Editing Berkeley Castle (section)

==Construction==
The first castle at Berkeley was a [[motte-and-bailey]], built around 1067 by [[William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford|William FitzOsbern]] shortly after the [[Norman Conquest|Conquest]].<ref name="Verey176_178" /> This was subsequently held by three generations of the first Berkeley family, all called Roger de Berkeley, and rebuilt by them in the first half of the 12th&nbsp;century.<ref name="Pine25_26" /> The last Roger de Berkeley was dispossessed in 1152 for withholding his allegiance from the [[House of Plantagenet]] during the conflict of [[the Anarchy]], and the [[Baron Berkeley|feudal barony]] of [[Berkeley, Gloucestershire|Berkeley]] was then granted to [[Robert Fitzharding]], a wealthy [[burgess (title)|burgess]] of [[Bristol]] and supporter of the Plantagenets. He and [[Eva fitz Harding]] were the founders of the Berkeley family which still owns the castle.<ref name="Verey176_178" /><ref name="Sivier75_76" /><ref name="Bettey15_19" /><ref name="Burke254" />
[[File:Berkeley Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1440412.jpg|thumb|240px|Berkeley Castle's shell keep and inner gatehouse, viewed from the outer bailey]]
In 1153–54, Fitzharding received a [[Charter|royal charter]] from [[Henry II of England|King&nbsp;Henry&nbsp;II]] giving him permission to rebuild the castle.<ref name="Burke254" /> Fitzharding built the circular [[shell keep]] between 1153 and 1156, probably on the site of the former motte. The building of the [[Curtain wall (fortification)|curtain wall]] followed, probably between 1160 & 1190 by Robert and then by his son Sir Maurice Berkeley.<ref name="Verey176_178" /><ref name="Burke254" />

Much of the rest of Berkeley Castle is 14th&nbsp;century and was built for [[Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley]]: Thorpe's Tower, to the north of the keep, the inner [[gatehouse]] to its southwest, and other buildings of the inner [[Ward (fortification)|bailey]].<ref name="Verey176_178" />