Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner, was the son and heir of Sir John Ashton (d. c.1360) of Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, and of Margaret, a daughter of Robert del Leigh of Adlington, Cheshire. His mother's second marriage, to ...
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Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner
Carole Rawcliffe and Andrew Ayton
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Beauchamp, William, first Baron Bergavenny (c. 1343–1411), soldier and landowner
Christine Carpenter
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Beauchamp, William, first Baron Bergavenny (c. 1343–1411), soldier and landowner, was the fourth son of Thomas Beauchamp, eleventh earl of Warwick (1313/14–1369), and of Katherine (d. 1369), daughter of Roger Mortimer, first earl of March.
As a younger son Beauchamp was destined for the church and attended ...
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Brechin, Sir David (b. before 1278, d. 1320), soldier and landowner
A. A. M. Duncan
Brechin, Sir David (b. before 1278, d. 1320), soldier and landowner, was the son of Sir William Brechin, son of Henry, illegitimate son of David, earl of Huntingdon (d. 1219); his mother was Elena, daughter of Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan. His father died between 1286 and June 1291 (when no claim to the Scottish throne was submitted by him); on 10 December 1292 ...
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Brooke, George, ninth Baron Cobham (c. 1497–1558), soldier and landowner
C. S. Knighton
Brooke, George, ninth Baron Cobham (c. 1497–1558), soldier and landowner, was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Brooke, eighth Baron Cobham (d. 1529), and his first wife, Dorothy Heydon. He accompanied his father in attending Mary Tudor to her marriage with Louis XII of France...
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Brydges, John, first Baron Chandos (1492–1557), landowner and soldier
M. M. Norris
Brydges, John, first Baron Chandos (1492–1557), landowner and soldier, was born on 9 March 1492 at Coberley, Gloucestershire, the eldest of three sons and three daughters of Sir Giles Brydges (d. 1511), landowner, and his wife, Isabel (fl. c.1475–1511), daughter of ...
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Caulfeild, Toby, first Baron Caulfeild of Charlemont (bap. 1565, d. 1627), soldier, politician, and landowner
R. J. Hunter
Caulfeild, Toby, first Baron Caulfeild of Charlemont (bap. 1565, d. 1627), soldier, politician, and landowner, was baptized on 2 December 1565 at Great Milton, Oxfordshire, a younger son of Alexander Caulfeild. Nothing is known of his early years or education, but from 1590 he pursued a military career, sailing on ...
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Clifford, Walter de (d. 1190), landowner and soldier
Frederick Suppe
Clifford, Walter de (d. 1190), landowner and soldier, was the son of Richard fitz Pons and Maud, the daughter of Walter of Gloucester. Richard was still alive in 1128 but had died by 1138, when Walter de Clifford exchanged his manor of Glasbury...
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Devereux, Walter, first Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1432–1485), landowner and soldier
R. A. Griffiths
Devereux, Walter, first Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1432–1485), landowner and soldier, was of Herefordshire stock (at Weobley and Bodenham); his father was a retainer of Richard, duke of York, and he himself became Edward IV's councillor. The son of Sir Walter Devereux...
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Fastolf, Sir John (1380–1459), soldier and landowner
G. L. Harriss
Fastolf, Sir John (1380–1459), soldier and landowner, was born into a minor gentry family in Norfolk and in early manhood served under the duke of Clarence in Ireland. His marriage there, on 13 January 1409, to Millicent, daughter of Robert, Lord Tiptoft (...
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Fitzgerald, James fitz Maurice (d. 1579), soldier and landowner
Anthony M. McCormack
Fitzgerald, James fitz Maurice (d. 1579), soldier and landowner, was the second son of Maurice fitz John Fitzgerald (d. 1564), called Maurice an Tóiteán (Maurice of the Burnings), and Julia, second daughter of Dermot O'Mulryan of Sulloghade, co. Tipperary. He married Katherine...
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Grey, Roger, first Lord Grey of Ruthin (c. 1300–1353), landowner and soldier
R. Ian Jack
Grey, Roger, first Lord Grey of Ruthin (c. 1300–1353), landowner and soldier, was the younger son of John Grey, second Lord Grey of Wilton, and the only son of his father's second marriage, to Maud, daughter of Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton. Roger...
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Hamilton, Sir George, first baronet (c. 1608–1679), soldier and landowner
See Hamilton, James, first earl of Abercorn
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Hastings, John, second Lord Hastings (1287–1325)
See Hastings, John, first Lord Hastings
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Hastings, John, first Lord Hastings (1262–1313), soldier and landowner
Fiona Watson
Hastings, John, first Lord Hastings (1262–1313), soldier and landowner, was born on 6 May 1262 at Allesley, Warwickshire, the eldest son and heir of Sir Henry Hastings (1235?–1269) and Joanna, sister and heir of Sir George de Cantilupe (d. 1273). He was given possession of his mother's family's castle and barony of ...
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John (d. 1190), soldier and landowner
Frederick Suppe
John (d. 1190), soldier and landowner, was the son of Richard fitz Eustace (d. 1163) and Albreda (or Aubrey) de Lisours (d. 1194). Albreda was a daughter and heir of Robert de Lacy (d. 1193). Although the two families' interests intertwined, it is inaccurate to use the ...
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Leslie, Norman, master of Rothes (d. 1554), landowner and soldier
Margaret H. B. Sanderson
Leslie, Norman, master of Rothes (d. 1554), landowner and soldier, was the eldest son of George Leslie, fourth earl of Rothes (d. 1558), and Margaret Crichton, natural daughter of William, third Lord Crichton and Princess Margaret, daughter of King James II. Norman, who was regarded as an accomplished young man, was for a time a yeoman of the chamber to ...
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Leybourne [Leyburn], Sir Roger of (c. 1215–1271), soldier and landowner
Kathryn Faulkner
Leybourne [Leyburn], Sir Roger of (c. 1215–1271), soldier and landowner, was the son of Sir Roger of Leybourne (b. 1182×90, d. before 1251), of Leybourne, Kent, and of Eleanor (d. 1219/20), daughter and coheir of Stephen of Thornham (d. 1213/14), a Kentish landowner. ...
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Lowther, Sir Richard (1532–1608), landowner and soldier
C. H. H. Owen
Lowther, Sir Richard (1532–1608), landowner and soldier, was born on 14 February 1532 in Hartsop Hall, Westmorland, the eldest of the six children of Hugh Lowther (c.1510–1555) and Dorothy Clifford (d. 1562). She was the daughter of Henry Clifford, tenth Baron Clifford...
