Richard Whitworth of Adbaston and Batchacre, Esquire, owner of the Adbaston estate
Dates: Died 1719
Biography
Staffordshire gentleman who purchased Adbaston Manor or the principal Adbaston estate before 1680 and established the Whitworth family's documented association with Adbaston.
Notes / Sources
The purchase instrument and the precise legal nature of the interest were not found.
Research sources:
- Charles Whitworth: The Diplomatic Career of an Eighteenth-Century Englishman, chapter 1, citing A Survey of Staffordshire by Harwood; and Collections for a History of Staffordshire, 1914. — https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9781351952613_A30396647/preview-9781351952613_A30396647.pdf
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