Richard Acton, Acton Scott manor holder and builder of the Elizabethan hall
Dates: died 1590
Biography
A late sixteenth-century Acton landholder who is credited with reuniting Acton Scott Manor in the family's ownership and with building the present Elizabethan house.
Notes / Sources
The date circa 1580 concerns the house and should not be treated as the exact date of the manor consolidation.
Research sources:
- Gareth Williams, The Country Houses of Shropshire, chapter 5, Acton Scott Hall, pp. 22-24; Historic England, Acton Scott Hall listing. — https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/acton-scott-hall/7BAF8EEFB6DADE0F69AA93255DE5E081
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