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| 0978 | Edward the Martyr |  |
| 18th Mar Corfe Castle Death of Edward the Martyr, assassinated |
| 18th Mar Corfe Castle Stopped by his stepmother's henchmen & hacked to death |
| 0978 | Elfrida | |
| 18th Mar Corfe Castle Orders the assassination of her step-son, Edward the Martyr |
| 0978 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Corfe Castle Death of Edward the Martyr, Ethelred's stepbrother |
| Corfe Castle Edward is assassinated by Ethelred's supporters |
| 1106 | Henry I | |
| Corfe Castle Henry I imprisons Robert Duke of Normandy at Corfe Caste |
| 1138 | Redvers, Baldwin de | |
| Corfe Castle Stephen lays siege to Baldwin de Redvers at Corfe castle |
| 1138 | Stephen | |
| Corfe Castle Stephen lays siege to Baldwin de Redvers at Corfe castle |
| 1139 | Redvers, Baldwin de | |
| Corfe Castle Stephen lays siege to Baldwin de Redvers at Corfe castle |
| 1275 | Amauri de Montfort | |
| Corfe Castle Amauri de Montfort is imprisoned at Corge Castle |
| 1327 | Edward II | |
| Corfe Castle Spends some time in Corfe Castle before being transferred to Berkeley Castle |
| 1327 | Gurney, Thomas | |
| Corfe Castle Takes charge of the arrest of Edward II at Corfe Castle & Berkeley Castle |
| 1327 | Maltravers, John | |
| Corfe Castle Takes charge of the arrest of Edward II at Corfe Castle & Berkeley Castle |
| 1572 | Elizabeth I | |
| Corfe Castle Elizabeth I sells Corfe Castle to Sir Chris topher Hatton for for œ4,761, her dancing master & some suppose a suitor |
| 1572 | Hatton, Christopher | |
| Corfe Castle Elizabeth I sells Corfe Castle to Sir Chris topher Hatton for for œ4,761 |
| 1635 | Bankes, John | |
| Corfe Castle Corfe Castle is sold to Sir John Bankes , the then Lord Chief Justice, more as a holiday home rather than as a first home |
| 1642 | Earl, Walter | |
| 1st May Corfe Castle Commence the siege of Corfe Castle but fails to capture it |
| 1643 | Bankes, John | |
| Corfe Castle Corfe Castle survives a 6 week Parliamentarian siege |
| 1645 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| 12th Corfe Castle Ordered to besiege Corfe Castle, the only Royalist stronghold between Exeter & London |
