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	Thornbury Castle
	A history of the Manor and Castle

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Once a manor house

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How it might have looked

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An owner's timeline

A plan of the castle

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Sir Algar a local hero

The families:

Centuries:

Pevious holders			Next holders

William I	William II	Robert FitzHamon	Mabel FitzHamon	William FitzRobert
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(1) Robert FITZHAMON

c.1045-1107

Posts held: Lord of Cruelly, France; 1st Baron of Gloucester; Lord of Glamorgan.

His demise: He died eventually from head injuries received in Normandy in 1105. He did live another two years but suffered mentally before the dying from the injury.

The manor: Thornbury Manor was granted to him by William Rufus and he held it between 1090-1107. Thornbury was amongst 200 manors in Gloucestershire and other counties he owned! They had previously been held by Queen Matilda. Robert had supported William Rufus against the revolt by the King’s half uncle Odo Bishop of Bayeaux & Earl of Kent. Robert doesn't appear to have come across with the Conquest in 1066 and isn't mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Robert's conquest: He conquered Glamorgan. It is possible that he helped the Welsh Prince Lestyn ap Gwrgan to defeat Rhys ap Tewdwr in a battle in 1090.

Father Hamo Dapifer (AKA Haimo), Sherriff of Kent.

Mother possibly Nest daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr!

Further information: Read more about Robert on the Internet.

Sybil De MONTGOMERY

c.1070-?

Family: 4 daughters.

Marriage: She married twice.

Father Roger Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.

Mother Mabel Talvas.

Daughters Mabel Fitzhamon; Isabella; 2 unknown.

Sybil also married:

(2) Jean SIRE de RAIMES

c.1070-?

Ruling monarchs

William II

Henry I

A timeline of the holders of the manor and castle from Saxon times to the modern day.


Alfred the Great	Edward the Elder	Altelstan	Aelfwaerd	Aylward	Aelfgar	Brictric	Mathilda	William I	William II	Robert FitzHamon	Mabel FitzHamon	William FitzRobert	Aumarie de Montfort	Amice FitzRobert	Isobel FitzRobert	Gilbert de Clare	Richard de Clare	Gilbert de Clare	Margaret de Clare	Margaret Audley	Hugh de Stafford	Edmund Stafford	Humphrey Stafford	Humphrey Stafford
?	?	?	?	?	980	1051	1062	1070	1083	1090	1107	1157	1183	1213	1213	1225	1230	1262	1295	1342	1349	1386	1403	1460

Henry Stafford	Edward Stafford	Henry VII	Edward VI	Mary I	Henry Stafford	Ursula Pole	Henry Stafford	Edward Stafford	Edward Stafford	Henry Stafford	Mary Stafford	William Howard	Henry Stafford Howard	William Stafford Howard	Thomas Howard	Philip Howard	Edward Howard	Henry Molyneux-Howard	Henry Howard	Edward Howard	Algar Howard	Kenneth Bell	Maurice Taylor	Hotel groups
1470	1483	1521	1547	1553	1554	1554	1563	1566	1603	1625	1637	1637	1693	1719	1727	1732	1750	1777	1824	1875	1916	1966	1988	?