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Exeter Episcopal Palace and Cathedral Close
In the civil parish of Exeter.
In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Devon, 1974 county of Devon).
Licences to crenellate granted to Bishop Peter Quinel in 1290 and Bishop Walter Stapledon in 1322. Some slight remains of the cathedral close and palace buildings survive in later buildings.
This site has been described as a;
Palace
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Major remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1290 Oct 30.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1322 June 23.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 418407 etc)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX92159250
PastScape number;
448305, 448313, 621909
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p549-51
Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p136-43
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p35, 47, 108-9, 167, 176
Blaycock, S.R., 1987, Observations in the Bishop's Palace, Exeter, 1985 (Exeter)
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p167, 403, 408
Lysons, D. and S., 1822, Magna Britannia Vol6 Devon p. cccxlv-cccxlviii [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=406]
Journal Articles
- Musson, J., 1998 March, Country Life
Blaylock, S., 1990. Archaeological Journal Vol147 Supp. p41-5
Higham, R.A., 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list' Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society Vol46 p142-9
Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p69-100
Guidebooks
- Chanter, J.K., 1932, The Bishop's Palace at Exeter (Exeter)
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 (1281-92) p393
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1321-24) p140
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may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site
of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.
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