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	Thornbury Castle
	A history of the Manor and Castle

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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

Humphrey Stafford	Humphrey Stafford	Henry Stafford	Edward Stafford	Henry VIII
1403	1460	1470	1483	1521
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(2) Sir Henry STAFFORD

1455-1483

Title: 2nd Duke of Buckingham.

Posts held: Constable of Nottingham; Lord High Constable; Warden of the Cinque Ports.

The manor: Henry inherited the manor from his father and held it between 1470-83.

Honoured: Knight of the realm.

Intrigue: Henry was a player in the rebellion to replace Richard III. He could possibly have been involved of the murder of the princes in the tower having a motive to remove them from the succession!

His demise: Henry was executed for treason 1483.

Father Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford.

Mother Margaret Beaufort.

Further information: Read more about Henry on the Internet.

Katherine WYDVILLE

1459-1497

Ancestry: Sister-in-law of Edward IV.

Marriage: Katherine married three times.

Family: 3 sons 2 daughters.

Father Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers.

Mother Jacquetta of Luxembourg.

Sons Edward ; Henry; Humphrey.

Daughters Anne; Margaret.

Further information: Read more about Katherine on the Internet.

Katherine also married:

(2) Jasper TUDOR

1431-1495

Title: 1st Duke of Bedford.

Father Owen Tudor

Mother Catherine of Valois

Further information: Read more about Jasper on the Internet.

Katherine also married:

(3) Richard WINGFIELD

1431-1495

Marriage: Richard married 3 times.

Father Sir John Wingfield

Mother Elizabeth FitzLewis

Further information: Read more about Richard on the Internet.

Ruling monarchs

Edward IV

Edward V

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	?