Castles and their owners

[Leo van de Pas]

Does anyone know who the owners were of

Rosslyn Castle

Donnington Castle near Newbury

Humshaugh Castle in Northumberland

Many thanks
Leo van de Pas

[Louise Staley]

Dear Leo,

Donnington Castle, Berkshire
This says it was built by the Abberburys in 1385, then it was sold to the
son of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer in 1411 and ended up with the de la
Poles, earls of Suffolk.

http://www.vincents.demon.co.uk/rivers/donn.htm

Rosslyn Castle, Scotland
This site suggests the St Clairs owned it
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/majorsites/rosslyn.html

Apparently Humshaugh Castle was called Haughton Castle of Humshaugh but I
can't find who owned it.

Hope this is of some minor help.

regards
Louise

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[Kevin Randolph Hearst]

Louise Staley <car...@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<opr7026y...@news.bigpond.com>...

Donnington Castle was well touched on.

Rosslyn Castle was built by the orders of Henry St. Clair and was
owned by the Sinclair family.

Haughton Castle at Humshaugh in Northumberland was owned first by the
Smith family, then the Crawshay family, and lastly the Cruddas family,
whose owner in the late 1800s was William Donaldson Cruddas.

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Of Haughton Castle:

"... The castle was not of primary importance. In 1541 it is described -
"At Hawghton 2 miles S.E. from Simonburn standeth the walls of an olde
castell or fortresse very strong, but the roofes & floores thereof bene decayed &
gone. And an old barmkin p'tely decayed in the walls thereod", belonging to Sir
John Widdrington. It had been raided in 1541 and suffered again in 1587.
Later it was restored by Captain Smith."

and later

"The walls were provided with parapet walks and crenellations. This was the
work of Gerald Widdrington from 1341, who was also fortifying his manor house
at Widdrington."

From _Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland_ by TH
Rowland (1987). I don't know what a barmkin is.

regards,
Adrian

[AGeorgeSand]

Donnington was also long in the hands of Robeys...

The castle from which Castle Donington takes its name is now merely a mound
on the northern edge of the village. It was built to command the crossing
points of the River Trent in the eleventh or twelfth century, demolished in
1216 and rebuilt later that century. The castle was erected in the typical
motte and bailey style of the times. It passed to the Hasting family in 1461
but fell into decay, as they lived mostly at Ashby-de-la- Zouch, and was
finally demolished in 1595. Francis Rawdon Hastings, second Earl of Moira,
built Donington Hall west of the village in 1790.
In the principal street there is an old black and white timbered frame
house, an old English Tudor, with an inscription over the door, T.R."1656"
and on a projecting gable hangs a key with the date 1595. The key is said to
have long hung there. The house was the property and residence of Thomas
Roby(later the "e" was added by the family), who married Mary Abbott. The
initials are probably those of his father, who married Ellen Cheribough. The
house had descended to the ownership of Rev. William Roby Burgin in 1888.
Land and church records positively place the Roby's as residents of Castle
Donington from 1402, and through the following years, but positive evidence
of the exact place of abode before 1400 is lacking. There is a record of a
Robert Roby born in Castle Donington in 1261, and his son, Robert, was born
in Castle Donington in 1290 and was buried in a vault under the church in
Castle Donington in 1317. There are no currently existing records to connect
the families from the late 1200's to the birth of John Roby in Castle
Donington in 1455.
(from the Robey family webpage)