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.The Heraldry Society. The Coat of Arms, no. 210 (2010): 111. https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CoA-210-Arden-paper.pdf.
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,French, George Russell. Shakspeareana Genealogica: In Two Parts. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 441. https://archive.org/details/shakspeareanagen0000fren/page/441/mode/2up. and through whom was the progenitor of the Arden family in Warwickshire. He held 52 lordships in County Warwick.French, George Russell. Shakspeareana Genealogica: In Two Parts. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 441. https://archive.org/details/shakspeareanagen0000fren/page/441/mode/2up. He died c.1080, in the 14th year of the reign of William the Conqueror.French, George Russell. Shakspeareana Genealogica: In Two Parts. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 441. https://archive.org/details/shakspeareanagen0000fren/page/441/mode/2up. LeofstanWilliam Camden, The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619, Published in London by the Harleian Society, 1877. GudmundTownend, Peter. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. Vol. 2 pg. 15. London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972.
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.L.F. Salzman, VCH: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6, From British History Online. and a benefactor of Coventry Abbey.
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