-
distinctive feature of late
medieval English church architecture is to
crenellate the tops of
church towers, and
often the tops of
lower walls.
These are...
- In
medieval England,
Wales and the
Channel Islands a
licence to
crenellate (or
licence to fortify)
granted the
holder permission to
fortify his property...
- some
castles incorporated gardens as
ornamental features. The
right to
crenellate, when
granted by a
monarch –
though it was not
always necessary – was...
- The
following is a list of
licences to
crenellate,
surviving in the records,
issued from the 12th to 16th centuries,
which was
compiled by the amateur...
-
Edward III
granted Gilbert de
Whitley a
licence to
crenellate his
manor house at Whitley. To
crenellate a
house was to
place battlements on it.
Before this...
-
people in the county. By the time he
applied to the king for a
licence to
crenellate (build a castle), the
Hundred Years' War had been
fought between England...
- The hall was
built for Sir
Edmund Bedingfeld who
obtained a
licence to
crenellate in 1482. The
Bedingfelds gained the
manor of
Oxborough through marriage...
- many manor-houses were fortified,
which required a
royal licence to
crenellate. They were
often enclosed within walls or
ditches which often also included...
-
Castle was
founded by Sir John de Norwich, who was
given a
licence to
crenellate his
existing manor house on the site in 1342. The
first house stood within...
- wars in
Gascony and Scotland.
During 1292, he was
granted a
license to
crenellate his
manor of Ashperton, Herefordshire.
William first married Jeanette...
