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Thanks to everyone who came on our talk today titled ‘Famous Prisoners at Pontefract Castle’. It was great to see such a large turnout again and we hope you have enjoyed the whole weekend. Our next talk is at Pontefract Castle on Sunday 8th December on ‘Pontefract Castle and the Pilgrimage of Grace’. Tickets are free and available from TicketSource. We look forward to seeing you then.

Thanks to everyone who came on our tour of Sandal Castle this morning when we discussed the history of the castle, the origins of the Wars of the Roses, and the Battle of Wakefield in particular. You were a fantastic group and thanks so much for the great feedback at the end, including the potential to be invited onto Radio Leeds to discuss this story. We would obviously be delighted to take up that opportunity. We hope to see many of you tomorrow when we will be at Pontefract Castle, in the Visitor Centre from 2.00pm giving a talk on ‘Famous Prisoners of Pontefract Castle’.

Thanks to Sherburn Historical Society for coming along to Pontefract Castle today for our tour on Thomas of Lancaster and his connections to Pontefract Castle. It was great to see you all again and we hope you enjoyed the dungeon tour as well, in the afternoon. We look forward to seeing you again on 3rd October for our tour at Sandal Castle on the Battle of Wakefield.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the above talk today at Pontefract Castle. It was great to see so many people there and thanks as ever for the very positive response to the talk. We hoped you enjoyed your visit. Just a reminder that over Heritage Weekend on 7th and 8th September, we will be delivering a tour at Sandal Castle on the 7th, to discuss the history of the castle and the Battle of Wakefield and it’s various theories, and then on the 8th, we will be back at Pontefract Castle in the visitor Centre, to deliver the talk ‘Famous Prisoners of Pontefract Castle”. Both events can be booked via the Pontefract Castle team, and we hope to see you there.

Just a quick message to remind everyone that our next talk will be taking place in the visitor centre at Pontefract Castle on Sunday 21st July, at 2.00pm. When Henry took the crown from Richard II, Pontefract became a royal castle and the talk will look at Henry’s early life, his role as a Lord Appellant, his banishment and return and how Pontefract was used as a base by Henry to put down significant northern rebellions during his reign. We hope to see you there.