Alexander Smith, Purchaser of the Coleby share in the Manor of Wensleydale or Abbotside
Dates: Active in the late seventeenth century; individual dates not established here
Biography
Alexander Smith acquired John Coleby's part of the manor in 1678.
Notes / Sources
No evidence has been found here for the date or mechanism by which his share later passed to Lord Lonsdale.
Research sources:
- Feet of Fines of Yorkshire, East Riding, Easter 33 Charles II, and Victoria County History, A History of the County of York: North Riding, volume 1, p. 69, as summarized in the Yorkshire Dales National Park archaeological survey. — https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/02/Mitcham-2019-Community-archaeology-surveys-and-excavation-at-Floshes-Hill.pdf
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