licence to crenellate

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn really did sleep here….!

May 19, 2023

anniversaries, battles, culture, genealogy, law, religion

Anne Boleyn, Edward of Buckingham, executions, ghosts, Gloucestershire, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VIII, Jasper “Tudor”, licence to crenellate, Staffords, Thornbury Castle

If you fancy staying in a Tudor castle, then Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire is the place for you. It’s a beautiful castle that is now presented very much in the Tudor style. “….It was built in 1510 by Edward Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham, who had been given permission by the young King Henry VIII…
Bosworth and the builder of Bury Castle….

Feb 19, 2023

battles, buildings

8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, Army Drill Hall, Battle of Bosworth, Bury castle, Castle Armoury, castles, demolition, James Daly, licence to crenellate, listed buildings, public appeals, Sir Thomas Pilkington

James Daly is the Member of Parliament for Bury North, but we can forgive him for that. Being a Member of Parliament, I hasten to say, certainly not Bury North! He is concerned about this historic site in Bury that is in danger of disappearing. In 1469 Sir Thomas Pilkington acquired a licence to crenellate,…
The humble beginning of Sheriff Hutton….

Apr 26, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, sources

bureaucracy, Calendar of Patent Rolls, John de Neville, licence to crenellate, marriages, Nevilles, Richard II, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire

Below is an interesting little snippet from the Calendar of Patent Rolls for 1382: You’ll find the original record here. And so Sheriff Hutton was born! Who would have thought that from such beginnings would rise one of the most important castles in Yorkshire? A plot on which to enclose a wall of stone and…
MARKENFIELD HALL AND THE MARKENFIELD BROTHERS, THOMAS AND ROBERT.

Dec 11, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy

“Perkin”, AJ Pollard, Barons Grantley, Battle of Bosworth, Buckingham rebellion, Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel, Coldridge, Edward V, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, Falklands Play, funeral effigy, Iain Curteis, John de Merkynfeld, knights of the body, licence to crenellate, Markenfield Hall, piscina, rape, Ripon Cathedral, Rising of the North, Robert Markenfield, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Sir Thomas Markinfield, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Yorkshire

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Markenfield Hall viewed through the Gatehouse. A 14th century moated manor house and one time home to the Markenfields. Photo National Garden Scheme. Markenfield Hall, near Ripon, Yorkshire is surely the epitome of a survivor of medieval manor houses. The building of the Hall begun in 1230 and was…

licence to crenellate

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn really did sleep here….!

Bosworth and the builder of Bury Castle….

The humble beginning of Sheriff Hutton….

MARKENFIELD HALL AND THE MARKENFIELD BROTHERS, THOMAS AND ROBERT.