Oxburgh Castle Hall: Oxburgh Hall

Medieval fortified house, gatehouse on the north side and square moat. The moat measuring 164ft wide and approximately 32.8ft deep. Has priests hole.

Displays a piece of embroidery worked by Mary, Queen of Scots.

1430 Manor held by the Tuddenham family.

1461 Thomas Tuddenham was executed by Yorkists. The property passed to his sister, Margaret, who married Edmund Bedingfield.

1476 Passed to Margaret’s grandson.

1480 Brick gatehouse added. c: shaft dates from.

1482 c: Built by Sir Edmund Bedingfield.

1482 July: Edmund Bedingfield received a licence to crenellate.

1497 Visited by Henry VII and his queen.

15^th C Moated house. Gatehouse with gunports.

1578 Elizabeth I stayed at the Hall.

1642-1651 Civil War: Royalist hall, plundered by Cromwell’s army.

1647 South east angle was damaged by Parliament.

1660 The family were in favour with the Crown again after the Restoration.

1710 The drawbridge was replaced by a permanent bridge.

1725 By: The south east angle had not been fully repaired.

1755 Tudor hall and the south range demolished by Sir Richard Bedingfield.

1772 Gatehouse pulled down.

1775 Alterations.

18^th C Early: Bridge over the moat.

18^th C Western section added.

18^th-19^th C Two low towers added to the south east and south west angles by Buckler and Pugin.. Refurbished.

1830 John Buckler was employed to undertake major repairs to the Hall.

1835 Range added.

1838 South east tower built.

1863 A linking passageway was built on the south side which made the site a complete square.

1865 South wing built.

1881 External walkways added to the courtyard.

19^th C The site of the Tudor Hall was filled with a passageway. Eastern tower.

1948 Part of the church of St. John the Evangelist collapsed.

1951 Put up for auction, but saved by Lady Bedingfield.

1952 Sold.

1973 Field Investigation.

1977 Field Investigation.

1978 Excavated.

1983 Excavated.