Thomas Harley of Brampton Bryan, Esquire of Brampton Bryan
Dates: Active in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; purchased the Wigmore estate in 1601
Biography
Thomas Harley was a Herefordshire landowner who purchased the Wigmore Castle estate from Henry Linley in 1601 for £2,600, thereby acquiring an estate that included lands in Adforton.
Notes / Sources
The source gives a direct Adforton link through the contents of the purchased estate, but the subsequent descent of the distinct Adforton manor is not fully documented.
Research sources:
- Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, Wigmore Fairs 1669-1710, historical summary of the 1601 purchase of the Wigmore Castle estate. — https://www.woolhopeclub.org.uk/system/files/documents/transaction/woolhope-club-transactions-volume-l-2002-part-iii.pdf
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