Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gina Middleham Castle kusa da wurin da aka gina motte da bailey castle, wanda ake kira William's Hill, wanda za'a iya ganin wurinsa a kusa, kodayake babu wata shaida ta aikin dutse ko tsarin tsaro zuwa tsohon gidan sarauta. Masana tarihi sun gaskata cewa an gina ganuwar da za ta kāre masarautar ne da katako. A cikin 1270 sabon Middleham Castle ya shiga hannun dangin Neville, wanda ya fi shahara shi ne Richard Neville, 16th Earl na Warwick, wanda aka sani da tarihi a matsayin "Kingmaker", babban jigo a cikin Wars of the Roses. Bayan mutuwar Richard, Duke na York, a Wakefield a watan Disamba na 1460, ƙaramin ɗansa, Richard, Duke na Gloucester, ya shiga kulawar Warwick, kuma ya zauna a Middleham tare da dangin Warwick. An tsare ɗan'uwansa Sarki Edward IV a Middleham na ɗan gajeren lokaci, bayan da Warwick ya kama shi a 1469. Bayan mutuwar Warwick a Barnet
a cikin 1471 da kuma dawo da Edward zuwa kursiyin, ɗan'uwansa Richard ya auri Anne Neville, ƙaramar 'yar Warwick, kuma ya mai da Middleham babban gidansa. Dan su Edward (wanda aka sani da Edward na Middleham), an kuma haife shi a gidan a kusa da 1476 kuma daga baya ya mutu a can a 1484.