Abbey of Syon, Bridgettine abbey, convent of Syon

Dates: founded 1415; dissolved 1539

The Bridgettine Abbey of Syon became the principal religious administrator of the former Lancaster possessions after the suppression of the alien priory, retaining Lancashire lands and manorial courts…

Abbot Æthelwig of Evesham

Abbot and convent of Burton upon Trent, Benedictine monastic community of Burton Abbey

Dates: circa 1004-1545/1547

The Benedictine Abbey of Burton upon Trent held Bromley as an ecclesiastical estate from the early eleventh century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Abbot and convent of Jervaulx Abbey, earlier Fors Abbey

Dates: 1145-1539

Jervaulx was founded at Fors in 1145 and transferred to its later site in 1156. It was a major Cistercian house in Yorkshire until its dissolution under Henry…

Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury Abbey, Benedictine abbey and corporate lord of Albrighton

Dates: Abbey founded 1083; surrendered 24 January 1540

The Benedictine community of Shrewsbury Abbey, founded by Roger de Montgomery, held Albrighton as an ecclesiastical manor and administered its rents, demesne and customary tenants until the Dissolution.

Abbot and convent of St Osyth, Religious corporation

Dates: The abbey held the manor from the medieval period until 1538.

The Abbey of St Osyth was an Augustinian religious house in Essex whose estate at Stowmarket included the manor, grange, church interests, tithes, and associated manorial rights.

Abbot and Convent of Waltham Abbey

Dates: medieval institution; dissolved 1536-1541

The corporate religious body of Waltham Abbey, which held Abbotts Manor from a mid-thirteenth-century gift until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Abbot and convent of Westminster, Abbot of Westminster

Dates: Medieval institution

The Benedictine abbey of St Peter at Westminster held Aldenham at the time of the Domesday survey and retained a major estate in the parish until the Dissolution.

Abbot of Colchester

Dates: Institutional holder recorded from 1155

The ecclesiastical office-holder representing the religious institution that received Aldeburgh Manor from William Martel in frankalmoin.

Abbot of Horton

Dates: Institutional office; individual abbots not identified in the cited evidence

Head of Horton Abbey, Dorset, which held the Domesday manor of Carswella in Devon.

Abbot of Jedburgh, Abbot of Jedburgh Abbey

Dates: Not established in the consulted sources

The institutional holder associated with the pre-1340 estate. The estate was reportedly forfeited and came into Crown hands before Sir William Felton's acquisition.

Abbot of Leiston

Dates: Office-holder; individual abbot not identified in the available source

The abbot was the head of Leiston Abbey, a Premonstratensian religious house in Suffolk. The available source identifies the institutional holder but does not name the individual abbot…

Abbotsbury Abbey, Abbot and convent of Abbotsbury

Dates: Medieval abbey; dissolved during the Reformation

Benedictine abbey in Dorset whose pre-Reformation lands included Wootton or Abbots Wootton.

Abel de St Martin

Dates: Medieval; exact dates not established

Medieval landholder associated with the manor of Halstead, which later bore the name Abels or Abells.

Abel Ram, High Sheriff of County Wexford, 1829

Dates: fl. 1829

Landowner associated with Ramscourt, County Wexford, and holder of the manor of Bermondsey during the nineteenth century.

Abingdon Abbey, Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin

Dates: Founded before the Norman Conquest; suppressed in 1538

A major Benedictine house that held the superior estate of Lewknor and associated lands before the Dissolution.

Abraham Jones, Son of Francis Jones

Dates: fl. 1620

Son of Francis Jones who joined the 1620 conveyance of Uffington manor to Elizabeth Craven.

Abraham Lance, Gentleman of Abram, later associated with the Royalist cause

Dates: Active 1623-1652; died about 1659

Heir of Henry and Susan Lance and holder or claimant of the Abram estate during the seventeenth-century religious and Civil War disturbances. He was a recusant and later…

Abraham Reeve

Abraham Robarts

Dates: owner in 1927

Grandson of A. J. Robarts and recorded by the Victoria County History as owner of Stockholt in 1927.

Abraham Sewell

Abram Newman

Dates: floruit before acquisition by Alexander Baring

A former holder of the lordship of Martells Hall before its acquisition by Alexander Baring.

Acton family

Dates: 13th-15th centuries; individual dates vary

The Acton family is recorded in medieval material concerning lands, boundaries and local administration at Acton in the Weaverham area.

Acun (Ealhwine)