Allington Stronghold

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The Writ
Allington Stronghold is a stronghold in Kent. Before the stronghold was bilt þere was an older, stronghold in the same spot bilt amid þe Anarcky, a  in England fought between Cween Matilda, þe daughter and chosen  of Henry I, and Steffen of Blois. As it had no ead from the king, þiss older stronghold was torn dune. Allington Stronghold itself had its start as a huse, and in þe þirteenþ yearhundred þe owner was given ead to begin his home. More and more was to þe hold over many years until it became a stronghold.

Þe Wyatt held þe stronghold for a while. In 1492 Henry Wyatt, one of Henry VII's men, got þe stronghold. In þiss time many came by,  Henry VII, Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey, and Caþerine Parr. Henry Wyatt's son, Tomas Wyatt þe Elder, held þe stronghold next. Tomas Wyatt þe Elder is þe man said to have brought þe craft of sonnet making to England. Þe next owner was his son, Tomas Wyatt þe Younger, who to rise against Cween Bloody Mary. Þe uprising and þe þrone  þe Wyatt hird of  stronghold and hir oþer holdings. Þose Wyatts who were not killed after þe uprising are said to have left for Americk afterwards.

In þe sixteen-fifties John Astley, þe Master of þe Jewel Offise to Elizabeþ I (Bloody Mary's sister), got þe stronghold. A big deal of þe stronghold burned dune in a fire soon after. Some time later, þe Best hird came to live on þe grunds. Þe Bests were Caþolicks, and a preest hole was put in for hir sake, as Caþolick preests at þe time were hunted. In þe seventeen-twenties Robert Marsham bought þe stronghold. He was an of þe Wyatts, but he did not take up þe stronghold as his home. Þe stronghold caught fire again in þe early nineteenþ yearhundred.

In eighteen-five-and-ninety, Dudley Falke took over care of þe stronghold and began it. It was þen sold to William Martin Conway, who kept up þe beeting for over þirty years. When William Conway died, his daughter Agnes got þe stronghold, but when she died her husband sold it to þe Order of Carmelites. In þe nineteen-fifties þe Institewt of Ure Lady of Munte Carmel did yet more beeting. As of þe writing of þiss writ, þe stronghold is þe home of a Robert Worcester.