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Ludlow Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the town of the same name in the English county of Shropshire, standing on a promontory overlooking the River Teme.The castle was probably founded by Walter de Lacy after the Norman Conquest and was one of the first stone castles to be built in England.
Ludlow Castle was a parish of its own, contained within the castle's walls and the immediate hillside; it was abolished in 1901 and ceded to Ludlow's civil parish. [105] Other than Ludford, the only other civil parish in the present-day that neighbours Ludlow is Bromfield.
Comus (A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634) is a masque in honour of chastity written by John Milton.It was first presented on Michaelmas 1634 before John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater at Ludlow Castle in celebration of the Earl's new post as Lord President of Wales.
Ludlow Castle: Late 11th century: The castle buildings were extended and improved through to the 17th century, but after the Civil War it was abandoned and left to deteriorate. However substantial remains have survived, and these include the outer bailey, and the inner bailey, which is elliptical in shape.
Arms of de Lacy: Or a lion rampant purpure The entrance (right) to the inner bailey of Ludlow Castle, next to the keep (left). What is now the inner bailey marks the limit of the Norman castle. Roger de Lacy [1] (died after 1106) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, a Marcher Lord on the Welsh border. Roger was a castle builder, especially at Ludlow ...
Ludlow Castle in Shropshire, the birthplace of Joan de Geneville. Joan was born on 2 February 1286 at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. [3] She was the eldest child of Sir Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, whose father Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, was Justiciar of Ireland.
1909 map showing the location of Ludlow Castle (underlined in red) north of the walled city of Shahajahanabad ().Ludlow Castle, Delhi was a building located in the Civil Lines in Delhi, India, which for a time during East India Company rule in the first half of the 19th century served as the Residency of the British political agent to the Mughal Court; later it was the headquarters of the ...
Lord Williams died at Ludlow Castle on 14 October 1559. His body having been returned to Rycote in preparation for a funeral held in Thame Church on 15 November, he was buried in this tomb. John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame (c. 1500 – 14 October 1559) [1] was Master of the Jewels and Lord President of the Council of the Welsh Marches ...