About 1.5 miles southwest of Wappenham, in Northamptonshire, England, sits Astwell Castle, a manor house. It is located in the parish of Helmdon and is a Grade II listed building. One of the first families to own this manor since the Conquest were the De Wauncys. It went down to the Brookes from them. Through a familial agreement with cousin of his mother, Dowse Billing and her husband William Brooke, Thomas Lovett II purchased Astwell on April 24, 1471, in return for his inherited holdings. Lov ... (Read More)