Ælfwine of Warwick was a Sheriff of Warwickshire under William the Conquorer, and one of the few

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

s to retain their lands after the

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. He died before 1087.

Family

His mother was Erminhild de Warwick and his father was Wigod de Wallingford, Earl of Wallington and a descendant of both

Egbert III Ecgberht (died 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court i ...

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, and

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. His wife was Horne and children were: * Turchill of Kinsbury de Warwick also known as ''Thorkell of Arden'' who was a

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and Earl of Warwickshire, who married Leverunia, Countess of Perche and widow of Arnulph, Earl of Perche, and through whom was the progenitor of the

Arden family The Arden family is an English gentry family that can be traced back in the male line to Anglo-Saxon landholders who managed to maintain status after the 1066 invasion of England by the Normans of France. The family held lands in Warwickshire, ...

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. He held 52 lordships in County Warwick. He died c.1080, in the 14th year of the reign of William the Conqueror. * Leofstan *Gudmund His sister Ealdgyth was the wife of Robert d'Oilly, who succeeded him as Sheriff.

Estates

He was the owner of

Ryton-on-Dunsmore Ryton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (8.8 km) south-east of Coventry and 8 miles (12.1 km) west of Rugby. The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,6 ...

, an estate ''assessed at 3½ hides and including

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half a league by 2

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s, and a mill worth 12s.''L.F. Salzman, VCH: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6, From British History Online. and a benefactor of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aelfwine of Warwick People from Warwickshire (before 1974) History of Warwickshire High sheriffs of Warwickshire Year of birth unknown Norman conquest of England 11th-century English people