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The contemporary chronicler William of Newborough thus describes the royal castle at Nottingham soon after Henry II had completed work there of which the recorded cost is nearly £ 2,000 ; ' a castle so strong by nature [ i.e. of the ...
The contemporary chronicler William of Newborough thus describes the royal castle at Nottingham soon after Henry II had completed work there of which the recorded cost is nearly £ 2,000 ; ' a castle so strong by nature [ i.e. of the ...
Page 116
The records which survive from this early period are for the most part royal , but from them we can see at least the king's castleworks in progress , and we can take these works as standards of reference for private and baronial ...
The records which survive from this early period are for the most part royal , but from them we can see at least the king's castleworks in progress , and we can take these works as standards of reference for private and baronial ...
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Certainly it compares well enough with the known recorded costs of other royal castleworks of about the same date . The main strength of Orford lay in its keep , and the keep at Newcastle upon Tyne , building between 1167 and 1178 ...
Certainly it compares well enough with the known recorded costs of other royal castleworks of about the same date . The main strength of Orford lay in its keep , and the keep at Newcastle upon Tyne , building between 1167 and 1178 ...
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