Ralph Crassus, or Ralph the Fat, Feoffee of Alberbury, donor of the church of Alberbury to Shrewsbury Abbey
Dates: Living during the reign of King Stephen; active between 1141 and 1155
Biography
Ralph Crassus was a twelfth-century landholder associated with Alberbury. He granted the church of Alberbury to Shrewsbury Abbey during the reign of King Stephen.
Notes / Sources
The source calls him the first apparent feoffee, but does not document his exact tenure dates or the legal instrument by which the manor itself came to him.
Research sources:
- R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume VII, Alberbury, pp. 67-68, citing the Shrewsbury Abbey chartulary and confirmations of 1141 and 1155. — https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol07.html
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