During the War of the Roses, Bodiam Castle was taken away from Lord Thomas Lewknor after pledging allegiance to the House of Lancasters. It took them two years to get the castle back.
In the early 14th century, the beginnings of Bodiam Castle started as a manor home for Sir Edward Dalyngrigge (a knighted soldier who had made his fortune fighting France, which has beautiful castles too) and his wife Elizebeth.
Bodiam Castle was sold to the Parliament in order to pay the fines accumulated by Sir Thanet (a Lewknor descendent) during the English Civil War.
After being left in a state of decay, it was then bought by politician John ‘Mad Jack’ Fuller. He partially restored the castle and left it in his will to his family, who later sold it to Sir George Cubitt (the very first Lord of Ashcombe). After that, it came into the possession of Lord Curzon, Marquess of Kedleston. Both of these owners furthered the restoration works on Bodiam, trying to reinstate it to its full glory.