Inside William The Conqueror's Perfectly Preserved Royal Castle 

Can imagine the slightly musty smell, the warmth and crackle of the fire, the overwheming feeling that you are just a placeholder in time and that the person who created this was creating an epic milestone in the blip of history but that moment is gone forever and that entire society and all the greats with it.

I absolutely love Julie’s excitement and appreciate her enthusiasm for her adopted country and its history. Her gasps of astonishment are wonderfully entertaining.

I think that Julie and Mr. Watson, both did a marvelous job. They presented the history and incorporated the present. They both live in grand homes among all that history. They both understand how hard it is to keep these places going. Yes, they are privileged, but they aren’t snobs. They are very practical in keeping these places going, despite enormous financial costs. Constant work. Something always needs to be fixed.

Brings a whole new meaning to “I fancy a Sandwich “ … 🤣👍

William was my 28th paternal great-grandfather and I miss him terribly.

An invitation inside for coffee or tea is something i would love to experience one day. Such a proper form of hospitality.

I love the way they spend time in a room and just talk. Gives you a chance to really look around the room. All those books 🥰

I almost fell off my chair when James Saunders Watson said lets’s get a cup of coffee, now I want a cup of tea!!!

This is an example of why people love the UK. So much history

That lovely blue Corvette looks like the sort of car Lord Montagu would drive!

The viscountess is incredible, i can’t imagine being thrown into so much history!!!!

This should have millions of views. This is William the Conqueror we're talking about here. William the Conqueror.

I loved this! Julie’s enthusiasm is contagious!

It amazes me that Rockingham Castle was built in 1067. It is very well preserved. I love it!!! As I watched this documentary on this castle I learned sooooooooooo much on design, how things were used, and why it was used that way. I always thought castles and old houses had fire places in each room to keep the rooms warm. I did not see that in this video, and that surprised me. It is more modern than old. I guess because of the changes during each century. Anyway, I enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing ti.

Great video. It’s really disappointing to see how snide and jealous people are now. No one can stand to even hear that someone is doing well. So pathetic.

William the Conqueror King of England 1028-1087 28th great-grandfather

Stunningly beautiful! This Brit-American whose Drew family ancestry goes all the way back to William the Conqueror and is mentioned in his Doomsday book of 1066 is always blown away just how much the Brits save and preserve their very rich thousands of years old history, traditions and customs! Went to the UK and traveled around the famous lovely English countryside, but missed this part of their history! Thanks for bringing it alive once again albeit on RU-vid~💙♥ Cheers from Yankee New England~🍺🍺

I wouldn't like to pay the heating bill of that magnificent place. They were built for different times when staff was cheap and land means richess. A lot harder now

I really really enjoyed this tour and interview. Great job! 👍🏻 What a beautiful historical gem. It makes me feel good how well taken care of it is. Beautiful beyond belief!

She always reminds me of Kimmy Gibbler...

This man is an absolute gem. I loved the tapestry and the covid detail is wonderful. I had goose bumps when the archivist said he'd found that letter 10 minutes prior -- someone was reaching through 💜 Very special episode (and home) thankyou.

Wow why are you guys so harsh? If you don’t like her don’t watch! It’s not like your life depends on it! Ugh!!!!

Good to know at least a little bit of our history is being preserved and looked after. Castle and manors like these show just how incredible this country once was.

Time team should go there

History was my most dreaded boring subject as a schoolboy. Now I can't get enough, so weird. Still, I did not expect to sit through an entire 1.5 hrs of this with such unwavering interest. Credit goes to all of our very endearing hosts. Julie is a complete _doll_ with her irrepressible inquisitiveness and sense of wonder. Right up there among my top favorite human traits. ✨

Yes, Julie is genuinely and happily thrilled when she discovers some new element from the history of her family but she's a lover of history in general, I just love her enthusiasm. I loved this video and shared in her excitement at learning of the Charles Dickens connection. I would love to tour that special place myself.

Rockingham castle is magnificent! I can’t wait to get home and build this on The Sims 4 while I finish recovering from a stroke! I get so excited seeing your excitement and enthusiasm on these tours. Thank you for doing this work, Viscountess, I love that you don’t mind getting your hands dirty and pitching in on even the most arduous tasks. I really appreciate it. I certainly hope they keep doing your show as long as you’re willing to do it! Oh, and the tapestry in this episode is wonderful; great job ladies and you too, Viscountess!

Hey! Thanks for your content, I am an American also living abroad in Sweden in a similar way to you. I am also a historian so this is very intersting to me, thank you again!

