Hugh de Mortimer rebelled against Henry II and as a result the castle was destroyed in 1155.
Hugh Masekela | Hugh Jackman | Hugh Grant | Hugh Laurie | Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer | Hugh Hefner | Hugh | Hugh O'Brian | Mortimer Wheeler | Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster | Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer | Mortimer | Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland | Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland | John Mortimer | Hugh Martin | Hugh Dennis | Roger Mortimer | Hugh Walpole | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone | Hugh de Lacy | St Hugh's College, Oxford | Hugh Wheeler | Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard | Hugh Trenchard | Hugh Pughe Lloyd | Hugh MacDiarmid | Hugh Lloyd | Hugh Greene | Hugh Carey |
Parts of the walls were built or rebuilt in stone in the late 12th century or early 13th century, and further work was carried out in the 13th century, perhaps when Hugh de Mortimer (1197-1227) was given Royal money for the castle's garrisoning.
Wigmore Abbey, an Augustinian abbey and grange about a mile (2 km) north of Wigmore was founded by Ranulph de Mortimer and his son, Hugh de Mortimer in 1179.