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Richard Acton

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Richard Acton, Acton Scott landholder

Dates: died by 1488

Biography

A late medieval member of the Acton family who held an interest in Acton Scott and married Eleanor Wynnesbury, from another coparcenary family connected with the manor.

Notes / Sources

The source does not specify the fraction held by Richard or the legal effect of his marriage on the separate Wynnesbury interest.

Research sources:
- Victoria County History, A History of the County of Shropshire, volume 10, Acton Scott, pp. 9-22; quoted in the available research lead. — https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol10/pp9-22

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