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Castle Ashby; The Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Asheby David
In the civil parish of Castle Ashby.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).
Elizabethian house near site of medieval predecessor which was "clean down" when seen by Leland in 1540. The nature of the castle is obscure but since it was extant in C11 and presumably had masonry for Leland to say it was 'clean down' then probably originally a timber castle with some form of later masonry work. Bishop Langton received a licence to crenellate in 1306.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1306 Sept 16.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 235416)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP86255923
PastScape number;
345187
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p73
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p183
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p167, 173
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p169 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p319
Pevsner, Nikolaus; revised by Bridget Cherry, 1973, Buildings of England: Northamptonshire (Penguin) p137
Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1937, VCH Northampton Vol4 p230, 232-3
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p405
Journal Articles
- Scriven, R.G., 1878, 'The history of Castle Ashby' Archaeological Journal Vol35 p360-3
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 (1301-7) p462
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p324
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p7
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