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In the English county of Northumberland, there lies a medieval fortress known as Warkworth Castle, which is now in ruins. Situated less than a mile from the northeast coast of England, the village and castle are situated around a loop of the River Coquet. The castle may have been erected by King Henry II of England when he seized control of the northern counties of the country, however Prince Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria, is generally credited with building it around the middle of the 12th century. The first record of Warkworth Castle dates back to 1157–1164, when Roger fitz Richard received a charter from Henry II. When the Scots arrived in 1173, the timber castle was undefended because it was deemed weak. Robert, son of Roger, received the castle and made improvements. King John loved Robert so much that in 1213 he invited him to stay at Warkworth Castle. With times of guardianship when heirs were too young to manage their holdings, the castle stayed in the family. In 1292, John de Clavering, a Roger Fitz Richard descendant, claimed the Crown as his inheritor after King Edward I spent the night there. Edward II made investments in various castles at the start of the Anglo-Scottish Wars, one of which being Warkworth, where he provided funds for the garrison-reinforcement in 1319. The Scots unsuccessfully assaulted the castle twice in 1327. Added in the late 14th century by Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, the impressive keep watches over the settlement of Warkworth. The fourth earl started constructing a collegiate church inside the castle and remodeled the bailey-buildings, but after his passing, all work on the project was stopped. The English Civil War caused damage to the castle, despite the support of 10th Earl of Northumberland for Parliament. The last Percy earl passed away in 1670. Hugh Smithson, who wed the indirect Percy heiress, acquired the castle in the middle of the eighteenth century. Taking taking the surname Percy, he established the lineage of the Dukes of Northumberland, who subsequently inherited the castle. The dukes renovated Warkworth Castle in the late 1800s, and Anthony Salvin was hired to rebuild the keep. In 1922, the Office of Works took administration of the castle from the 8th Duke of Northumberland. The building is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed structure that has been in the care of English Heritage since 1984. #Castles #History #Architecture

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