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Gresham Castle
In the civil parish of Gresham.
In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).
Fortified Manor House, licence to crenellate granted to Sir Edmund Bacon in 1319. In 1450 it was captured without much effort by Lord Moleyns from John Paston. Flint. Plan, square with corner turrets. Moated site. Walls now lm - 3m high. Circa 40m square with corner turrets c10m diameter, these at north east, north west and south west visible. Inside the walls now very overgrown, the wall now a retaining wall for earth inside. It is reported that large timbers of a drawbridge and an entrance to a passage along with the keel of a boat where found in 1846 when the moat was cleaned out.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1318 Nov 4.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 223268)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TG16663807
PastScape number;
131951
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p58
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p108
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p160
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 p307
Wilton, J.W., 1979, Earthworks and Fortifications of Norfolk (Weathercock Press) p24
Pevsner, N., 1962, The buildings of England North-East Norfolk and Norwich p155
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p301
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p407
Journal Articles
- Cozens-Hardy, 1958-61, Norfolk Archaeology Vol32 p180
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Myers, A.R. (ed), 1969, English Historical Documents Vol4 1327-1485 p1225-7 [assualt of 1448]
Davis, n. (ed), 1958, The Paston Letters (Clarendon Press) p9
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1317-21) p224
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