Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia te Castle Middleham e tata ana ki te waahi o te motte me te whare rangatira o mua, e kiia ana ko William's Hill, ko te waahi e kitea tonu ana i te taha tata, ahakoa kaore he tohu o te mahi kohatu, o nga hanganga paruru ranei ki te waahi o mua o te whare rangatira. E whakapono ana ngā kaipānui hītori i hangaia ngā pakitara ārai o te pā taketake i te rākau. I te tau 1270 ka riro te whare hou o Middleham Castle ki nga ringaringa o te whanau o Neville, ko te mema tino rongonui ko Richard Neville, 16th Earl o Warwick, e mohiotia ana e te hitori ko te "Kingmaker", he tangata nui i roto i nga Pakanga o nga Roses. Whai muri i te matenga o Richard, Duke o York, i Wakefield i te Tihema 1460, ko tana tama iti, ko Richard, Duke o Gloucester, i noho ki te tiaki a Warwick, ka noho ki Middleham me te whanau a Warwick. Ko tana tuakana a King Edward IV i herehere i Middleham mo te wa poto, i hopukina e Warwick i te 1469. Whai muri i te matenga o Warwick i
I muri i te hokinga mai o Barnet ki te torona i te tau 1471 me te hokinga mai o Edward ki te torona, ka marenatia e tana tuakana a Richard ki a Anne Neville, te tamahine iti a Warwick, ka noho ko Middleham tona kaainga matua. Ko ta raua tama ko Edward (e mohiotia ana ko Edward o Middleham), i whanau hoki i te whare rangatira i te tau 1476 ka mate ano i reira i te tau 1484.