"With the exceptions of Windsor Castle and the
Tower of London, there is no mediaeval fortress
which has so intimate a connection with the royal
lineage of England as the castle of Ludlow. The
name of that Shropshire town might have been
chosen in prophetic anticipation of that fact, for
Camden assures us that the Welsh name of Ludlow
means " the Prince's Palace. To justify the description of Ludlow Castle as a
nursery of kings is not a difficult task, for many of
the boyhood years of three heirs to the English
throne were spent within its walls, while a fourth
but female sovereign lived here for about a year and
a half in her maidenhood." Extract from "Royal castles of England : comprising an account of those ancient fortresses ..." (Open
Library)
