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galleries 220, 230–2
gatehouses 99, 128, 132, 147–8, 149
Gloucester, Earl of 98, 101, 106, 109
Godwin, Earl 7, 9–11, 25
Goodrich Castle 250, 253
Gower, John 179
Grant, John 207–13
Great Oakham 68
gun-loops 147, 148, 226
Haddon Hall 232
halls 39, 67–9, 144, 170, 172, 210, 220, 228, 230
Hampton Court 227
Hamstead Marshal Castle 29
Hardwick Hall 229
Harlech Castle 95, 110, 118, 124, 126, 129, 131–2, 144
attack on 134
ditches 115
garderobes 123
labour force 117
sea 113
windows 120, 122
Harold II 25, 26–8, 45
Hastings, battle of 27, 28, 45
Hastings Castle 27
Hawarden Castle 108
Hedingham Castle 58, 63–4, 91, 265
chambers 66, 68
dummy floors 70
Hen Domen 36–42, 44, 48, 68
Henry I 57, 58–9
Henry II 57–8, 60, 64, 73, 74, 154
Henry III 91–2, 96, 98, 101, 103, 111, 121
Henry VIII 227
Herbert, Colonel 246
Hereford Castle 8
Heron, William 160
Hever Castle 158
Hooper, Captain John 243, 246, 250
The Hundred Years War 153–6, 157–8, 161, 225, 226
Huntingdon Castle 33
James I of Scotland 195
James II of Scotland 192–6, 203
James III of Scotland 195, 206
James IV of Scotland 206–8, 209, 213, 217
James V of Scotland 217
James VI of Scotland (James I of England) 216–18, 221
John of Fordun 206
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster 163–4, 165, 166, 179
John, King 51, 71–92, 154
Johnson, Dr Samuel 94
Johnson, Professor Matthew 3
keeps 50–93, 187–8
Kenilworth Castle 58, 229
Knowles, Robert 153, 155–6, 179
Lambert of Ardres 20–1
Langeais Castle 15
Lathom House 250
Lincoln Castle 33
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd 97–8, 101–5, 107, 108–10, 112, 114–15
Louis, Prince 74, 85, 91, 92
MacDonalds 205, 206, 208
MacDonald, John 206
machiolations 147–8, 197, 209, 226
Madog ap Llywelyn 134, 136
Magna Carta 72, 73, 74, 76, 92
mangonels 81
Mary Queen of Scots 217
master masons 119, 220
Maurice the Engineer 60
Mervinslaw Pele 214–16
moats 146–7
Monmouth Castle 239
Mons Meg 193–4
Montgomery Castle 260
see also Hen Domen
Montgomery, treaty of 98
Morgan, Colonel Thomas 242–5, 246, 252
mortars 248–51, 252
motte-and-bailey castles 16–23, 24, 29–45, 48–9, 51, 185–6
Mouse, William 164
murder-holes 128, 148
muskets 245
Newark Castle 91
Newcastle Castle 58, 60
North, Roger 231, 232
Norwich Castle 56, 57
Nottingham Castle 32, 260
Orderic Vitalis 45–6
Orford Castle 56, 58, 60, 68, 265
Paris, Matthew 80
Patrick, Catherine 212
Paulden, Captain Thomas 256–7, 265
Peak Castle 58
Peasants’ Revolt 162–3
peles 214–16
Pendennis Castle 247
Penshurst Place 158
perriers 82
Peter of Blois 64
Peter of Savoy 122–3, 124
Pevensey Castle 27
Pontefract Castle 256–60
putlog holes 120, 123–4
Raglan Castle 222–6, 228–30, 232–5, 238–54, 261–2, 264–5
Ralph of Coggeshall 77
Ralph of Mantes 9, 22
Rennes Castle 17–19
Rhuddlan Castle 95, 105–7, 108, 110, 113, 115, 119, 132
Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) 57, 71, 73, 74, 81
Richard II 24, 163, 171–2, 175–6, 179
Richard’s Castle 8
Richmond Castle 68, 70
Roaring Meg 248–9, 250, 252, 253
Robert the Bruce 183, 190
Robert of Jumièges 9, 10, 11
Rochester Castle 5, 50–2, 55–6, 58, 59–60, 61–3, 265
chambers 66, 68, 69–70
repairs 92–3
siege 51, 71, 75–8, 80–1, 85–91
stone types 61
Roger of Montgomery 36–7, 39, 41–2, 44, 45, 68
Saillon Castle 122–4
St Georges-d’Esperanche 125
St Georges, Master James of 119–20, 124–7, 131–2, 136–9, 140
Scarborough Castle 58, 70
Scotney Castle 158
Scott, Walter 202–3, 205, 213, 266
Sherborne Castle 239
Skippon, Major-General 246
slighting 261, 265
Somerset, Henry, Marquis of Worcester 223–4, 233–5, 238, 239–43, 245–8, 250–4, 262–3
Somerset, William 228–9, 230, 232–3
Sprigge, Joshua 247
springalds 82
Stephen, King 57, 58
Stirling Castle 183–4
stonemasons 117, 119, 199–200, 220
Tabraham, Chris 188–9
Tantallon Castle 186
Taylor, Arnold 119–26
Threave Castle 187, 188–95, 197, 210, 221
tombs 180–2
tower houses 184–221, 265–6
Tower of London 52–4, 55, 70, 110
trebuchets 81, 82–5, 86
undermining 86–8
Urquhart Castle 207–10, 213, 220–1, 266
Vere, Aubrey de 63
Vikings 12–13, 14, 15
Wallace, William 139, 183
Walter of Guisborough 135
Wars of the Roses 226–7
Warwick Castle 32, 161
William ap Thomas 224–5
William the Conqueror 10, 24–5, 26, 27–9, 31–7, 40, 42–9, 52–5, 154
William of Poitiers 29, 54
Winchester Castle 129
windows 120, 122, 127, 145, 229–30
Windsor Castle 262–3
Wolsey, Cardinal 227
yetts 187, 215, 218
York Castle 29, 32–3, 34
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