The French invasion never took place, and Bodiam's impressive defenses were never tested until 1484 when the castle fell to a siege by Richard III. Later, during the English Civil War, Bodiam fell to an assault led by Parliamentary general, Sir William Waller.
Bodiam was "slighted" by Parliamentary forces after the Civil War, and the interior was made uninhabitable. It crumbled on for several centuries until it was acquired by the Marquis of Curzon in 1917. Curzon began a process of restoration, and the castle passed to the National Trust on his death in 1925.
A small museum provides historical background to this intriguing medieval fortress.
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