Photographs of Framlington Castle
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The ruins date from the 12th Century, when the Earl of Norfolk restored damage caused when Henry III ordered its destruction in 1177. At the time it had 13 strong towers, walls and defending earthworks. It became the seat of the Mowbray family and later the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk. In 1553 Princess Mary came to stay at the castle and it was here that the Earl of Norfolk came to tell her that she had become Queen of England. The next use of the castle was when it was used by Elizabeth I as a prison. In 1636 it was given to Pembroke College, Cambridge and the great hall and other buildings were gradually pulled down and replaced by a poor-house which lasted for 200 years after which it was used as a county court.
