Hedingham Castle

By lordfredrick
  • built
    May 24, 1140

    built

    By Aubrey de Vece II
  • Apr 24, 1215

    Earl of Oxford III

    Earl the III was one of the barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Carta
  • First Attack
    Apr 24, 1215

    First Attack

    besieged by King John
  • Apr 24, 1217

    Second Attack

    Dauphin of France
  • Apr 24, 1540

    The line ends

    After 4 centuries the de Vere Family, Earls of oxford line stopped

  • New ownership

    Sir William Ashhurst purchased the castle and its estate

  • Passed ownership

    upon Sir William's death he passed ownership to his granddaughter, the wife of Lewis Majendic

  • Gave

    cousin, the honorable Thomas Lindsay

  • Passed down

    Thomas Lindsay passed whats left of the castle and the mansion to his son
  • Present Owners

    Present Owners

    Jason and Demetra with his three young children