Amberley Castle, Nr. Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT
Tel: 01798 831 992
History of Amberley Castle
1100: Henry I 1091-1123: Bishop Ralph Luffa 1103: Luffa builds hunting lodge at Amberley 1124-1147: Bishop Seffrid I 1135: Stephen 1140: Seffrid I builds first stone hall at Amberley 1180-1204: Bishop Seffrid II 1199: John c1200: Seffrid II builds Amberley’s east wing 1272: Edward I 1305-1337: Bishop John of Langton builds Great Hall at Amberley Castle 1377: Richard II 1370-1385: Bishop Reede builds new Great Hall; makes major domestic improvements 1377: Reede given permission to crenellate Amberley 1413: Henry V 1415: Earliest reference to a prison at Amberley Castle 1485: Henry VII 1508-1536: Bishop Sherborne embellishes Amberley Castle; employs Lambert Bernard as court painter 1509: Henry VIII c1525: Lambert Bernard paints Amberley Panels 1526: Henry VIII visits Bishop Sherbourne 1536-40: Dissolution of the monasteries 1538: Church leases Amberley to tenant for first time 1558: Elizabeth I 1588: Amberley Castle leased to the Crown 1624: Charles I 1648: James Butler buys Amberley from commissioners of sequestered estates 1660: Charles II 1660: Estate reverts to Bishopric 1661: Butlers acquires lease 1683: Sir John Briscoe acquires lease: hunting scene painted in Queen’s room 1760: George III 1737: Engraving of the castle by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck 1788: Grimm drawings of the castle 1837: Victoria 1893: Duke of Norfolk purchases Amberley Castle, ending ecclesiastical ownership 1901: Edward VII 1908: Duke of Norfolk makes repairs to Amberley 1910: George V 1920: Walter Peckham visits Amberley and draws ground plan 1925: Thomas and Evelyn Emmet purchase Amberley Castle 1936: George VI 1945: Princess Elizabeth visits the castle 1952: Elizabeth II 1982: Hollis Baker purchases 1987: Peter Kirsch purchases 1988: Joy and Martin Cummings purchase the Castle 2007: Amberley Castle becomes part of the von Essen collection
History of Amberley Castle
