Hautbois Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Great Hautboys; Hautbois Magna; Magna Hautboys

In the civil parish of Coltishall.
In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).

Probable site of Hautbois Castle, built in 1312. A sub rectangular castle mound raised above a marsh and approached by a causeway. A short stretch of flint and mortar foundation can be traced on the mound. More a fortified manor house than a castle. Licence to crenellate granted in 1313.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry footings remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TG26092030

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 133076

Books

Cushion, B. and Davison, A., 2003, Earthworks of Norfolk (Dereham: East Anglian Archaeology 104) p169 [plan]
Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern) p9
Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p56
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) [Shown on map of fortified houses of East Anglia]
Rogerson, Andrew, 1994, 'Castles' in Wade-Martins, P, (ed), An Historical Atlas of Norfolk (2edn Norwich; Norfolk Museums) p68-9
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p309
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p407

Journal Articles

Dollin, W., 1986, 'Moated Sites in North-East Norfolk' Norfolk Archaeology Vol39 p262-277
Purdy, R.J.W., 1907, 'Hautbois Magna' Norfolk Archaeology Vol6 p149

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 (1307-13) p492

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