I'm one of many who are descendants of William thecConquerer.I Don t know much history about him so this will be interesting.

I remember him fondly as William The Bastard. Those French Normans are a restless breed.

Thank you for allowing us to see your home! All your videos are great! I love these beautiful ancient homes! I used to travel, but now I am terminally ill and watching your videos are feeling a void! Thank you God bless! Patricia Gambino Harrington (I post on my husband Frank's RU-vid acct)

Wow so many haters . Personally i wouldnt want her responsibilities of keeping up those houses. I have enough to do on just 3 acres . But wow to the people who are being very mean

Yes, she should definitely throw in some "I say," "jolly good," and "how extraordinary" 😂

I was hoping to learn more about William the Conquer and the royal line. This house is amazing and I would love to visit.

The library they are sitting in is gorgeous. I could spend all my time there.

This is awesome. Must be really nice to be in a house where multiple generations of your family grew up and lived.

When I discovered this video, I had to watch it. I’m constantly trying to learn new things about my forefathers and ancestors.

Sad what the UK is doing to its own people today. To allow what most of Britons soldiers fought and died against and to see Britons and Irish being robbed and harmed in their own country by something their own Govt. allowed is soul crushing and emotionally devastating.

She seems very warm and friendly nice smile

Ironic how there is so much preservation of English castles (as there should be of course!) while the actual English people are not being preserved at all but slowly replaced.

These shows, like Dowton Abby, are popular as we in our current era like to see how those rich aristocracy lived back in the day.

It is nice hearing from an American woman who can speak well. This is becoming very rare indeed. Her voice is reminiscent of the way they once spoke. No upspeak and no vocal fry, no grunt....thank you

American here. How wonderful was this! No UK history with me, but so enjoyed this.

The title of this video is rather misleading. There's barely anything left of William the Conqueror's "perfectly preserved castle."

101:00 Gardner opening up and sharing a personal thought: 'There's just something about a Rose that...' Julie interrupting: So is this good. What do you think about this? LOL

If she says brilliant one more time, I'm going to scream

I can't imagine the cost to heat that place.

Margaret Tudor was my 14th great grandmother and James V was my 13th great grandfather and I live with my family near Fort Worth Texas.

this castle is not "perfectly preserved' it has been modernized throughout. Many of the walls have been updated to modern architecture. Much of the furniture is from a more modern age. I struggle to find where it has been perfectly preserved beyond the orginal outside walls and surrounding garden walls.

To watch 2 people so in awe with the world they have come to live in, and the history they are becoming a part of is both envious, and warming. Great episode!!!

This is the Best of any of these sort if Documentaries/Home Histories, that I've ever watched. ... and I've watch various and many! This little lady is so fun, so likeable!

Julie is so enthusiastic, W vibes ❤

5 of my family lines go back to William the Conqueror too through Edward I, of England. That line continues back to Charlemagne.

From an American relative of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, etc., this was wonderful. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for the effort to make this video and to preserve this history.

The reason why roses don't like being laid down in old beds may be do to the "Mycorrhizae" or "Fungal Root" which is a symbiotic arrangement that benefits both organisms,... the "Fungal Root" has developed a symbiosis with the old plant, "The Rose" in this case, and wants to reject the new planting,... this likely the reason totally removing the soil is needed to allow the new roses to grow.

I appreciate your tour of this castle. I have recently dicovered through my geneology research that I have a bloodline that comes from not only William the Conqueror, but his son and grandson Henry I and Henry II.

Love, love, love the amazing history and commentary! Thank you, Julie!!!!

I liked the house and presentation, but I found the constant interruption disconcerting. We need to let the speaker finish their thought before we respond.

Her outfits baffle me... And yet, I can't get enough?

I love this era of history. Things were so much different back than. Cooking, cleaning. You had too milk the cow if you wanted milk. Just going too the bathroom was a chore . You had to ride a horse to go somewhere. Stop and think of just the simplest things we do to day was sometimes not so simple back then. I would love to go back there for just a week or so. I love this kind of history, there's so much romanticism in it , of course this is all in jest mind you . ❤

The Great Hall reminded me of a house in Richmond, VA that had been brought over by ship from the UK, Agecroft. It is from the same time period. Both houses are wonderful! Thank you for the tour.

I have driven past Rockingham hundreds of times, my nephew worked there and loved it, but to my shame I have never been in.

I love getting high and watching history videos, I totally immerse myself fin the time period, and I end up learning so much!

