Bredwardine Castle
Bredwardine Castle was a castle in the village of Bredwardine in the English county of Herefordshire on the banks of the River Wye .
history
Early Norman manorial rule
After the Norman conquest of England , the manor was given to John de Bredwardine as a fief.
12th century castle
A moth with an elongated plan and donjon is said to have been created at this point in the second half of the 12th century. In 1227 this castle became the property of the Baskerville family. In the following century it remained in the possession of Hugh de Lacy .
New construction and demolition
During the wars of the Anarchy in the 12th century, the castle was expanded as a fortress. During the reign of King Henry II or Henry III. it was then torn down.
In the mid-15th century the property is described as abandoned and with no annual lease value.
The castle ruins and the manor passed from the Baskerville family to the Vaughan family . Roger Fychan, Dafydd Gam's son-in-law , built a multi-gabled manor house on the site . Today only traces of the stone walls and the tower are preserved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plantagenet Somerset Fry: Castles: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland: the Definitive Guide to the Most Impressive Buildings and Intriguing Sites . David & Charles, Newton Abbot 2008, ISBN 978-0-7153-2692-3 , pp. 76 (English, 256 pp., Limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ a b Bredwardine Castle. (No longer available online.) In: Herefordshire Through Time. Herefordshire Council, archived from the original on December 31, 2012 ; accessed on April 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 38 " N , 2 ° 58 ′ 19.6" W.