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Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England
The earliest existing fabric dates from the 14th century,[1] and in 1402 Sir Thomas Tunstall was given a licence to crenellate the building in 1402.[2] It the passed down through his son Thomas to Bryan, a hero of the Battle of Flodden in 1513, who was dubbed the "Stainless Knight" by the king and immortalised in the poem The Stainless Knight and the Battle of Flodden Field by Sir Walter Raleigh. Bryan's son Marmaduke was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1544. After two or three further generations of Tunstalls the castle was sold to Sir John Girlington in 1605. After passing to his grandson, Sir John Girlington, a Royalist major-general during the Civil War, it was badly damaged by Parliamentarian forces during a siege in 1643, following which it was described as being "ruinous".[1] Sir John's son, also John, was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1663.
Sir Thomas is the 18th great-grandfather of the grandchildren of Vernia Elvira Swindell Byars (1894-1985)...
Sir John Girlington is the 9th great-grandfather of the grandchildren of Vernia Elvira Swindell Byars (1894-1985)...
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