As an American, I fully appreciate you taking us into these magnificent manors, where we learn our cousins history🌹🥀🌹

Pleasure watching you two.

Viscountiss, I just read your back story. Let me just say that, whatever you may think, your husband is the lucky one. Not everyone would stay married to an addict for 20 years. You are an incredible woman!

There is nothing that remains from William the conqueror that can remain the same

As an American from a small town, this would be a lot more relatable if she didn’t dress like she was from the Hamptons in LI NY

Marrying into aristocracy sounds awesome! But I don't know, the Earl of Sandwich? That doesn't sound very prestigious to me! 😋

Julie needs a new supply of superlatives. She's wearing her current stock out form use here and all the other places she visits. 😄😆

Now this is what I call a top class in presentation. Thank you very much. What a privilege to experience all that goes in to maintain such a grand old place

What a wonder place and so interesting, thank you 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

Good to hear family history being lived out at Rockingham!

I enjoyed this visit to the castle. Julie Montague does a fabulous job. The castle and all the stories about life there were so interesting. Some day, in the future scientists estimate that quite a lot of the British Isles will be underwater due to climate change and rising sea levels. Sadly, many historical places will in all likelihood become a memory.

What a darling guy. He doesn't even really have a very "posh" accent but maybe it's just because of being so friendly and well spoken ❤

So it really isn't preserved. It's been totally renovated and changed over the last 600 years to the point where it's nothing like it was. Reasonable thing to do but that changes it.

I cant even imagine the cost to maintain this Royal Castle....montly, yearly....

I've never felt more generationally unwealthy.

I was at Rockingham Castle in 2015. I absolutely loved it there. We also got to chat a bit with Basil. I loved seeing him in this doc.

American of German/Scotch-Irish ancestry here. I truly adore my ties to the old world, and enjoy learning about it. Though i reckon im a raggamuffin to you blue blood Brits, I feel a kinship to all white Western Christian countries and am very proud of what our ancestors have done for us and for the world. Bloody good job young lady…;)

WOW! This was really great even though I'm an American and my old England history has much lacking to it. Julie seem very grateful and a kind spirit about her. Thank you so much because at my age now I will never get to go to England let alone to see such a great piece of history.

Either this channel or I need to re-evaluate what "Perfectly Preserved" means. I didn't expect an episode of BriTV Cribs.

This was always a childhood fantasy of mine! Im fascinated by British history, castles and lords and ladys... So much history packed into one castle! I would give just about anything to just spend some time in a real castle, just looking around and taking it all in... How wonderful! So jealous!

William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a wooden Motte and Bailey, nothing in this Castle has anything to do with William the Conqueror.

A wonderful lady with a great enthusiasm for history ❤

I would love prints of these paintings. Hard to find so far.

A portrait of oneself seems to be the only way relatives 500 years from now will remember their family. I don't know what my relatives from 100 years ago looked like or the personality each had.

“adaptive” reuse! From a family residence to a family residence! Adaptive reuse would be a home to a hospital, orphanage, school.

