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3 unusual facts about Helmsley Castle


Everard de Ros

Everard de Ros (born 1144) was the lord of Hamlake.

Helmsley Castle

Edmund died childless in 1508 and the castle passed to his cousin Sir George Manners of Etal on whose death in 1513 his son Thomas inherited it.

Helmsley Castle remained in the possession of the de Roos family until 1478 when Edmund de Roos sold it to Richard, Duke of Gloucester who later became Richard III.



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