The Wars of the Roses

Wressle Castle was built for Henry, 3rd Lord Percy, or his second eldest son, Sir Thomas Percy in the late

Cawood Castle is sometimes referred to as being ‘The Windsor of the North’. Built for the Archbishops of York, Cawood

South Cowton Castle was built by Sir Richard Conyers. It has been dated variously to 1470 and a broader ‘late

Buttercrambe Castle at Bossall stood in what is now Aldby Park. It appears that there were fortifications at the site