The History Of Arundel Castle
Posted by Marc Marseille | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 19-07-2010
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The castle itself was founded by Roger de Montogomery on Christmas Day in 1067 and he actually became the first person to hold the earldom of the town Arundel by William the Conqueror. The castle was built and then later damaged during the time of the English civil war, they managed to restore it to its former glory in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is a big reason why people get Sussex cottages in this area.
The castle was first built in 1086 and was built as major fortification for the mouth of the River Arun. Once Roger died the property went to the hands of the King of the time, Henry I.
During the medieval time period it would seem that mostly it was just handed down to various people and the place saw a lot of owners during these years. The crown seized the castle once again after it was found that Thomas Howard was conspiring to marry the Queen Of Scots (Mary) but it was later given back to the Earls.
The Howard family then kept the castle but did nothing to it as they had wanted to resore other buildings until the castle came into the hands of Charles Howard. 1787 was the year in which he started doing work to the castle and this carried on for many years indeed, he had a big party to celebrate the finished product and then died shortly afterwards.
Queen Victoria paid a visit to the castle in 1846 and enjoyed the experience , the 14th Duke then started even more work on the castle and this is how you see it today held by the 18th Duke.
The great thing about the castle is that most of it is open to the public so make sure that if you can you can take a break from that web design job in that serviced offices Soho office and get out there to pay it a visit!
