Arundel castle was founded by Roger de Montgomery on Christmas Day 1067 and he became the very first person to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces of William the Conqueror. The castle was very badly damaged during the time of the English Civil War but they managed to restore it to its former glory in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is a big reason why people get holiday cottage Sussex in this area.
The castle was first built in 1086 and was built as major fortification for the mouth of the River Arun. Once old Roger passed away the property was handed to the crown and passed to Henry I.
The medieval time period was next and you will find that during this time it was simply handed down to various people without much happening. The crown seized the castle once again after it was found that Thomas Howard was conspiring to marry the Queen Of Scots (Mary) but it was later given back to the Earls.
The Howard family then kept the castle but did nothing to it as they had wanted to resore other buildings until the castle came into the hands of Charles Howard. 1787 was the year in which the castle started to see more and more work carried out upon it, once this was completed a big party was held and Charles died not long after.
Queen Victoria paid a visit to the castle in 1846 and enjoyed the experience , the 14th Duke then started even more work on the castle and this is how you see it today held by the 18th Duke.
The great thing about the castle is that most of it is open to the public so make sure that if you can you can take a break from that web design job in that serviced offices Soho office and get out there to pay it a visit!
