The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... weapon when all holders of 40s in land , or nine marks in chattels , were required to provide themselves with sword , dagger , bow and arrows . The weapon was practised by all freemen at communal butts ( q.v. ) . The trained archer of ...
... weapon when all holders of 40s in land , or nine marks in chattels , were required to provide themselves with sword , dagger , bow and arrows . The weapon was practised by all freemen at communal butts ( q.v. ) . The trained archer of ...
Page 41
... weapon and was forbidden by the Church . In spite of this , Richard I who was an expert shot , encouraged its use . It was perhaps ironical that he met his death from this weapon , though some considered it a just retribution for his ...
... weapon and was forbidden by the Church . In spite of this , Richard I who was an expert shot , encouraged its use . It was perhaps ironical that he met his death from this weapon , though some considered it a just retribution for his ...
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... weapon , an impact weapon to destroy buildings and machines , or as a fragmentation weapon against personnel . ORATORY A small prayor - room for individual or family use . Castles are often provided with a private oratory as well as a ...
... weapon , an impact weapon to destroy buildings and machines , or as a fragmentation weapon against personnel . ORATORY A small prayor - room for individual or family use . Castles are often provided with a private oratory as well as a ...
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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