The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... lord . The lord himself was rarely present during a siege , probably for the following reasons : it was considered more honourable to fight in the field , he was free to mobilise relief , he was not isolated from great events happening ...
... lord . The lord himself was rarely present during a siege , probably for the following reasons : it was considered more honourable to fight in the field , he was free to mobilise relief , he was not isolated from great events happening ...
Page 98
... lord at his own expense and in person on ceremonial occasions , at lord's council , or at legal proceedings ( ' suit to court ' ) . In return , together with other vassals , he could Knightly Banners Knight ( C14-15 ) determine ...
... lord at his own expense and in person on ceremonial occasions , at lord's council , or at legal proceedings ( ' suit to court ' ) . In return , together with other vassals , he could Knightly Banners Knight ( C14-15 ) determine ...
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... lord's livery and badge and to fight for him in return for his protection in their need . It often degenerated into ... Lord Hastings ' , property executed by the Duke of Gloucester in 1483 , had indentured two lords , nine knights , 48 ...
... lord's livery and badge and to fight for him in return for his protection in their need . It often degenerated into ... Lord Hastings ' , property executed by the Duke of Gloucester in 1483 , had indentured two lords , nine knights , 48 ...
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Aberdeenshire Alnwick assault Bamburgh barbican barmkin baronial basement battlements Beaumaris besiegers built C12 E O Caernarvon Caerphilly chamber chapel Chepstow church Conisbrough constable Conway crenellated crossbow defence ditch domestic buildings Dover Durham earthworks Edward enclosure engines England entrance examples fireplace flanking floor forebuilding fortified manor-house fragments ft high garrison gate gatehouse ground hall Harlech Henry Henry III Herefordshire inner bailey Invernesshire keep Kenilworth Kidwelly kitchen knights L-plan later London Tower loops lord machicolated manor masonry mediaeval moat motte motte-and-bailey mound mural murder-holes Newcastle Norman North Riding Northumberland original outer bailey palisade parapet pele pele-tower Pontefract Portchester portcullis postern prison protected rectangular remains of curtain ring-work Rochester roof royal castles ruins Scottish shell-keep siege sometimes square stair stone storeys Substantial remains survives timber tower tower-house town walls turrets usually vaulted wall-towers wall-walk Warkworth Warwick wooden Yorkshire