William was my 26th grandfather on 5 family lines. William "The Conqueror" FitzRobert - 1st Norman KING OF ENGLAND 1028-1087 26th great-grandfather Sir Henry I, "Beauclerc" (Well learned) FitzWilliam - KING OF ENGLAND 1068-1135 Son of William "The Conqueror" FitzRobert - 1st Norman KING OF ENGLAND Princess Matilda, of England FitzHenry 1102-1167 Daughter of Sir Henry I, "Beauclerc" (Well learned) FitzWilliam - KING OF ENGLAND Henry II, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, & Lord of Ireland Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND 1133-1189 Son of Princess Matilda, of England FitzHenry John "Lackland" (Magna Carta) Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND 1167-1216 Son of Henry II, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, & Lord of Ireland Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND Henry III Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND 1207-1272 Son of John "Lackland" (Magna Carta) Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND 1239-1307 Son of Henry III Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND Princess Elizabeth, of Rhuddlan Plantagenet - Daughter of King Edward I, of England 1282-1316 Daughter of Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet - KING OF ENGLAND William, Earl of Northampton, Knight of the Garter, and High Sheriff of Rutland (Rhuddlan) de Bohun - Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1312-1360 Son of Princess Elizabeth, of Rhuddlan Plantagenet - Daughter of King Edward I, of England Elizabeth de Bohun - Great Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England 1350-1385 Daughter of William, Earl of Northampton, Knight of the Garter, and High Sheriff of Rutland (Rhuddlan) de Bohun - Grandson of King Edward I, of England Elizabeth Fitzalan - 3rd Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England 1371-1425 Daughter of Elizabeth de Bohun - Great Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England Lady Joan, of Heveringham, Baroness of Stanley, Latham & Knowsley Goushill - 4th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England 1401-1459 Daughter of Elizabeth Fitzalan - 3rd Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England Sir John, Lord of Latham, King of the Isle of Mann Stanley - 5th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1439-1485 Son of Lady Joan, of Heveringham, Baroness of Stanley, Latham & Knowsley Goushill - 4th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England Lady Margaret Margery Stanley - 6th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England 1475-1526 Daughter of Sir John, Lord of Latham, King of the Isle of Mann Stanley - 5th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Lord Thomas Tarbock, Esq. - 7th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1497-1554 Son of Lady Margaret Margery Stanley - 6th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England William Tarbock - 8th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1526-1558 Son of Lord Thomas Tarbock, Esq. - 7th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Margaret Tarbock (Originally spelled Torbock) - 9th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England 1558-1641 Daughter of William Tarbock - 8th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Oliver (Descendant of Charlemagne) Manwaring - 10th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1599-1672 Son of Margaret Tarbock (Originally spelled Torbock) - 9th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England Oliver (Descendant of Charlemagne) Manwaring -11th Grandson of King Edward I of England 1633-1723 Son of Oliver (Descendant of Charlemagne) Manwaring - 10th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Hannah (Descendant of Charlemagne) Manwaring - 12th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England 1671-1732 Daughter of Oliver (Descendant of Charlemagne) Manwaring -11th Grandson of King Edward I of England Henry Harris - Descendant of Charlemagne and 13th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1707-1754 Son of Hannah (Descendant of Charlemagne) Manwaring - 12th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England Daniel Harris - Descendant of "William the Conqueror", Charlemagne, and 14th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1736-1811 Son of Henry Harris - Descendant of Charlemagne and 13th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Grace Harris - 15th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England, William the Conqueror & Charlemagne 1761-1841 Daughter of Daniel Harris - Descendant of "William the Conqueror", Charlemagne, and 14th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Ira Charles Johnson Sr. - War of 1812 Soldier, S.A.R., Descendant of Charlemagne and 16th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1789-1871 Son of Grace Harris - 15th Granddaughter of King Edward I, of England, William the Conqueror & Charlemagne Ira Charles Johnson Jr. - Civil War Soldier, S.A.R., Descendant of Charlemagne, Mayflower Descendant and 17th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1815-1887 Son of Ira Charles Johnson Sr. - War of 1812 Soldier, S.A.R., Descendant of Charlemagne and 16th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Albert Henry Johnson Sr - Civil War Soldier, S.A.R., Mayflower, Charlemagne Descendant and 18th Grandson of King Edward I, of England 1849-1886 Son of Ira Charles Johnson Jr. - Civil War Soldier, S.A.R., Descendant of Charlemagne, Mayflower Descendant and 17th Grandson of King Edward I, of England Ira Charles Johnson was my great-grandfather.

It's not really preserved if it's been modified numerous times on through the Victorian era. I see very little in the interior that says "900 years old."

Many of us here in America are more than what we seem. Most aren't even aware that noble blood flows through their veins. Only those of us who's families kept up with such things are even aware.

I could spend days talking with all the residents and weeks looking at the buildings and art here!

Must be nice to just land in the lap of luxury 😂

You certainly have the English Spirit, you are a great custodian of the heritage. Great job.

british heritage with best america (any) car ever! love it!

Such high production quality! I love this friendly man and this lovely tour thank you!

Place 1 small to medium fish, in the whole under each rose when its planted ... this "feeds" it & fosters good soil bacteria for the rose . Mom always did this & would occasionally place a small fish at the base of older rose bushes . (under the ground of course, to hopefully keep it being carried off by critters .) 🌹🌹🌹🌹🐟🐟🐟🐟👍 ( small or med - like size of small woman's hand or Med like mans hand etc)

I tuned in because William the Conqueror was my ancestor 27 times (due to inbreeding), but never dreamed I'd get to hear letters from two of my favorite authors, E. M. Forster and Dickens. And then to top it off, the mention of Cromwell and Charles fighting there as boys, when a more recent ancestor of mine was the captain of a ship under Cromwell. Aside from all that it was fascinating to see the castle and to get to share in Julie's excitement for each new adventure and discovery. Well done!!!

"were preserving britains heritage" proceeds to get into vintage corvette 😂😂😂

The music after raising the flag was perfect 😊 Thanks for the wonderful informative tour 😊