Walter Acton, Esquire, chief lord of relevant soil in the Manor of Acton Round
Dates: 1572–1641
Biography
A Shropshire landowner of the Acton family of Aldenham, JP and later High Sheriff of Shropshire. He is directly documented as chief lord of specified commons and waste belonging to Acton Round in 1625 and as lord of the manor in a related 1638–39 tenure.
Notes / Sources
The 1625 wording concerns chief lordship of the soil of specified commons and waste; the 1638–39 evidence more explicitly uses the formula 'as of his manor of Acton Round'.
Research sources:
- Articles of agreement dated 1 October 1625, transcribed in Broseley and Its Surroundings; and inquisition relating to William Greenowes, 14 Charles I, discussed in Shropshire Transactions, volume 46, part 1. — https://www.broseley.org.uk/journal/broseley%20%26%20its%20surroundings.pdf
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