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	Thornbury Castle
	A history of the Manor and Castle

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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

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ÆLFRED THE GREAT

849-899

Title: King of Wessex

His name: Ælfred is the original Anglo-Saxon

Achievement: He had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system, military structure and his people's quality of life.

The manor: If Athestan held the manor to give to Haylward then Alfred must have held the land as crown property for Athestan to inherit on becoming king! There is no record of Alfred holding the manor!

Father Aethelwulf, King of Wessex.

Mother Osburh.

Further information: Read more about Alfred on the Internet.

EALHSWITH

c.855-902

Family: 2 sons 3 daughters.

Father Aethelred Mucel.

Mother Eadburh.

Sons Edward; Æthelweard;

Daughters Æthelflæd; Æthelgifu; Ælfthryth,

Further information: Read more about Ealhswith on the Internet.

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	?