Kington Castle

Kington Castle is an Outbound castle in the market Kington in the English county of Herefordshire .

The castle was in the northwest part of today's market, above the Back Brook on Castle Hill . At the end of the 11th century, King William II loaned the lands in and around Kington to Adam Port , who probably had the first castle built there. One of his descendants, also named Adam Port , had a dispute with King Henry II and subsequently lost the castle to the English crown.

The late 12th century had William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber , the castle for many years in his capacity as long High Sheriff of Herefordshire verlehnte and 1201 king like him John Lackland castle and Baron title, as he whose dearest Baron in the Welsh Marches was . Later, however, there was another dispute and the castle fell back to the crown. In 1213 the king lent it again, this time to his supporter Roger Clifford . In 1215 members of the De Braose family attacked the castle and King John had it destroyed in revenge. A fortress was never built at this point again.

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• Kington Castle . Anglo-Norman Castles.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 20.7 "  N , 3 ° 2 ′ 20.1"  W.