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	Thornbury Castle
	A history of the Manor and Castle

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Meet the Castle Builder.

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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	Margaret de Clare	Margaret Audley	Hugh Stafford	Edmund Stafford
1262	1295	1342	1349	1386
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(2) Margaret de AUDLEY

1314-1349

Titles: 2nd Baroness Audley; Countess of Stafford.

The manor: Margaret inherited the manor from her mother and held it between1342-49.

Father Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.

Mother Margaret de Clare.

Family: 2 sons 4 daughters.

Sons Ralph; Hugh.

Daughters Elizabeth; Beatrice; Joan; Katherine.

Further information: Read more about Margaret on the Internet.

Sir Ralph de STAFFORD

1301-1372

Titles: 1st Earl of Stafford;

Posts held: Justice of the Peace for Stafford; Steward of the Household; Seneschal of Aquitaine, France.

Honoured: Knight of the realm.

Battles: Ralph fought in the Battle of Sluys. He also fought against the Scots. He later fought at the Battle of Crecy and at the Siege of Calais.

Father Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford.

Mother Margaret Bassett.

Marriage: He married twice.

Further information: Read more about Ralph on the Internet.

Ralph also married

(1) Katherine de Hastang

c.1310-?

Father Sir John de Hastang

Mother ?

Ruling monarch

Edward III

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	?