Ipswich Castle

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Ipswich Castle one is Outbound medieval castle in the town of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk . Today nothing of it has survived.

history

Ipswich Castle was built in the city of Ipswich after the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Two locations are believed to be possible: today's arboretum of the city or the elevation near St. Stephen's Church.

In the 12th century, the Bigod family dominated Suffolk; they held the title of Earls of Norfolk , and they owned four great castles: Framlingham Castle , Bungay Castle , Walton Castle and Thetford Castle . The tension between the crown and the bigods remained intact all the time. Hugh Bigod was one of the rebellious barons in the Civil War of Anarchy during the reign of King Stephen ; Ipswich Castle was subordinate to him. At the end of the conflict, King Stephen invaded Hugh Bigod's territory and in 1153 took the city and castle of Ipswich.

After Henry II came to power, he attempted to expand royal influence back to the entire region, but Hugh Bigod had regained control of Ipswich Castle. In the course of this attempt, Henry II confiscated Bigod's most important castles in 1157, but this attempt to control Bigod failed and the baron joined the revolt of Henry's sons in 1173 . The attempt to overthrow King Henry was also unsuccessful and in 1176 this ordered that Ipswich Castle should be destroyed as part of the punishment for the bigods. The castle was never rebuilt and no remains have survived to this day.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ipswich Castle . Pastscape. Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ C. Drage: Urban Castles. In: J. Schofield, R. Leech (Eds.): Urban Archeology in Britain . (= CBA Research Report No. 61). 1987, p. 119.
  3. ^ A b Norman John Greville Pounds: The Medieval Castle in England and Wales: a social and political history . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1994, ISBN 0-521-45828-5 , p. 55. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  4. ^ R. Allen Brown: English Castles . Batsford, London 1962, p. 191. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  5. ^ A b James Dixon MacKenzie: The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure . (1896) General Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-150-51044-1 , p. 282.
  6. ↑ Jim Bradbury: Stephen and Matilda: the Civil War of 1139-53 . The History Press, Stroud 2009, ISBN 978-0-7509-3793-1 , p. 207. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b Ipswich Castle . In: Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '28.8 "  N , 1 ° 9' 5.1"  E