William Cushion, Timber merchant

Dates: flourished circa 1918

Timber merchant of Surlingham who received the manor with the lands of the Fellows settled estates about 1918.

William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, royal butler, knight, royal official and landholder

Dates: died 1176

Anglo-Norman nobleman associated with the Aubigny family and the earldom of Arundel. He married Adeliza of Louvain, widow of Henry I, and is associated with the development of…

William d'Aubigny, Pincerna Regis

William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of the North

Dates: died 1563

The third Baron Dacre of the North and holder of Ainstable as part of the Dacre inheritance.

William Damarel

William Dawtrey, Dawtrey landowner

Dates: died 1624

William Dawtrey was a later member of the Dawtrey family who eventually controlled Aldsworth and whose interest passed in 1624 to his granddaughter Anne and her husband.

William de Abenhall, Woodward of the bailiwick of Abenhall in the Forest of Dean

Dates: Active 1216 and 1237

A Forest of Dean woodward who is identified by the Victoria County History as probably the lord of Abenhall Manor in the early 13th century.

William de Aintree, Landholder of Aintree

Dates: fl. 1296

A member of the local de Aintree family. In 1296 he held a substantial estate in Aintree, including 5 1/4 oxgangs of land and a quarter of the…

William de Aislakby

Dates: recorded 1313

A member of the medieval Aislakby family associated with Aislaby in County Durham. In 1313 he and his wife Agnes presented the chantry of St Thomas the Martyr…

William de Alfreton, Lord of Alfreton and Norton

Dates: Thirteenth century; exact dates not established here.

A member of the de Alfreton family who succeeded Robert Fitz-Ranulph and continued the family's lordship of Alfreton.

William de Arden

William de Badent

William de Beauchamp, Lord of the Beauchamp fee

Dates: Active in the late 12th century

A member of the Beauchamp family recorded as holding the superior or mesne lordship under which Stephen de Beauchamp held Ab Lench.

William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, lord of Acton Beauchamp

Dates: c.1237-9 June 1298

William de Beauchamp was a leading nobleman and Earl of Warwick. The 1298 valuation after his death directly identifies him as lord of Acton Beauchamp.

William de Belne

Dates: Active circa late 12th or early 13th century

A medieval landholder recorded in a survey of Fladbury as holding the five hides associated with Ab Lench.

William de Bocland, Landholder of Aldbury

Dates: died about 1218

The recorded holder of Aldbury in 1203 who granted its church advowson to Missenden Priory.

William de Boville, Boville lord associated with Alderton, presented to the church of Alderton with Isabel.

Dates: fl. reign of Edward I

William de Boville is recorded as a landholder in Suffolk and as a presenter to Alderton church with his wife Isabel during the reign of Edward I.

William de Boyton

William de Boyvill of Thursby, knight

Dates: fl. about 1239-1305

A Cumberland landholder and knight associated with Thursby. He was lord of Ainstable by about 1239 according to John Denton and held the manor at his death in…

William de Braose, Lord of Bramber, Lord of Gower, Sheriff of Herefordshire

Dates: c.1144–1211

A prominent Anglo-Norman marcher lord who held extensive lands in Wales and the West of England and served as Sheriff of Herefordshire under Richard I and John. He…

William de Carleol

William de Chaworth, Lord of Alfreton

Dates: Fourteenth or fifteenth century; exact dates not established here.

A Chaworth successor who held Alfreton and whose daughter Joan inherited the family estate in the late fifteenth century.

William de Chiltenham, Holder of a principal divided interest in Acton Turville Manor

Dates: Active in 1344; exact dates not established

William de Chiltenham was a medieval landholder identified in the 1344 fine as having the right to the Acton Turville manor interests being settled.

William de Claville