Tutbury Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Toteberie

In the civil parish of Tutbury.
In the historic county of Staffordshire (Modern Authority of Staffordshire, 1974 county of Staffordshire).

The motte and bailey castle was originally built by 1071 and demolished in 1175-6. It was rebuilt in the late C12 and new work is recorded in C13, C14 and C15. During the civil war it was the last Royalist bastion in the county and was slighted in 1647-8 the oldest surviving parts are the chapel and north east gateway. Possibly built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon burh. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned here. The motte is now crowned by an early C19 folly keep called Julius's Tower.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number )

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK20922921

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 922069, 922124, 922137, 922117, 922105, 922110, 922130, 922118, 922148

• Web site links
  • http://www.tutburycastle.com/
    http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/tutbury/tutbury.php
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/128/tutburycastle.htm
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p437-8
    Salter, Mike, 1997, Castles and Moated Mansions of Staffordshire (Malvern) p56-61
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p231
    Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p80-3
    Smith, Michael E., 1992, Castles and Manor Houses in and around Derbyshire (Derby)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p451
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p311
    Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1975, The history of the King's Works Vol3: 1485-1660 (part 1) (London) p295-8
    Pevsner, N., 1974, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire (London, Penguin) p287-8
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p335
    Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p847-9
    Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p227-8
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Lynam, C., 1908, in Page, Wm. (ed), VCH Staffordshire Vol1 p356-8 [plan]
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p404-8
    Clark, G.T., 1884, Medieval Military Architecture in England  (Wyman and Sons) Vol2 p505-8
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol2 (London) p534-41
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p235-6
    Mosley, 1832, Castle, Priory and Town of Tutbury (London) p1-240
    Shaw, Stebbing, 1798, The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (J.Nichols abd Son) [Republished 1976 by EP Publishing] Vol1 p37-49
• Journal Articles
  • Hislop, Malcolm and Williams, Gareth (with Goodwin, John and Kincey, Mark), 2006-7, 'The Tutbury Project: An Interim Report' Castle Studies Group Journal Vol20 p171-213 [detailed excavation report]
    Williams, G., 2006, 'Tutbury Castle' Current Archaeology Vol17.11 p586-91
    Hislop, Malcolm, 2005-6, 'Excavation Reports: Tutbury Castle' Castle Studies Group Bulletin Vol19 p150-1
    Hislop, Malcolm, 2005, 'Excavations at Tutbury Castle 2004' Castle Studies Group Bulletin Vol18 p154-6
    Harfield, C.G., 1991, 'A Hand-list of Castles Recorded in the Domesday Book' English Historical Review Vol106
    Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p310
    Palliser, D.M., 1972, 'Staffordshire Castles: A Provisional List' Staffordshire Archaeology Vol1 p5-8
    Cantor, Leonard, 1966, 'The Medieval Castles of Staffordshire' North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Vol6 p38-46
    Somerville, Sir Robert, 1964, 'Tutbury Castle' Archaeological Journal Vol120 p276-8
    Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
    Lynam, C., 1914, Archaeological Journal Vol71 p367-8
    Clark, G.T., 1867, The Builder Vol25 p185 [reprinted in MMA]
• Guidebooks
  • 2000, Tutbury Castle Visitors Guide (Tutbury: Tutbury Castle)
    Somerville, Robert, 1960 [revised, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1990], Tutbury Castle (Duchy of Lancaster)
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/warkseng.html#staf13]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p