Azor was one of the most powerful English landowners at the time of Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....

 in the 11th century. He was a kinsman and chamberlain of Brihtheah, a bishop

Bishop of Worcester

The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...

 of Worcester

Worcester

The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...

 and a former abbot of Pershore

Pershore

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. He owned property from Lincolnshire down to the Isle of Wight in many counties and like another great landowner of the times, Toki

Toki

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, he also owned urban property in addition to his vast possession of lavish country estates.He is mentioned in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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and appears in countless histories of English counties along with his sons,
Goscelin, William, and Henry who inherited his estates after his death.The sons in particular are linked with the early histories of many of the major manor houses on the Isle of Wight.