Beaumys Castle
| Beaumys Castle | |
|---|---|
| Swallowfield, Berkshire, England | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Fortified manor house |
| Condition | Earthworks |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Grid reference | grid reference SU710646 |
Beaumys Castle, also known as Beams Castle, was a 14th-century fortified manor house in the parish of Swallowfield in the English county of Berkshire.
History
[edit | edit source]Beaumys Castle was a manor in the parish of Swallowfied, given to Sir Nicholas de la Beche in 1335. De la Beche received a licence to crenellate in 1338 and produced a fortified manor house.[1] The castle was rectangular, protected by earthworks approximately 130m by 110m across, surrounded by a water-filled moat, with the castle accessed from an entrance to the north-west.[2]
De la Beche died, leaving the manor to his wife Margery, who in turn remarried,[1] to Thomas Arderne.[3] On Arderne's death in 1347, however, John de Dalton and a small group of followers broke into the castle, where they killed Michael de Poynings, an important nobleman; terrified Lionel, the son of Edward III who was staying there at the time; stole £1,000 worth of goods, and seized Margaret, who, as a wealthy widow, was forced to marry John.
The surrounding manor was broken up in 1420; the surviving earthworks are a scheduled monument.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- MacKenzie, James Dixon. (1896/2009) The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure. General Books LLC. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Mackenzie, p.170.
- ^ Beaumys Castle Monument No. 237298 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, National Monuments Record, English Heritage, accessed 18 August 2012.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Beaumys Castle Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, National Monuments Record, English Heritage, accessed 13 June 2011
External links
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