Qualla: Ripley Castle https://qualla.com/ripley-castle en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/g/ripley-castle-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Ripley Castle https://qualla.com/ripley-castle Ripley Castle: Introduction https://qualla.com/ripley-castle/ Photo credit Bruffy, CC BY-SA 2.0. In 1644, Sir William Ingleby galloped home from defeat. The Battle of Marston Moor had ended badly for King Charles - the largest battle ever fought on English soil, and a catastrophe for the Royalists. Ingleby fled west to his ancestral home and hid in a priest hole, the cramped concealed chamber Catholic families built to hide priests from Protestant authorities. That night, Oliver Cromwell himself - the man whose Parliamentary army had just won the battle - billeted at Ripley Castle. Cromwell slept in Sir William's house. He never knew the master was hidden in the walls. He survived the night for one reason: Sir William's sister Jane Ingleby held Cromwell at gunpoint in the castle library, refusing to let him search the place. After 700 years, the Ingilby family has just put Ripley up for sale. The asking price, as of late 2025, is £7.5 million.

Read more: Ripley Castle on Qualla

Image: Bruffy | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/g/ripley-castle-wp/gcwg-ripley-castle-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ripley Castle: A Boar, A Knighthood, A Dynasty https://qualla.com/ripley-castle/ Photo credit Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Ripley estate came into Ingleby hands by marriage in 1308 or 1309, when Sir Thomas Ingleby wed the heiress Edeline Thwenge. The first great family story belongs to his son, also called Thomas, born 1310. While hunting with the king, Thomas saved the monarch from being gored b...

Read more: Ripley Castle on Qualla

Image: Dr Neil Clifton | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/g/ripley-castle-wp/gcwg-ripley-castle-a-boar-a-knighthood-a-dynasty.mp3 0:06 2 full Ripley Castle: The Gunpowder Plot Connection https://qualla.com/ripley-castle/ Photo credit David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0. Sir William Ingleby (1546-1618) had a quieter run with kings. James VI of Scotland knighted him in 1603 while travelling south to be crowned James I of England. Later that same year, Ingleby helped capture one of the fugitive brothers of the Earl of Gowrie at Kirkby Malzeard - a ...

Read more: Ripley Castle on Qualla

Image: David Rogers | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/g/ripley-castle-wp/gcwg-ripley-castle-the-gunpowder-plot-connection.mp3 0:06 3 full Ripley Castle: The Eccentric Who Rebuilt a Village https://qualla.com/ripley-castle/ Photo credit Thomas and James Holroyd, Public domain. The Ingleby baronetcy was created in 1642, became extinct in 1772, then was revived in 1781 for an illegitimate son. His son William Amcotts-Ingilby (1783-1854) was, in the family's own telling, "a great eccentric, drinker and gambler." He served as MP for East Retford from 1807 ...

Read more: Ripley Castle on Qualla

Image: Thomas and James Holroyd | Public domain

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/g/ripley-castle-wp/gcwg-ripley-castle-the-eccentric-who-rebuilt-a-village.mp3 0:06 4 full Ripley Castle: Sale After Seven Centuries https://qualla.com/ripley-castle/ Photo credit Paul Brooker, CC BY-SA 2.0. Television cameras have visited Ripley often. Yorkshire Television's children's series The Flaxton Boys (1969-1973) used the castle as fictional Flaxton Hall. The 1976 Disney film Escape from the Dark made it the home of Lord Harrogate, played by Alastair Sim. The 2017 BBC series...

Read more: Ripley Castle on Qualla

Image: Paul Brooker | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/g/ripley-castle-wp/gcwg-ripley-castle-sale-after-seven-centuries.mp3 0:06 5 full