Originally thought to have been built just after the Norman Invasion (1066), when William the Conqueror commanded the building of so many castles in defense of his new position as King of England, it is now known to have been built after the Domesday Book (1086) was commissioned.
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On George's death in 1575, the manor was left to his second wife, Judith Throckmorton, of the famous Throckmorton family of that period.
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