Dinah Topham, later Dinah Frankland, Heiress of the Topham manors, wife of Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd baronet
Dates: died February 1740-1741
Biography
Topham heiress who succeeded to the Agglethorpe, Melmerby and East Scrafton manors and died in February 1740-1741, leaving two daughters as co-heirs.
Notes / Sources
The marriage to Sir Thomas Frankland explains the later Frankland title documents, but the manor connection is independently stated by the manorial descent and deed catalogue.
Research sources:
- Victoria County History, A History of the County of York: North Riding, volume 1, parish history of Coverham, manorial descent and footnotes 127-129; Topham pedigree corroboration. — https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1
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