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LUDLOW Castle, Salop.

C11 - Built in stone after Conquest.
C12 - Fortified during Anarchy.
1301 - Acquired by Mortimer family.
1425 - Inherited by Richard, Duke of York (father Kings Edward IV & Richard III).
Symbol of Yorkist authority during
Wars of the Roses.
1461- Became Crown property.
1502 - Place of Prince Arthur's (Henry VIII's older brother) death.

(Also the opening location in my book )