Duke of Chandos
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The Dukedom of Chandos was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, named for a fief in Normandy. The Chandos peerage was first created as a barony by Edward III in 1337; its second creation in 1554 w
Family crest of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos
A portrait of the 1st Duke of Chandos by Michael Dahl
Sudeley Castle
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Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. The castle has 10 notable gardens coveri
Duke of Chandos
…by Edward III in 1337; its second creation in 1554 was due to the Brydges family's service to Mary I during Wyatt's rebellion, when she also gave them Sudeley Castle. The 9th Baron of the second creation was elevated to the dukedom in 1719, but after his grandson's death without male heirs, his titles all became…
Aerial photo of Sudeley Castle
The Queens' Gardens at Sudeley Castle
A lidar view of Sudeley Castle with the site of the early Medieval manor house and field system and early to Medieval deserted settlement
St Mary's Chapel, built c. 1460