Ghost Festival Dudley Castle
13 Mar 2010
Dudley Castle
2 The Broadway
Dudley West Midlands
DY1 4QB
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Dudley Castle was constructed by Ansculf of Picquigny (Normandy) in 1070 and first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086.
It was held by various Lords of the Manor until the 1960s. During the 12th century the Paganel family became Lords of Dudley, with the future King of England, Henry II, staying there in 1153. The de Somery family gained the Dudley estates through the marriage of Hawyse de Paganel to John de Somery.
Documentary references to the de Somery family are scarce until the Baron's Revolt against King Henry III in 1264, when Roger de Somery's support for the king allowed him to refortify Dudley Castle.