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Harringworth Manor
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Manor Cottages; Haringworth; Haryngworth
In the civil parish of Harringworth.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).
Manor house licensed 1387 and 1431 to William, Lord Zouch. Called a castle by Leland. Remains of former manor house, now incorporated within two cottages. The original manor house dates from C13 but the surviving range is probably mainly early C17 in date, altered in C19. Originally of courtyard plan, the building is now L-shaped. A manor was recorded on this site in 1272 and a licence to crenellate was granted in 1387. A map of 1630 shows ranges of buildings set around inner and outer courtyards. A moat once surrounded the manor house and the nearby chapel. This feature is only visible now as a fishpond complex. Landscaped gardens located further south possibly date to the early C17.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1387 May 8.
A Confirmation licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1431 Nov 15.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 409502)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP91759751
PastScape number;
347658
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p76
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p183
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p319 [possible - mention Leland only]
RCHME, 1979, An inventory of the historical monuments in the County of Northampton. Vol2: Central Northamptonshire (HMSO) p50, 189
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p422
Journal Articles
- 1915, Rutland Archaeological and Natural History Society Annual Report p63
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 Charter Rolls Vol5 p307
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1429-36) p156
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p329
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p13
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