Debby Taylor-Lane · @DebbyTaylorLane
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LUDLOW Castle, Salop.
C11 - Built in stone after Conquest.
C12 - Fortified during Anarchy.
1301 - Acquired by Mortimer family.
1425 - Inherited by Richard, Duke of York (father Kings Edward IV & Richard III).
Symbol of Yorkist authority during
Wars of the Roses.
1461- Became Crown property.
1502 - Place of Prince Arthur's (Henry VIII's older brother) death.
(Also the opening location in my book 😃)
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Debby Taylor-Lane · @DebbyTaylorLane
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BAMBURGH Castle, Northumberland.
Originally Brittonic fort built 547 (home to #LostKingdom's #Uhtred)
Rebuilt by Normans late C11
1464-After 9 month siege, became first English castle to be defeated by artillery (cannon).
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