Fotheringhay Fotheringhay Fotheringhay is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, north-east of Oundle and around west of Peterborough. It is most noted for being the site of Fotheringhay (or Fotheringay) Castle which was razed in 1627. There is nothing left of the castle to be seen today other than the motte on which it was built that provides excellent views of the River Nene. The Nene Way long distance footpath runs through the village. As the home of the great Yorkist line, the village was, for a considerable part of the 15th and 16th centuries, of national standing. The
Fotheringhay Castle as a Scheduled Monument and is open to the public. William the Conqueror granted the area to Judith of Lens, wife of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria. Their eldest daughter, Maud, inherited the lordship of Fotheringhay. Around 1090, she married Simon de Senlis who was made Earl of Huntingdon. Probably in around 1100, he founded Fotheringhay Castle, a Norman motte on the north side of the River Nene. Simon was dead by 1113 when King Henry I of England arranged for Maud to marry Prince David of Scotland. Through this marriage, David who later became King of Scotland, acquired Fotheringhay Castle