Allington Stronghold

This article was adapted from information found in Wikipedia.

Background
Allington Stronghold is stronghold in Kent. Beforehand the spot had an stronghold built amid the Anarchy, a  in England fought between Queen Matilda, the daughter and chosen  of Henry I, and Stephen of Blois. As it had no kingly ead, it was later torn down. Allington Stronghold itself had its start as an, and in the thirteenth yearhundred the owner was given ead to begin his hold. More and more was to the hold over many years until it became a stronghold. It fell into wrack over time, and by the twentieth yearhundred it was not much of a sight. It was edbuilt, and is now a home.

Noteworthy
The Wyatt held the stronghold for a while. In 1492 Henry Wyatt, one of Henry VII's men, got the stronghold. In this time many came by,  Henry VII, Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey, and Catherine Parr. Henry Wyatt's son, Thomas Wyatt the Elder, held the stronghold next. Thomas Wyatt the Elder is the man said to have brought the craft of sonnet making to England. The next owner was his son, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, who to rise against Queen Bloody Mary. The uprising fell through and the throne the Wyatt hird of  stronghold and here other holdings. Those Wyatts who were not killed after the uprising are said to have left for Vinland afterwards.

In the sixteen-fifties John Astley, the Master of the Jewel Office to Elizabeth I (Bloody Mary's sister), got the stronghold. A big deal of the stronghold burned down in a fire soon after. Some time later, the Best hird came to live on the grounds. The Bests were Catholics, and a priest hole was put in for their sake, as Catholic priests at the time were hunted. In the seventeen-twenties Robert Marsham bought the stronghold. He was an of the Wyatts, but he did not take up the stronghold as his home. The stronghold was wreaked by another fire in the early nineteenth yearhundred.

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