Thornton is a small hamlet south of Horncastle,
In 1179, William, Count of Aumale, "le Gros", was interred within the Abbey of Thornton, Lincs., which he had founded in 1139.
References
* Cockayne, G.E., "The Complete Peerage", 1904, volume 1, p.353.
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