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Bampton Castle

Location: 50.992786 -3.485462 (SS95902250)

ampton Castle was a motte and bailey type castle located in Devonshire. Captured by King Stephen in 1136. In 1336 permission was granted to Richard Cogan to refortify the castle. No remains of the castle are left except the mound of earth that formed the motte.

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Year	Month	Details
1136		King Stephen captures Bampton
		Bampton Castle in Devon captured by King Stephen.
1336		Bampton Castle rebuilding work
		License to crenelate (fortify) the castle at Bampton in Devon was granted.

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Stephen (of Blois, king of England 1135-1154)

Barnstaple Castle

Location: 51.08086 -4.06287

ust the mound on which the keep was located is all that remains of this once important castle. Located near the river at the centre of Barnstaple, Devon. The castle was lived in by Judhael de Totnes who founded a Cluniac priory near by. Even in the 14th century the castle was a ruin.

Basingwerk Abbey

asingwerk Abbey near Holywell in north Wales was founded in around 1131 by Ranulph Earl of Chester as part of the Savignac Order. Henry II may have provided the abbey with extra endowments. Basingwerk became a daughter house of Buildwas Abbey in Shropshire when the Savignac Order merged with the larger Cistercian Order.

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Year	Month	Details
1131		Basingwerk Abbey founded
		The North Welsh Cistercian Abbey was colonised by monks from the Norman house called Savigny and was possibly founded by the Earl of Chester at the time, Ranulf de Gernon.¹

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Baynard's Castle

riginally built by Ralph Baynard a supporter of William the Conqueror, this castle was situated near the current location of St. Paul's Cathedral on the northern banks of the River Thames. Greatly improved upon over the centuries the castle had many important owners including Edward IV and Richard III. Its end came in 1666 with the Great Fire of London during which it was badly damaged and afterwards never rebuilt.

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Beaulieu Abbey

Location: 50.82186 -1.45

eaulieu is a Cistercian Abbey found in tne New Forest near Southampton on the south coast of England. The abbey was founded by King John in 1203/04 and became and important mother house sending monks to found daughter abbeys at Hailes, Newenham and Netley.

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Year	Month	Details
1203		Beaulieu Abbey founded
		Founded by King John who wanted to become an object of prayer by the Cistercian order. The abbey was built on the site of a hunting lodge in the New Forest and was colonised by monks directly from Citeaux.¹
1246		Beaulieu Abbey dedicated
		The Cistercial abbey at Beaulieu founded earlier by King John was dedicated in the presence of King Henry III, Queen Eleanor and Prince Edward.²
1351		Eastminster Abbey founded
		Edward III founded a new Cistercian abbey near the Tower of London. Monks from Beaulieu Abbey populated the new abbey.³
1536	Summer	Netley Abbey surrenders to the King
		Under the Act of the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries it was determined that Netley Abbey was to be dissolved. The Abbot at the time and his monks moved to their mother house at Beaulieu.²

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Hailes Abbey

Bedford Castle

Location: 52.13556 -0.463255 (TL05304970)

t is not known when Bedford Castle was build but it is thought construction took place somewhere at the end of the eleventh century or at the start of the twelfth. The first castle on the site would have been a wooden motte and bailey but this was replaced with stone at a later date. In 1224 a lengthy siege took place at the castle when Fulkes de Breauté, the owner at the time, rebelled again the King, Henry III. The castle was badly damaged at the end of the siege. Very little remains of the castle today but the site can be visited.

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Year	Month	Details
1224	Jun	Bedford Castle siege
		The garrison at Bedford Castle, belonging to the rebel Falkes de Breute, refused to surrender to the Crown. Falkes had been repeated summonsed to account for his refusal to comply with agreement and when he refused to appear before the King the castle was surrounded. The castle fell when the keep was undermined. The garrison, who had surrendered the castle, were all hung on the order of the Justiciar. Falkes was allowed to leave the country but he lost all his possessions in doing so. Bedford Castle was badly damaged as a result.⁴

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HENRY (III, King of England 1216-1272)

Berry Pomeroy Castle

Location: 50.449 -3.63664

he ruins of this castle can be found deep in the woods less than three miles to the east of Totnes, Devon. The castle was owned originally by the Norman Pomeroy family. In around 1547 the castle was sold to the Seymour family and Sir Edward Seymour began the construction of a new fortified manor house within the defences of the old castle. The house was enlarged over several generations but never quite finished and it was left to fall into disrepair when the family moved out. Berry Pomeroy is supposed to be haunted by ghosts.

Bridgwater Castle

Location: 51.12896 -3.00487

ery little remains of the castle that once stood at the centre of Bridgwater on the river Parret in Somerset. Built by William de Briwere in the reign of King John in around 1210. Mainly destroyed during the English Civil War. A water gate can still be seen.

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JOHN (King of England 1199-1216)

Brough Castle

Location: 54.52176 -2.3244

rough Castle was built on an existing Roman site by William Rufus in around 1090. Destroyed by William the Lion in 1174. The castle became the property of the Clifford family and Lady Anne Clifford repaired the buildings in the seventeenth century but after her death the castle was abandoned and the stones were robbed to build other buildings in the area.

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