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	Thornbury Castle
	A history of the Manor and Castle

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Information:

Meet the Castle Builder.

Who was executed?

A holders family tree

A history of the castle

Once a manor house

Other castles

How it might have looked

Paintings of the castle

An owner's timeline

A plan of the castle

A modern hotel

Sir Algar a local hero

The families:

Centuries:

Pevious holders			Next holders

Gilbert de Clare	Richard de Clare	Gilbert de Clare	Margaret de Clare	Margaret Audley
1225	1230	1262	1295	1342
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(1) Sir Gilbert de CLARE

1243-1295

Titles: 7th Earl of Hertford; 6th Earl of Gloucester; 9th Lord of Clare; Lord of Glamorgan.

The manor: Gilbert inherited the manor from his father and held it between 1262-95.

Honoured: Knight of the realm.

Battles: Gilbert f ought in the second Barons' War. and at the Battle of Lewes. He changed sides, he was excommunicated and labelled a rebel. He also fought at the Battle of Kenilworth and at the Battles of Evesham.

Post held: Gilbert was joint Guardian of England, during the King Edward I's absence at The Crusades.

Castles: Gilbert built Caerphilly Castle.

Marriage: He married twice.

Father Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford.

Mother Matilda de Lacey.

Further information: Read more about Gilbert on the Internet.

Gilbert also married

(1) Alice de LUSIGNAN

1236-1290

Father Hugh XI of Lusignan.

Mother ?

Ancestry: She was neice of Henry III.

Family: 2 daughters.

Daughters Isabel; Joan.

Marriage: Her marriage was annulled.

(1) Joan of ACRE

1272-1307

Ancestry: Daughter of Edward I.

Family: 1 son 5 daughters.

Her demise: Joan died in childbirth, the baby was still born!

Marriage: She married twice.

Father Edward I Plantagenet, King of England.

Mother Eleanor of Castille.

Son Gilbert.

Daughter Eleanor; Margaret ; Elizabeth; Mary.

Further information: Read more about Joan on the Internet.

Joan also married

(2) Sir Ralph de MONTHERMER

c.1270-1325

Titles: 1st Baron Monthermer; Earl of Hertford; Earl of Atholl.

Family: 3 sons 2 daughters.

Son Thomas; Edward.

Daughter Mary; Joan.

Ruling monarchs

Henry III

Edward 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	?