For this week’s blog, Corey has been researching the life of the founder of the original “New Castle” upon Tyne, son of William the Conqueror and later Duke of Normandy, Robert Curthose. Read on to find out about the turbulent life of this fascinating and unfortunate man!

Sir Aymer de Atholl was a Northumbrian Knight living in the 1300s. The second son of an exiled Scottish Earl who had fought with King Edward of England against Robert the Brice, Sir Aymer was an experienced soldier who saw some of the most turbulent times in British history.