Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, UK - 1000 years of history.

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After the Lancastrian victor at Bosworth, Henry VII granted Framlingham Castle to John de Vere, but Thomas finally regained the favour of Henry VIII after fighting at the Victory of Flodden in 1513. Framlingham was returned to Thomas and the Duke spent his retirement there; he decorated his table at the castle with gold and silver plate that he had seized from the Scots at Flodden. The castle was expensively decorated in a lavish style during this period, including tapestries, velvet and silver chapel fittings and luxury bedlinen. A hundred suits of armour were stored in the castle and over thirty horses kept in the stables. The 3rd Duke of Norfolk, also called Thomas, made far less use of the castle, using Stoke-by-Nayland and then Kenninghall as his principal residence. Thomas was attainted in 1547 out of fear ( misplaced but promoted by his rivals who were led by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford) that the Howards aspired to the throne; Henry VIII died the day before Thomas was due to be executed at the Tower, and his successor, Mary's half-brother Edward VI kept him in the Tower, giving Framlingham to Mary. When Mary contested for the throne against Lady Jane Grey in 1553, she collected her forces at Framlingham Castle before successfully marching on London. Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, was proclaimed the Queen of England here on 19 July 1553. Thomas was released from the Tower by Mary as a reward for his loyalty, but retired to Kenninghall rather than Framlingham. The castle was leased out but when the 4th Duke, another Thomas, was executed for treason by Elizabeth I in 1572 the castle passed back to the Crown. Repairs to the castle appear to have been minimal from the 1540s onwards, and after Mary left Framlingham the castle went into a fast decline. A survey in 1589 noted that the stonework, timber and brickwork all needed urgent maintenance, at a potential cost of £100.
Framlingham Castle in Suffolk has a long and interesting history. It is linked to royalty, the poor, the imprisoned and a world war amongst other things. It has seen many changes over the nearly 1000 years it has had a building on this site. Also housed in this beautiful castle curtain wall is a museum showing the history of Framlingham.