"King writes "to build (firmare) inter alia a castle in Hampshire 'scilicet apud Esleg'sive apud Stoke'."
There is insufficient evidence to be certain about this possible licence to crenellate.
King writes "a multiple licence granted to William Briwerr to build (firmare) inter alia a castle in Hampshire 'scilicet apud Esleg'sive apud Stoke'. The places are identified as Ashley and Stockbridge; no castle is known near the latter." This reads to me as Ashley by Stoke, identifiy one site and I am unclear as to why King seems to imply two sites.
Original source is
(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms.)
Significant later source are;
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