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Bere Barton, Bere Ferrers
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Byr; Beer Ferres; Beer Ferris
In the civil parish of Bere Ferrers.
In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Devon, 1974 county of Devon).
Fortified Manor House with a licence to crenellate granted to Mathilda, widow of William Ferrars in 1337 and to John Ferrers in 1340. The building has C18 front and represents an unusual survival.
This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1337 Aug 2.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1340 Oct 2.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 92608)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX45936339
PastScape number;
437847
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern) p6
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
Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p87 [slight]
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p64 [slight]
Pevsner, Nikolaus and Cherry, Bridget, 1989, Buildings of England: Devon (Harmondsworth) p164
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p121 [possible]
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p22-3
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p350-1, 412, 413
Lysons, D. and S., 1822, Magna Britannia Vol6 Devon p40 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=406]
Journal Articles
- Higham, R.A., 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list' Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society Vol46 p142-9
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 (1334-38) p558
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1340-43) p51
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p109
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