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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

Henry Stafford	Edward Stafford	Henry VIII	Edward VI	Mary I
1470	1483	1521	1547	1553
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Henry TUDOR

1491-1547

Title: Henry VIII; King of England.

The manor & castle: Henry confiscated the manor & castle from Edward Stafford and held it as crown property between 1521-47.

Marriage: Henry married 6 times.

Father Henry VII, King of England.

Mother Elizabeth of York.

Son Edward VI.

Further information: Read more about Henry on the Internet.

Henry also married:

(1) Catherine of ARAGON

1485-1536

Marriage: Catherine married twice.

Family:1 son 1 daughter.

Father Ferdinand II of Aragon

Mother Isabella I of Castille

Daughter Mary.

Further information: Read more about Catherine on the Internet.

Henry also married:

(3) Jane SEYMOUR

1508-1537

Father John Seymour

Mother Margery Wentworth

Son Edward.

Further information: Read more about Jane on the Internet.

Henry also married:

(4) Anne of CLEEVES

1515-1557

Father John III Duke of Cleves

Mother Maria of Julich-Berg

Further information: Read more about Anne on the Internet.

Henry also married:

(5) Catherine HOWARD

1523-1542

Her demise: Catherine was executed.

Father Lord Edmund Howard

Mother Joyce Culpeper

Further information: Read more about Catherine on the Internet.

Henry also married:

(6) Catherine PARR

1512-1548

Father Sir Thomas Parr

Mother Maud Green

Further information: Read more about Catherine on the Internet.

Henry VIII visited Thornbury with Anne Boleyn. In 1988 a pageant recreated the event. It is a polpular myth that this 'progress' was Henry and Anne's honeymoon. However, research shows that the 'progress' was near the end of their marriage and therefore unlikely to have been a happy event.

(2) Anne BOLEYN

1501-1536

Family:1 daughter.

Her demise: She was executed.

Father Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire.

Mother Elizabeth Howard.

Daughter Elizabeth

Further information: Read more about Anne on the Internet.

Ruling monarch

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	?