<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Inqaba yaseMiddleham yakhiwa eduze kwendawo ye-motte yangaphambilini kanye nenqaba ye-bailey, ebizwa ngokuthi iWilliams Hill, indawo yayo esengabonakala eduze, yize kungekho bufakazi bokusebenza ngamatshe noma izakhiwo zokuzivikela endaweni yangaphambili yenqaba. Izazi-mlando zikholelwa ukuthi izindonga zokuzivikela zalenqaba yokuqala zazakhiwe ngokhuni. Ngo-1270, i-Middleham Castle entsha yawela ezandleni zomndeni wakwaNeville, ilungu lawo elaziwa kakhulu kwakunguRichard Neville, 16th Earl waseWarwick, owaziwa emlandweni ngokuthi uMenzi WeNkosi, umuntu oholayo ezimpini zeRoses. Ngemva kokushona kukaRichard, uMbusi waseYork, eWakefield ngoDisemba 1460, indodana yakhe encane, uRichard, uMbusi waseGloucester, yaba ngaphansi kwesandla sikaWarwick, futhi yahlala eMiddleham nomndeni kaWarwick. Umfowabo iNkosi u-Edward IV waboshwa eMiddleham isikhathi esifushane, ngemva kokuthunjwa uWarwick ngo-1469. Ngemva kokufa kukaWarwick ngo  <response>: UBarnet ngo-1471 no-Edward babuyiselwa esihlalweni sobukhosi, umfowabo uRichard washada no-Anne Neville, indodakazi encane kaWarwick, futhi wenza iMiddleham yaba yikhaya lakhe eliyinhloko. Indodana yabo u-Edward eyaziwa ngokuthi u-Edward waseMiddleham, nayo yazalwa enqabeni cishe ngo-1476 futhi kamuva nayo yafa lapho ngo-1484. 