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Wallingford Castle is situated in died at the castle in 1387 . The castle contained St Nicholas's College. It fell into decline in the 16th century, but in the 17th century, it was strengthened again for supporters of Charles I during the war with Oliver Cromwell . It was the last English stronghold to surrender during the English Civil War , following the surrender of Thomas Blagge after a siege conducted by Thomas Fairfax and Cromwell later ordered it to be destroyed. The site was a meeting-place for non-conformists later in that century. A large gothic house was built on the site in 1837 but demolished in 1972. The castle grounds are now open to the public, and more information can be found at Wallingford Museum . The constables of Wallingford Castle included the following: Robert D'Oyly ; Miles Crispin; Maud Crispin; Brien FitzCount ; Eleanor Of Aquitaine ; Hubert De Burgh, 1st Earl Of Kent ; Richard Fitz Roy ; Ranulph De Blondeville, 4th Earl Of Chester ; Richard, 1st Earl Of Cornwall ; Simon De Montfort, 6th Earl Of Leicester ; Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall; Piers Gaveston ; Hugh The Younger Despenser ; Isabella Of France ; Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl Of March ; John Of Eltham, Earl Of Cornwall ; Sir John Stonor; Edward, The Black Prince ; Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford; John Beaufort, 1st Earl Of Somerset ; William Le Scrope, 1st Earl Of Wiltshire ; Henry IV Of England ; Thomas Chaucer ; William De La Pole, 1st Duke Of Suffolk ; Alice de la Pole; John De La Pole, 2nd Duke Of Suffolk ; Richard Grey ; Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell ; Arthur, Prince Of Wales ; Sir Henry Norreys ; Francis Knollys (the Elder) ; William Knollys, 1st Earl Of Banbury ; Thomas Howard, 1st Earl Of Berkshire .
REFERENCES Hedges, J.K. (1881) Wallingford History. Wm Clowes, London. EXTERNAL LINKS |