Baynard Castle, Cottingham

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Stuteville's Castle; Cotingham; Totingham; Coghingham

In the civil parish of Cottingham.
In the historic county of Yorkshire East Riding (Modern Authority of East Riding of Yorkshire, 1974 county of Humberside).

First recorded in 1170. There are indications that the site might have originally have been a motte and bailey which was reconstructed as a twin moated rectangular enclosure. Castle(s) licensed 1201 and 1327. Moat by 1276. In 1282 capital messuage described as 'well constructed, with double moats, enclosed by a wall'. Has only been known as Baynard Castle since C19. Emery records licence to crenellate granted to Thomas, Lord Wake, in 1327. it is stated by Leland in his Collectanea, that William d'Estoteville or Stuteville, being sheriff of Yorkshire, entertained King John at his house in this town, and in 1200, obtained from that monarch a licence to hold a market and fairs* here, and to fortify his castle.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TA04073290

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 79142

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p20
Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p17
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p421
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p285 [slight]
Pevsner, N. and Neave, D., 1995 (2edn), The Buildings of England: York and the East Riding (London ) p217
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p516
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p216
Loughlin, Neil and Miller, Keith, 1979, A survey of archaeological sites in Humberside carried out for the Humberside Joint Archaeological Committee p29
Le Patourel, H.E. Jean, 1973, The Moated Sites of Yorkshire (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series 5) p111
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Illingworth, J.L., 1938 (republished 1970), Yorkshire's Ruined Castles (Wakefield) p126
Armitage and Montgomerie, 1912, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Yorkshire Vol2 p48-9
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p218-19
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p408
Baines, 1823, Directory of the County of York

Journal Articles

1992, Medieval Archaeology Vol36 p243
Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p318

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Rotuli Chartarum 89b
Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Houedene [Stubbs, W. (ed),1868 (London) Vol4 p117 - dated 1200]
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1327-30) p31

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/yorkseng.html#yorks36]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p534
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p47

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