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
Victorian photos
Snow scenes
My photos
The families:
Audley
de Clare
de Montfort
FitzHamon
FitzRobert
Howard
Normans
Saxons
Stafford
Tudors
Centuries:
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
Stafford Family
1344-86
Hugh de Stafford
1378-1403
Emund Stafford
c.1402-60
Humphrey Stafford
1425-58
Humphrey Stafford
1455-83
Henry Stafford
1477-21
Edward Stafford
1554-63
Henry Satfford
1535-1603
Edward Stafford
1572-1625
Edward Stafford
1621-37
Henry Stafford
1620-93
Mary Stafford
Stafford Family Tree
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
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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
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