- Tutbury Castle
Tutbury Castle is a largely ruinous medieval castle at
Tutbury ,Staffordshire in the ownership of theDuchy of Lancaster . It is aGrade I listed building .Tutbury Castle became the headquarters of
Henry de Ferrers and was the centre of thewapentake of Appletree, which includedDuffield Frith . With his wife Bertha, he endowed Tutbury Priory with two manors in about 1080. It would seem that Tutbury at that time was a dependency of the Norman abbey ofSt Pierre‑sur‑Dives . [Marios Costambeys, 'Ferrers, Henry de (d. 1093x1 100)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 [ 61, accessed 28 Oct 2007] ]The castle was destroyed by Prince Edward in 1264 after the rebellion of
Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby . In 1269, after a further rebellion the lands were given to Edmund Crouchback and have remained part of theDuchy of Lancaster . [J. R. Maddicott, "Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c. 1239–1279)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [ accessed 28 Oct 2007] ]Apart from the 12th century chapel the ruins date from the 14th and 15th centuries when the castle was rebuilt. Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in the castle in the 16th century.
References
* [http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=273478&resource English Heritage; Listed Buildings Online, architectural description]
External Links
* [http://www.tutburycastle.com/index.htm Tutbury Castle]
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