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William de Reyny

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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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