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Bagworth Manor
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Baggeworth; Thorneton
In the civil parish of Bagworth and Thornton.
In the historic county of Leicestershire (Modern Authority of Leicestershire, 1974 county of Leicestershire).
Medieval moat and two fishponds surviving as earthworks. Fishponds mentioned in 1279. Fortified manor house built 1318, on licence issued to Robert Holand rebuilt C15 and early C17 replaced by present house in 1769. William, Lord Hastings obtained a licence to crenellate in 1474. The 1474 licence has been interpreted as referring to two sites (Bagworth and Thornton) and these were two separate, but adjoining, manors. The actual site of the manor house is roughly midway between these two villages and the manors may well have been administered from one this site and the licence meant only this one place.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1318 July 15.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1474 April 17.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK45450866
PastScape number;
921288
Books
- Cantor, Leonard, 2003, The Scheduled Ancient Monument of Leicestershire and Rutland (Leicester: Kairos Press) p63
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p33
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p218, 327
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p256 [possible]
Wall, 1907, in Page, Wm, (ed), VCH Leicestershire Vol1 p271
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p408
Nichols, J., 1811, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicestershire Vol4 p989
Journal Articles
- Cantor, Leonard, 1977-8, 'The Medieval Castles of Leicestershire' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol53 p34-5
Herbert, A., 1931-3, Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol17 p200
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1317-21) p189
Calendar of Charter Rolls Vol6 p243
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p281
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p20
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