William de Reyny, Lord of Aisholt and Aley in Over Stowey
Dates: floruit 13th century
Biography
William de Reyny was a thirteenth-century feudal landholder whose Somerset interests included Aisholt and Aley in Over Stowey. He appears in the context of the Curci baronial inheritance and associated knight's fees.
Notes / Sources
The source does not establish whether he held the whole manor in demesne or held it as a mesne tenant of a superior lord.
Research sources:
- Sir Henry C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Curci', Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, citing Feudal Aids, vol. IV, p. 281; passage identifying William de Reyny as lord of Aisholt. — https://sanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/12Lyte-1.pdf
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