Editing Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (section)

==Lands acquired==
[[File:Hadleigh Castle.jpg|thumb|275x275px|The remains of de Burgh's [[Hadleigh Castle]] near [[Southend]] in Essex]]
In 1206, he purchased the [[Manorialism|manor]] of [[Tunstall, Kent|Tunstall]] in Kent (from Robert de Arsic)<ref name=hasted>{{harvnb|Hasted|1798|pages=80–98}}</ref> which was later inherited by his eldest son, John de Burgh.<ref>Name [[List of Latinised names|Latinised]] to ''de Burgo''</ref>

Hubert was appointed Constable of [[Dover Castle]] and was also given charge of [[Falaise, Calvados|Falaise]], in [[Normandy]].<ref name="West"/> At Falaise he was the gaoler of [[Arthur I, Duke of Brittany]], the nephew of King John and boy claimant to the English throne. Arthur may or may not have been murdered after leaving de Burgh's custody; his fate is unknown.

At some time before 1215, Hubert de Burgh is cited as having been appointed [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (1215–20), which position later (after the [[First Barons' War|Barons' War]]) included the [[ex officio]] constableship of Dover Castle. In the case of de Burgh, however, a rather long period seems to have elapsed between the two appointments.<ref>''White and Black books of the [[Cinque Ports]]'', Vol XIX, 1966</ref>

Sometime after 1215, De Burgh started building a castle in [[Hadleigh, Essex|Hadleigh]] having been awarded the lands by King John.<ref name="AlexWestP19">{{harv|Alexander|Westlake|2009|p=9}}</ref> A [[licence to crenellate]] was retrospectively given in 1230, at which point that original castle had been completed.<ref name="AlexWestP19"/> After falling out with King Henry III, De Burgh was stripped of [[Hadleigh Castle]].<ref name="AlexWestP19"/> The castle was claimed by the monarchy and stayed in royal hands until being sold (with much of the stonework dismantled and sold) in 1551.<ref name=AlexWestP19/> The castle later suffered from several landslips, and the ruins are currently owned by [[English Heritage]].<ref name=AlexWestP19/>