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1443
Building began in 1443 for Ralph Boteler, Lord High Treasurer
Building of the castle began in 1443 for Ralph Boteler, the Lord High Treasurer of England, on the site of a 12th-century fortified manor house. He laid it out on a double courtyard plan, with the outer court for servants and men-at-arms.
The hall
Richard III is credited with the banqueting hall, now a garden
Richard is credited with having built the large banqueting hall. The edges of its oriel windows are decorated with what is presumed to be the White Rose of York. The hall now lies in partial ruins, redesigned as a garden with roses and ivy.
1592
Giles Brydges threw a three-day party for Elizabeth I in 1592
Elizabeth I stayed at Sudeley three times. Her most famous stay was in 1592, when Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos, held banquets, plays and dances for three days. The visit reputedly almost bankrupted the Brydges family.
Slighted
Parliament ordered the castle slighted in 1649, and it stayed a ruin
Charles I used Sudeley as a base in 1643. In 1649, after the civil war, Parliament ordered the slighting of the castle so that it could never again be a military post. It stayed largely in ruins until the Dent family bought it in 1837.
Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr died at Sudeley in 1548 and lies in its church
Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII, moved to Sudeley in 1548. She died there on 5 September, five days after the birth of her daughter Mary Seymour. Lady Jane Grey was the chief mourner. Her tomb is in the castle's church.
Day 5, midday
It comes after Winchcombe. Then Cleeve Common.
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