Framlingham Castle is located in the market town of Framlingham in Suffolk. It was built by Roger Bigod, a knight, after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Mary Tudor, the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, was proclaimed the Queen of England here on 19 July 1553. Thomas was released from the Tower by Mary as a reward for his loyalty, but retired to Kenninghall rather than Framlingham.
After Mary's patronage, the castle lost much of its prestige although using a brick add on, it did serve as a Workhouse for the poor until the 1834 Poor Law act and a more centralized "Union" system was established 8 miles away.
It had an interesting display about the history of the town and its people over the century's.
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