Ælfwine of Warwick

Ælfwine of Warwick was a Sheriff of Warwickshire under William the Conquorer, and one of the few Anglo-Saxons to retain their lands after the conquest. He died before 1087.[1]

Family

His mother was Erminhild de Warwick and his father was Wigod de Wallingford, Earl of Wallington and a descendant of both Egbert III of England, and Charles Martel.

His wife was Horne and children were:

  • Turchill of Kinsbury de Warwick also known as Thorkell of Arden who was a knight and Earl of Warwickshire, who married Leverunia, Countess of Perche and widow of Arnulph, Earl of Perche,[2] and through whom was the progenitor of the Arden family in Warwickshire. He held 52 lordships in County Warwick.[3] He died c.1080, in the 14th year of the reign of William the Conqueror.[4]
  • Leofstan[5]
  • Gudmund[6]

His sister Ealdgyth was the wife of Robert d'Oilly, who succeeded him as Sheriff.

Estates

He was the owner of Ryton-on-Dunsmore, an estate assessed at 3½ hides and including woodland half a league by 2 furlongs, and a mill worth 12s.[7] and a benefactor of Coventry Abbey.

References

  1. ^ The Heraldry Society. The Coat of Arms, no. 210 (2010): 111. https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CoA-210-Arden-paper.pdf.
  2. ^ French, George Russell. Shakspeareana Genealogica: In Two Parts. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 441. https://archive.org/details/shakspeareanagen0000fren/page/441/mode/2up.
  3. ^ French, George Russell. Shakspeareana Genealogica: In Two Parts. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 441. https://archive.org/details/shakspeareanagen0000fren/page/441/mode/2up.
  4. ^ French, George Russell. Shakspeareana Genealogica: In Two Parts. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 441. https://archive.org/details/shakspeareanagen0000fren/page/441/mode/2up.
  5. ^ William Camden, The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619, Published in London by the Harleian Society, 1877.
  6. ^ Townend, Peter. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. Vol. 2 pg. 15. London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972.
  7. ^ L.F. Salzman, VCH: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6, From British History Online.
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