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Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Originally, a wooden motte and bailey castle built soon after the Norman Conquest , it was rebuilt as a stone fortification during the twelfth century but subsequently demolished on the orders of Henry II of England .
In 1860, the viscountcy of Ednam and earldom of Dudley were revived when the 11th baron was created Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh, and Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford. [4] Both titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the second Earl.
The town of Dudley survived as an exclave of 3,548 acres (1,436 hectares) [134] until 1966 (augmented 1926), because it was the biggest town in the county and had a greater population than Worcester. It excluded Dudley Castle (see Staffordshire, above) but had a satellite exclave as a strip of woodland on the west side of Dudley Castle Hill. [135]
The ruins of Dudley Priory, founded by Gervase Paganell following the wishes of his father, Ralph. The first of the family of Paganell to hold Dudley Castle and the barony of Dudley was Fulke Paganell around the year 1100. Dudley Castle was originally a wooden Norman castle, built by Ansculf de Picquigny, a follower of William the Conqueror. [1]
John Sutton was born in 1494, at Dudley Castle, Worcestershire, the eldest son and heir of Sir Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley and his wife Cicely (née Willoughby) Sutton. Cecily was a daughter of Sir William Willoughby and Joan Strangeways, and granddaughter of Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk .
Dudley Castle Dudley in the Domesday Book of 1086. Dudley has a history dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, [6] its name deriving from the Old English Duddan Leah, meaning Dudda's clearing, and one of its churches being named in honour of the Anglo-Saxon king and saint, Edmund.
The remains of Dudley Castle. Baron Dudley is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created circa 1440 for John Sutton, a soldier who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The title descended in the Sutton family until the 17th century when Frances Sutton, the heir apparent to the title, married Humble Ward who was granted the title Baron ...
Portrait of Sutton Dudley Castle, now ruined, was Lord Dudley's seat and main home. Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (09 September 1567 – 23 June 1643) was an English peer, politician, and landowner. He briefly served in the House of Commons. [1]