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Castle: A History of the Buildings That Shaped Medieval Britain

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by Marc Morris


  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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