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William Rag, later William de Aketon
Dates: Flourished in the thirteenth century; recorded in 1270
Medieval Cheshire landholder who received one moiety of Agden from his father-in-law and adopted the name de Aketon from his residence there.
View historical person →William Rippon, Last abbot of Quarr Abbey
Dates: floruit 1525
The last abbot of Quarr Abbey, who leased Arreton to John Leigh in 1525.
View historical person →William Robert Ashley Birch-Reynardson, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, soldier, solicitor and City businessman
Dates: 1923-2017
A member of the Birch-Reynardson family who succeeded his father at Adwell in 1959 and remained associated with the family estate into the late twentieth century.
View historical person →William Rogers
Dates: Recorded in 1576
Landholder at Adgestone who owed suit at John Worsley's court at Bembridge.
View historical person →William Rosalyne or William de Rosceline, Lord of Aldeby, patron of a moiety of Aldeby church
Dates: flourished in the late thirteenth century
William Rosalyne, also rendered William de Rosceline, was the purchaser of the secular lordship of Aldeby in 1286 and is recorded as lord and patron of a moiety…
View historical person →William Rosewell of Forde Abbey, Gentleman of Forde Abbey, member of the Rosewell family
Dates: died before or in 1593 in the manor-specific chronology
A member of the Rosewell family associated with Forde Abbey. The manor-specific summary identifies him as the holder of Alford manor from approximately 1563 until 1593.
View historical person →Reverend William Scarr
Dates: Recorded as holder in 1833; personal dates not located.
View historical person →William Septvans, associated with the Kentish Septvans family
Dates: Holder in 25 Edward III, approximately 1351-1352
Medieval Kentish landholder who held the Aldington-Septvans moiety in the mid-fourteenth century.
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