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- In 1216 the castle was besieged by Alexander II, King of Scotland. It was still held by the Balliol family although its ownership was disputed by the Bishops of Durham. When John Balliol was deposed as King of Scotland in 1296 the castle was passed to the Bishop of Durham. Around 1300 Edward I granted it to the Earl of Warwick.
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Mar 15, 2021 · Barnard Castle in County Durham is a ruined Norman castle that sits high above the Tees Gorge. Once a key stronghold in the north, today its ruins provide an atmospheric walk through some of Britain’s most intriguing history, centred around royal power and revolt.
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Barnard Castle became administrative centre of the Teesdale district of County Durham non-metropolitan county until its abolition on 1 April 2009 and the county council became the unitary authority of County Durham.
With Richard III’s death at Bosworth in August 1485, the king’s mother-in-law, widow of Richard Neville, surrendered her claim to Barnard Castle to the new Tudor king, Henry VII. The castle was henceforth placed in the hands of keepers, notably members of the Bowes family.
Jun 21, 2024 · In 1603, Barnard Castle was passed to Robert Carr, the Earl of Somerset, by King James the First. The castle passed later to the control of another loyalist nobleman, Sir Henry Vane, who was noted for taking away much of the best building stone from the damaged castle to build on his estate at Raby.
May 26, 2024 · The 16th century saw Barnard Castle become a focal point of regional resistance against the Tudor monarchs. In 1536, rebels fighting in the Pilgrimage of Grace, a major uprising against Henry VIII‘s religious reforms, seized the castle.
May 28, 2020 · Perched on a cliff overlooking a crossing of the river Tees, Barnard Castle was first built at the end of the 11th century on land granted by William Rufus to Guy de Balliol, a knight from Bailleul, near Abbeville.
Scar Top, Barnard Castle, Durham, DL12 8PR. Set on a high rock above the River Tees, Barnard Castle takes its name from its 12th century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
