William Crassus

Brother of Stephen II - William was granted a licence to hold fairs and markets in (what is now) Chipping Sodbury in 1217.

The limited remains of the castle include an outline of foundation line in blue stone in a farm field where it stood in Tullaroan Courtstown kilkenny.

The castle was built by primogenisis to the Grace family in Kilkenny -William Le Gros Crassus aka Grace son of Stephen II (Etienne) above.who inherited the manor of chipping Sodbury Gloucestershire from his uncle William Le Gros.

Their children were : William Crassus was the eldest son of Stephen II, Count of Aumale, and his spouse, Hawise, daughter of Roger de Mortimer of Wigmore.

1090) was the ruling Countess of Aumale in her own right in 1069–1087.,on the death of her daughter Hawise from her first Marriage; Adelaide was sister of William I the Conqueror.

[citation needed] Stephen II succeeded his elder brother William aka Guilliame (died without issue) [citation needed] Odo was the son of Stephen (II) of Troyes and Meaux, and married to Adelaide aka Adelaide of Normandy sister to William the conqueror.

[citation needed] He was still a minor at the death of his father, and his uncle Theobald III of Blois acted as regent of Troyes.

[citation needed] At this time his cousin Theobald III of Blois then seized Odo's counties in the Champagne region France whilst he was in England.,[citation needed] One version states William I, for his services in the conquest gave Odo Holderness in Yorkshire.

The castle was destroyed burnt to ground because William Crassus le Gros Grace went against the Geraldine's war.