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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

Thomas Howard	Philip Howard	Edward Howard	Henry Molyneaux Howard	Henry Howard
1727	1732	1750	1777	1824
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Edward HOWARD

1686-1777

Titles: 9th Duke of Norfolk; 4th Baron Howard of Castle Rising; 19th Lord Strange de Blackmere; 4th Earl of Norwich; 21st Lord of Segrave; 20th Lord Mowbray; 18th Lord Furnivalle; 7th Earl of Norfolk; 19th Lord Talbot; 6th Baron Mowbray; 9th Earl of Surrey.

Posts held: 4th Earl Marshall of England;

The manor & castle: Edward inherited the manor & castle from his brother and held it between 1750-77. The manor & castle then passed to his cousin Henry Molyneaux-Howard on his death.

Residence: Lived in Buckenham, Norfolk.

Father Lord Thomas Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk.

Mother Mary Savile.

Further information: Read more about Edward on the Internet.

Mary BLOUNT

1702-1773

Around the world: Norfolk Island was named after her by explorer James Cook, although she died whilst Cook was on the voyage. He named the island in her honour not knowing she had died!

Father Edward Blount.

Mother Anne Guise.

Further information: Read more about Mary on the Internet.

Ruling monarch

George 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	?