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Ampthill Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Amphill; Ampthil
In the civil parish of Ampthill.
In the historic county of Bedfordshire (Modern Authority of Bedfordshire, 1974 county of Bedfordshire).
Site of castle in the grounds of Ampthill Park constructed during the early C15 by Sir John Cornwall and later became a royal property used by Henry VIII who placed it at the disposal of Catherine of Aragon during the divorce proceedings. It had fallen into decay by the end of C16. Its site is marked by a cross which was erected in 1773. The cross stands on an octagonal base of three steps and is decorated with the royal arms and the arms of Castille and Aragon.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL02493839
PastScape number;
360027
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p12
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p205
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p4 [slight]
Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press) p49, 68, 72, 79, 83, 224
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p7
Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p42-7
Page, Wm (ed), 1912, VCH Bedford Vol3 p270 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42429]
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England Vol1 p134
Journal Articles
- Baker, D., 1982, 'Mottes, Moats and ringworks in Bedfordshire: Beauchamp Wadmore revisited' Château Gaillard Vol9-10 p35-54
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/buckseng.html#beds6]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p22, 24
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p102-3
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