Ralph de Pichford, Lord of Albrighton, holder directly of the Crown by knight-service
Dates: Died by 5 October 1252
Biography
Ralph de Pichford was a substantial thirteenth-century Shropshire landholder. Eyton records him as holding Albrighton and Ryton directly of the Crown and as possessing other estates in Shropshire and Ireland.
Notes / Sources
The 1253 inquest stated that he held Albricton of the King by service of one knight for eight days and that his son John was his next heir.
Research sources:
- R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume II, p. 153, citing Testa de Nevill, folios 206 and 274, and Excerpta e Rotulis Finium, volume II, p. 141. — https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Eyton_Vol02.pdf
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