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Mettingham Castle
In the civil parish of Mettingham.
In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).
Earthwork and structural remains of a moated, fortified manor house and college of secular priests, the latter extant between 1394 and 1542. A licence to crenellate the manor house was granted in 1342. A document of 1562 describes the site as being enclosed by a stone wall and entered via a gatehouse. Within were stables, servants' lodgings, kitchen, bakehouse, brewhouse, malting house, storehouses, and an aisled hall. This house was probably demolished in C18 and was replaced by a house which was in turn demolished circa 1880. The remains of the fortified house include the gatehouse and part of the curtain wall and barbican.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1343 Aug 21.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 282169)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM359886
PastScape number;
391619
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p82
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p124
Martin, Edward, 1999 [3edn], 'Medieval Castles' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p58-9
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p236
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p458
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p432
Pevsner, N., 1961, The Buildings of England: Suffolk (London, Penguin) p333-4
Dickenson, 1957, Little Guide to Suffolk p253-4
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Wall, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Suffolk Vol1 p621
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p283-4
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p297, 413
Suckling, 1846,History and Antiquities of Suffolk (London) p173-5
Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol2 p274
Journal Articles
- Martin, E.A., 1990, 'Mettingham Castle: an interpretation of a survey of 1562' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol37 pt2 p115-23
Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p319
Redstone, V.B., 1903, 'Notes on Suffolk Castles.III. Mettingham College and Castle, 1562' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol11 pt3 p315-319
Manning, C.R., 1865, 'Mettingham Castle and College' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol4 Pt2 p77-89
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 (1343-45) p106
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