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William Septvans, son of William Septvans
Dates: Minor in 1366; would have reached twenty years of age on 28 August 1366 according to the inquisition
Minor heir whose possession of the Aldington moiety was the subject of a disputed proof of age and an attempted alienation to John Gower.
View historical person →William Sheldon, Esquire, member of the Sheldon family of Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Dates: Died 24 December 1570
William Sheldon was a substantial Worcestershire landowner and one of the two grantees of Abberton Manor in 1544. The VCH account records his death on 24 December 1570.
View historical person →William Sheldon, son of Francis Sheldon, Esquire, Sheldon landowner of Abberton
Dates: Of full age and residing at Abberton in 1570; succeeded in 1608 by his son Francis
William Sheldon was the son of Francis Sheldon and the successor identified in the VCH descent of Abberton Manor after the death of the elder William Sheldon in…
View historical person →William Simmonds, Merchant of Winchester, wealthy landowner
Dates: Documented as purchaser in 1811; family retained estate until 1920
Winchester merchant and landowner who bought Abbots Barton from Edward Austen Knight in 1811. His family retained the estate until 1920.
View historical person →William Smith
Dates: Recorded as holder in 1686; personal dates not located.
View historical person →William Smyth
Dates: recorded as owner in 1554
Sixteenth-century landholder recorded as owning Abriwicks alias Allred Wykes in Great Ashfield in 1554.
View historical person →William son of Simon de Lee
Dates: Flourished in the reign of Henry III
Medieval Cheshire landholder recorded by Sir Peter Leycester as possessing Agden and granting one moiety to his son-in-law.
View historical person →William Spurrier, Birmingham solicitor, purchaser and proprietor of Albrighton
Dates: Died 1848; other dates not established in the cited source
William Spurrier was a Birmingham solicitor who purchased Albrighton in 1830 and carried out extensive improvements to the estate before his death in 1848.
View historical person →William St Barbe, Esquire, owner of Alderstone Manor
Dates: Died 1556 or 1562 according to variant local accounts; exact date requires verification
A member of the St Barbe family who acquired Alderstone Manor after the Dissolution-era transition and established the family's long association with the manor.
View historical person →William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Diplomat and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Viscount Petersham and Baron Harrington, created 1742.
Dates: 1683–1756
William Stanhope was a British diplomat and politician who held several diplomatic posts and became Secretary of State for the Northern Department in 1740. He was raised to…
View historical person →William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle, 4th Earl of Derby
Dates: c.1515–1562
English nobleman and hereditary lord of the Stanley family estates. He was the 4th Earl of Derby during the Elizabethan period and is identified in the registry as…
View historical person →Colonel William Staunton, army officer in the service of King Charles I
A member of the Staunton family who sold the East Markham lordship to William Cartwright after serving in the royalist army during the Civil War.
View historical person →William Stephen Poyntz, British politician, Member of Parliament
Dates: 1770-1840
British politician and husband of Elizabeth, sister of the eighth Viscount Montagu, associated with the post-1793 succession of Clayton.
View historical person →William Stephen Poyntz of Midgham and Cowdray, English Whig Member of Parliament, landed gentleman of Midgham and Cowdray.
Dates: 20 January 1770–8 April 1840
Son of William Poyntz of Midgham and Isabella Courtenay. He married Elizabeth Mary Browne, sister and heiress of George Samuel Browne, 8th Viscount Montagu, and thereby acquired the…
View historical person →William Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English courtier and landowner
Dates: c.1400–1478
English landowner who married Margaret Chidiock and was created Baron Stourton in 1448; the registry records Stourton Caundle passing into his family through that marriage.
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