1200 Henry de Longchamps’ daughter took the castle as dowry in marriage to William, Lord Fithurgh.
1205 Documented.
14C Roger de Grey rebuilt the castle in stone, including a rectangular keep, twin-towered gatehouse and a curtain wall with flanking octagonal and round towers.
1558-1603 During: Elizabeth I gave the castle to Charles Brydges.
16 C Charles Brydges built an Elizabethan mansion on the site of the keep and gatehouse.
1644-1645 Civil War: Attacked and burnt by Sir Henry Lingen and Lord Scudamore.
Longchamp Family Arms.
Armorial Bearings of the LONGCHAMPE family of Wilton Castle, Bridstow, Herefs. as borne by Henry de Longo-Campo, Sheriff of Herefs 2 and 5 Ric. I. (who married Maude, sister of Willima de Cantelupe, by whom he had Henry, whose sole daughter and heir Maude, carried Wilton in marriage to Reginald de Grey) Arms: Or three crescents gules, each charged with a mullet argent. Strong, George (1848) The Heraldry of Herefordshire.
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