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Wilton Castle is a Norman castle from the 12th century that is situated next to the town of Ross-on-Wye on the River Wye in Herefordshire of southeast England. The manor that is connected to the castle is the source of its name. Standing largely at battlement height, this Herefordshire castle is still a reminder of its past rulers. In their day, the Longchamps of Wilton supplied the opponents of King John, the sheriffs of Hereford and the Welsh Marches, the bailiffs of Normandy, and the chancellors of England. The families of De Cantilupe and De Grey replaced them, and together they established a stronghold in Wales and the Marches. In 1292, Matilda de Grey, née de Cantilupe, falsely told King Edward I of England in court that her Longchamp ancestors had constructed the castle during the reign of Edward the Confessor. The castle was mainly associated with a branch of the Norman-descended family of Grey, the Barons Grey of Wilton, a prominent dynasty of Norman Marcher Lords in the Welsh Marches, who held it from 1308 or before. In reality, the castle could not have been built before 1154, and the barony certainly never held the Marcher Lord rights, as Lady Matilda had claimed. Following the capture of William Grey by the French at the conclusion of the defense of Guînes in 1557, the castle was sold to raise money for his ransom, and it was eventually destroyed by troops under the command of local Royalist Barnabas Scudamore during the English Civil War, which also saw sieges and skirmishes at Goodrich Castle, Ruardyn Castle, and Raglan Castle. #History #Architecture #Castles

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