical person →Colonel Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington, High Sheriff of Cheshire
Dates: died 6 April 1691
Late seventeenth-century Cheshire landholder and holder of the Adlington estates. He was involved in local political affairs and died in an accident at Adlington.
View historical person →Sir Thomas Leigh, later associated with the Leigh lordship of Stoneleigh
Dates: fl. 1582
Purchased Bericote from John Harryoung in 1582. His successor was described as Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey.
View historical person →Thomas Linford, Lord of Stockholt Manor
Dates: held Stockholt in 1412
A fifteenth-century lord of Stockholt who received a licence in 1412 to enlarge Stockholt Park by enclosing adjoining land and woodland.
View historical person →Thomas Littleton
Dates: active 1473
A fifteenth-century landholder who granted Stockholt to Richard Fowler in 1473.
View historical person →Thomas Lovell, Knight, K.G., lord of Wereham Hall
Sir Thomas Lovell, K.G., is listed among the later lords of Wereham Hall.
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