Mackworth Castle

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Gatehouse of Mackworth Castle

Mackworth Castle is a ruined at the upper end of the village Mackworth at Derby in the English county Derbyshire . The castle was built in the 14th or 15th centuries and the Mackworth family lived there for several centuries . At some point the castle fell into disrepair and only the ruins of a gatehouse remained, suggesting what was once a large castle. A 1911 report suggested that despite the gatehouse's resemblance to a castle, the rest of the buildings were modest. The remains that have survived to this day are part of a Scheduled Monument .

history

The exact construction period of the castle is not certain; it is believed to have originated between the beginning of the 14th century and the end of the 15th century. The first Mackworth, Henry du Mackworth , appears in Pipe Rolls 1254 and the thread of the Mackworths can be traced back to the early 15th century. Mackworth Castle remained in the family until 1655 or 1656; then Sir Thomas Mackworth, 3rd Baronet , who had moved to Normanton , Rutland , sold it to Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet . Local legends state that the castle was destroyed during the English Civil War by the explosion of ammunition on a nearby hill. But Rev. Charles Kerry of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society questions whether the castle had begun to deteriorate before Curzon bought it. He argues that "if Mackworth Castle had been a suitable place to receive Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Ralph Sadler would not have overlooked it on his way with his prisoners to Tutbury Castle ." Sadler sheltered Mary Queen of Scots, which Queen Elizabeth I found strange . As a declaration, he wrote to the Queen on February 5, 1584 that he would never have acted like this if there had been a suitable house near this town in which his prisoner could have spent the night.

Essentially, what is left of the building is the gatehouse, a square, high- crenellated structure that could stand as a separate building. According to English Castles: A Guide by Counties , the gatehouse was an extension from the Tudor period. Kerry dates it to shortly before 1500. Some clues about the layout of the rest of the buildings can be obtained from the rectangular open spaces on the west side of the gatehouse that once formed courtyards. The ruin of the gatehouse has been listed by English Heritage as a historical building of the first degree.

According to Anthony Emery s Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1600: East Anglia, Central England and Wales , the building complex was probably never very great. He says that a report from 1911 suggested that the walls around these open spaces must have been “low half-timbered walls” like those of the nearby 14th-century Tuchet family who served as stewards for the Mackworths. Emery writes that "the entrance was nothing more than a swank building, a very early example of this longing for a world of chivalry and romance whose time is long gone".

Hollywood

Mackworth Castle takes place in events that are told in the film The Iron Knight of Falworth with Tony Curtis in the lead role, which in turn is based on the historical novel Men of Iron by Howard Pyle from the 19th century.

Individual references and comments

  1. ^ Mackworth Castle . CastleUK. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  2. ^ Mackworth medieval settlement including the castle gatehouse, part of the medieval open field system and a pinfold . Pastscape. Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f James Dixon Mackenzie: The Castles of England, Their Story and Structure . The MacMillan Co .. pp. 470-471. 1896. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Parishes: Mackworth - Mugginton in Magna Britannia . Volume 5th Chapter: '' Derbyshire ''. 1817. pp. 202-217. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ Kerry gives the date June 6, 1655.
  6. ^ Rev. Charles Kerry: Mackworth: its Castle and its Owners in Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society . Issue 11 (1889). P. 6. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  7. ^ Rev. Charles Kerry: Mackworth: its Castle and its Owners in Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society . Issue 11 (1889). P. 9. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  8. ^ A b Rev. Charles Kerry: Mackworth: its Castle and its Owners in Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society . Issue 11 (1889). S. 8. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  9. ^ Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties . Boydell & Brewer. 2002. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Ruins of Mackworth Castle . Images of England. Historic England. English Heritage. ( Memento of the original of July 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 13, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.imagesofengland.org.uk
  11. ^ A b Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: East Anglia, Central England and Wales . Cambridge University Press. 1996. Retrieved July 13, 2016.

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