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The building of Orford began probably in 1165 , for on the Pipe Roll of 1165-6 there occur for the first time entries " in the work of the castle of Orford " , and the total recorded expenditure for the year was over £ 660 - a very ...
The building of Orford began probably in 1165 , for on the Pipe Roll of 1165-6 there occur for the first time entries " in the work of the castle of Orford " , and the total recorded expenditure for the year was over £ 660 - a very ...
Page 121
The information about the building on the Pipe Rolls is very summarised and provides few details of how the work was carried out , but the mention on the roll of 1167-8 of finished timbers , presumably for the joists and flooring of the ...
The information about the building on the Pipe Rolls is very summarised and provides few details of how the work was carried out , but the mention on the roll of 1167-8 of finished timbers , presumably for the joists and flooring of the ...
Page 122
The work appears to have occupied the years 1179 to 1191 , and upon it the Pipe Rolls record an expenditure hitherto unparalleled . Totals of over £ 1,000 are recorded for this castle alone in each of the three years 1183-6 , and the ...
The work appears to have occupied the years 1179 to 1191 , and upon it the Pipe Rolls record an expenditure hitherto unparalleled . Totals of over £ 1,000 are recorded for this castle alone in each of the three years 1183-6 , and the ...
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Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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| Title | English Medieval Castles |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Publisher | Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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