In Dudley became Lord Protector, but by spring the king had contracted TB and in an attempt to control the succession he encouraged the dying Edward to void the rights of princesses Mary and Elizabeth to the throne and put his cousin, Lady Jane Grey next in line. During the Civil War Dudley Castle was garrisoned by royalist troops. It was besieged in and and surrendered on May 13, The following year, by order of Parliament, the keep, gatehouse and sections of the curtain wall were slighted.
On July 24, a fire, which raged for three days, swept through the Sharington Range, gutting the once-magnificent palace. Dudley Castle was allowed to settle into the role of romantic ruin. Dudley Castle. Days Out. Telephone: Email: admin dudleyzoo. The King in return attacked and destroyed much of the castle. On the death of Gervase the castle became the property of the de Somery family through marriage to Gervase's sister. In Roger de Somery was granted a license to refortify the castle.
Building work continued during the ownership of John de Somery who had a bad reputation for murder and theft to fund the construction of the new castle. Related Information. Related Maps. Map of Castles. Norman Conquest click here. Dudley Castle Construction. Dudley castle attacked by Stephen. In another John Sutton the seventh in the Dynasty named John inherited the castle but after having money problems was ousted by a relative, John Dudley , later Duke of Northumberland, in Starting around , a range of new buildings were erected within the older castle walls by him.
The architect was William Sharington and the buildings are thus usually referred to as Sharrington Range. The castle was later visited by Queen Elizabeth I and was considered as a possible place of imprisonment for Mary, Queen of Scots.
However, the Sutton family were not destined to hold the castle for much longer and Edward Sutton's son, Edward Sutton III was the last of the male line to posess the property. In , this Edward sent men to raid the property of Gilbert Lyttelton, carrying away cattle which were impounded in the Castle grounds. The castle became a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War , and was besieged twice before its surrender to Cromwell's forces in The first siege in was lifted after the Royalists sent a relief force which drove away the Parliamentarians.
The castle was surrendered on 13 May Parliament subsequently ordered that the castle be partly demolished and the present ruined appearance of the keep results from this decision. However some habitable buildings remained and were subsequently used occasionally by the Earls of Dudley although by this time they preferred to reside at Himley Hall , approximately four miles away, when in the Midlands. A stable block was constructed on the site at some point before This was the final building to be constructed in the castle.
The bulk of the remaining habitable parts of the castle was destroyed by fire in However, in the nineteenth century, the site found a new use as a 'Romantic Ruin' and a certain amount of tidying up of the site was carried out by the Earls of Dudley.
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