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COMMAND The commanding officer of a castle was usually the constable ( q.v. ) , or castellan , to whom the custody of the castle was entrusted by his lord . The lord himself was rarely present during a siege , probably for the following ...
COMMAND The commanding officer of a castle was usually the constable ( q.v. ) , or castellan , to whom the custody of the castle was entrusted by his lord . The lord himself was rarely present during a siege , probably for the following ...
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Constable CONSTABLE The governor or warden of a fortress or castle in the absence of owner and therefore normal in royal ... sometimes bestowed on a great baron as an honour and some royal castles had hereditary constables .
Constable CONSTABLE The governor or warden of a fortress or castle in the absence of owner and therefore normal in royal ... sometimes bestowed on a great baron as an honour and some royal castles had hereditary constables .
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WALL WALK UPPER LOWER GATE WAY GUARDROOM CONSTAB HALL Fuji cypu Plan : Constable's Tower , Dover Constable's Powers CONSTABLE'S DUTIES As an example of dereliction : Richard de Pembridge , constable of Bamburgh in the closing years of ...
WALL WALK UPPER LOWER GATE WAY GUARDROOM CONSTAB HALL Fuji cypu Plan : Constable's Tower , Dover Constable's Powers CONSTABLE'S DUTIES As an example of dereliction : Richard de Pembridge , constable of Bamburgh in the closing years of ...
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