Earl of Pembroke William Marshal was made a Templar Knight in 1219, served five kings and was one of the curators and signatories of the Magna Carta. Seven women from Lewes in Sussex spent 8,000 ...

The castle as we see it today dates from the years after the Earldom of Pembroke was created in 1138 when the first Earl, Gilbert de Clare, decided to extend and improve the fortress. Gilbert's ...