Seckington is a village and civil parish[2] in North Warwickshire, about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Tamworth.
The B5493 road between Tamworth and Appleby Magna runs through the parish, passing about 100 yards (91 m) north of the village.
Seckington shares a parish council with Newton Regis and No Man's Heath.
[5] Continuations of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum say he "was treacherously and miserably murdered, in the night, by his own guards".
[7] In the late 17th century the antiquary Sir William Dugdale (1605–86) described, measured and recorded the castle in detail.
[4] Outside, on the south wall of the nave east of the porch is a scratched mass dial.
His monument is of veined marble, with Corinthian columns flanking kneeling figures of his family.