Rainald the sheriff
Dates: Recorded in 1086
Biography
The Norman-era sheriff Rainald was tenant-in-chief of Acton in Domesday Book.
Notes / Sources
The source does not identify the precise mechanism by which Rainald acquired the holding from the pre-Conquest holder.
Research sources:
- Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume 10, Acton Reynald, quoting Domesday Book, folio 255a; Open Domesday, Acton [Reynald], Phillimore reference Shropshire 4,3,59. — https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ5323/acton-reynald/
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