During this time, which became known as the Marian Persecutions, two men from Wisbech, constable William Wolsey and painter Robert Pygot, "were accused of not ... believing that the body and blood of Christ were present in the bread and wine of the sacrament of mass".
S 76 m premera in 12 m visoko citadelo, tipa "motte and bailey" mislijo, da ga je kralj Viljem Osvajalec zgradil za obrambo otoka od upornikov, kot je bil grof Morcar in ljudski junak Hereward the Wake.