Kenilworth Castle

Published 10th June 2015

Chapter 5 : Tudor Age

The-Bear-and-Ragged-Staff-of-Warwick — The Bear and Ragged Staff of Warwick

Much of the building, known as Leicester’s Building, contains apartments for the Queen.

Leicester’s-Building-–-1560s-1570s-containing-apartments-for-Elizabeth-I — Leicester's Building (1560s - 1570s), containing apartments for Elizabeth I

After Leicester’s death in 1588, legal disputes hung over his inheritance. Eventually, Kenilworth reverted to the Crown.