William I, William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber, John, and 2 others

Steyning, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Bramber A Ruined Norman Castle The ruined remains you can see above the village are of a castle built by the powerful de Braose family, who were lords of the Rape of Bramber for over 300 years from about 1080. Bramber Rape was a wide belt of land extending from the coast at Shoreham as far as the Su

rrey border near Crawley. The castle was built by William de Braose on part of a huge earlier Anglo-Saxon estate centred on Washington (to the west, beside the A24) which was given by William the Conq

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