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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

Humphrey Stafford	Henry Stafford	Edward Stafford	Henry VIII	Edward VI
1460	1470	1483	1521	1547
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(1) Sir Edward STAFFORD

1477/8-1521

Titles: 3rd Duke of Buckingham; Count of Perche, Normandy.

Posts held: Privy Counsellor; Lord High Constable; Lord High Steward for Henry VIII.

The manor & castle: Edward inherited the manor from his father & built the castle and held it between1483-1521.

Aspirations : A life of intrigue and rising expectations in the court of Henry VIII. Read Edwards full story here.

Family: 3 illegitimate children 2 sons 1 daughter.

Honoured: Knight of the realm.

His demise: Edward was executed for treason 1521.

Father Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Bukingham.

Mother Katherine Woodville.

Further information: Read more about Edward on the Internet.

Eleanor PERCY

c.1474-1530

Marriage: Eleanor married twice.

Family:1 sons 3 daughters.

Father Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland.

Mother Maud Herbert.

Son Henry.

Daughter Elizabeth; Katherine.

Further information: Read more about Eleanor on the Internet.

Eleanor also married:

(2) John AUDLEY

c.1474-?

Ruling monarchs

Edward V

Richard III

Henry VII

Henry VIII

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	?