Brizlincote Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Brysingote

In the civil parish of Bretby.
In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

Licence given, to Sir William Paget in 1546, to fortify buildings he intended to erect in Brysingote along with permission to create a park there, However, he sold the manor in 1560 so presumably no, or only limited, building took place there. Brizlincote Hall stands close to the site, which is said to have been moated.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK27342204

PastScape number; 922460

Books

Tringham, N.J., 2003, in Tringham, N.J. (ed), VCH Staffordshire Vol9 p212-3 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=12334
Craven, M. and Stanley, M., 2002, The lost houses of Derbyshire p32
Pevsner, Nikolaus revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1978, Buildings of England: Derbyshire (Harmondsworth) p110

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII Vol21 pt1 p76-7 no149.39

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Brizlincote Hall

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK27342204

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