''Geoffrey Alselin'' was an Anglo-Norman, who at some time after the

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of England received Elvaston, Derbyshire and

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. Alselin began the construction of the

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castle that stood at

, although it would not be completed until after Alselin's son-in-law, Robert de Caux, was appointed the hereditary Keeper of the Royal Forests of

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. The castle would remain in the family's hereditary control until it was transferred, in the reign of King John, to the Everingham familyAlselin, May 22, 2012 (revised November 25, 2019. Access date August-2020) http://mauriceboddy.org.uk/Alselin.htm by marriage with the heiress.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alselin, Geoffrey Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown People from Newark and Sherwood (district) 11th-century English nobility