Ko Melbourne he taone i South Derbyshire tata ki te awa o Trent, i ahu mai pea hei whare e pa ana ki te whare kingi ki te tonga o te whakataunga tata i Kingi Newton. I hangaia te Castle o Melbourne i runga i te waahi o te whare rangatira o mua o te tau kore e mohiotia; he tikanga tawhito i hangaia te whare rangatira i te tau 900, i te wa o te kingitanga o Alfred the Great, engari kaore he taunakitanga mo tenei. E ai ki te Domesday Book, ko te whare rangatira o Melbourne me ona whenua te taonga o King Edward the Confessor i mua o te Norman Conquest. I haere te taonga ki nga ringaringa o William I o Ingarangi. I muri i te hanganga o te Diocese o Carlisle i te 1133, ka hoatu e Henry I te whare rangatira mo te oranga ki a Æthelwold, te episekopo tuatahi. I etahi wa i muri mai, ka hanga e te Diocese he whare rangatira i runga i te mea e kiia nei ko te whare rangatira o Ællis i te tonga o te taone o King Edmund. I mate a King Henry i te tau 1248 i mua, i te wa i mate ai a King Henry
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