Sir William Guise, lord of Elmore, member of the Guise family of Elmore, Baronet, member of the Guise family of Gloucestershire, lord of King's Barton
Dates: Seventeenth century; exact dates not established in the sources used
Biography
Sir William Guise was a member of the Gloucestershire Guise family seated at Elmore. The available historical account links him with the acquisition of Abloads in Sandhurst during the early seventeenth century, probably by lease about 1629.
Notes / Sources
The source evidence supports a direct Abloads connection but does not establish whether his interest was freehold lordship, leasehold estate, or both.
Research sources:
- J. V. Beckett and others, List of Parliamentary Families, entry for Guise, recording Ablode's (Abload) Court as acquired on lease about 1629; Gloucestershire Family History Society article on the Hawkins family, citing the purchase of the manor of Abloads in Sandhurst by Sir William Guise. — https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110548372-012/pdf?licenseType=open-access
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