Ælfwine of Warwick
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Ælfwine of Warwick was a Sheriff of Warwickshire under William the Conqueror, 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.