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Beaudesert Hall
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Beudesert
In the civil parish of Longdon.
In the historic county of Staffordshire (Modern Authority of Staffordshire, 1974 county of Staffordshire).
Castle listed by Harvey as in Staffordshire. I believe this must refer to the bishops hunting lodge Beaudesert Hall which received a licence to crenellate in 1306. The current ruins are of a late C15 house and may represent a new site the original bishops house may have been a rebuild of the C11-C12 Royal hunting lodge at Cannock, possibly within Castle Ring (qv) or at Radmoor (qv), although it was said that parts of this house date back to time of William Rufus (White). Thompson writes "Bishop Langton received, in 1306, a licence to crenellate Beaudesert, Staffs and Ashby, Northants and all episocopal palaces in England."
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1306 Sept 16.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK05491331
PastScape number;
304716
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p363
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p167, 173
Pevsner, N., 1974, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire (London, Penguin) p67
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
White, William, 1851, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire (Sheffield)
Shaw, Stebbing, 1798, The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (J.Nichols abd Son) [Republished 1976 by EP Publishing] Vol1 p221
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)
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