MULGRAVE CASTLE
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2022
- The first fortification was built at Mulgrave in the years immediately following the Harrying of the North (1069 to 1070) - William I's ruthless devastation of large tracts of land in Northern England following a rebellion against Norman rule. The fortification was an earth and timber motte-and-bailey known as Foss Castle and was erected a few hundred metres away from the site of the later Mulgrave Castle. It was founded by Nigel Fossard, a Norman who was a retainer of Robert, Count of Mortain. Nigel held a significant number of manors across Yorkshire and by the time of his death around 1129, he was a major magnate in his own right. Early in the thirteenth century, Foss Castle was abandoned and replaced it with Mulgrave Castle. Constructed on the plateau of a hill between Sandsend Beck and East Row, the natural slopes were cut away to create an oval shaped platform. This was riveted by a stone curtain wall which formed the defensive circuit around the enclosure. Accordingly the entire bailey interior was in excess of seven metres higher than the surrounding land and, over the years, required extensive buttressing along portions of the curtain wall to ensure stability. A dry moat provided protection on the east, west and south sides of the castle whilst the north was protected by the steep descent to Sandsend Beck. Robert de Turnham went on to serve King John in appointments in both England and France but died in 1211. He was followed by a daughter, Isabella, and through her Mulgrave passed to Peter de Mauley. He was one of King John's henchmen and became infamous for his wide-scale abuse of his estates as well as his alleged murder of Arthur of Brittany in 1203. Arthur had been the son of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany who himself was fourth son of Henry II. In theory this gave him a better claim to the throne than King John who was only the fifth son of Henry II. However, the claim against Peter de Mauley cannot be verified and some accounts have John murdering Arthur personally. Precisely who murdered the unfortunate Arthur is unclear but many of Peter’s contemporaries held him culpable and this is how the castle acquired its name - it was originally called Montgrace but this was (deliberately) corrupted to Montgrave which later evolved into Mulgrave.
Notwithstanding the dubious reputation of Peter de Mauley, his successors made numerous upgrades to the castle including building the central, rectangular Keep circa-1300. However, despite this expenditure, the rest of the defences were neglected with a report of 1309 describing the castle as ruinous. This prompted Edward II to order Peter de Mauley to go north from his main seat at Folkingham and make repairs to Mulgrave Castle. It is possible the circular towers on each corner of the Keep were added at this time. The male line of the de Mauley family failed in the late fourteenth century and Mulgrave Castle passed through marriage to Sir John Bigot. Neither he nor his heirs invested in the castle and by 1600 the entire structure was ruinous. Thereafter it passed to Edmund Sheffield who was created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626. He was Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire for both James I and Charles I as well as holding the position of Vice Admiral of Yorkshire. He converted Mulgrave Castle into a substantial hunting lodge and remodelled the Keep into a comfortable house.
Following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, Mulgrave Castle was deemed strategically important and, despite the Earl's support for the Parliamentary cause, was seized by Royalist forces and hastily re-fortified. Thereafter the Royalists held it until June 1644 after which it was used as a prison. It was still in Parliamentary hands in 1646 when Edmund was succeeded by his son, also called Edmund, and the following year Parliament ordered Mulgrave Castle to be slighted to prevent any future use as a military site. Edmund was paid £1,000 in compensation. Despite the damage, the castle remained at least partially habitable and continued to be used until the eighteenth century. In 1735 New Mulgrave Castle, a manor house, was built a short distance to the north-east. In 1792 Henry Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave employed Humphrey Repton, a landscape gardener, to romanticise the ruins of the old castle. He rebuilt the Gatehouse towers and re-modelled sections of the Keep. Today the remains still form part of the Mulgrave Estate but public access is allowed subject to a number of modest conditions.
Love this place.from young have walked round the woods.great video hope you do more in 2023.
Thank you Geoffrey, there is so much more to come in 2023.
Top work lads Iv camped there many times with my boy’s beautiful sun sets 🤙🏻
I’m a Sheffield descended from Ichabod, who was a descendant of John, who was a descendant of Edmund. it’s pretty cool to see ruins that my ancestors built and lived in hundreds of years ago that still stand. It’d be awesome to be able, and visit there some day…and reclaim my rightful throne lol
Looking forward to you're take on the Hustler Family.
Hi Bob the video has been shot and is in the editing process, it will be up either Sunday or Monday.
Great that 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it Craig 👍👍👍👍
Great as always.
Thank you! Cheers!
Really enjoyed that guys didn't know it was there and on my doorstep the music was very fitting thanks
Your very welcome buddy, glad you enjoyed it👍👍
Hi lads, new sub here, will be checking out more of your videos, past and future. Brilliant this, enjoyed watching. Take care. Mark
Thanks Mark, we really appreciate the support and kind words 👍👍👍we have subbed back and look forward to checking out your vids.
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welcome back guys great vid as always I didn't know this existed only the main castle on the Mulgrave estate
Cheers Bob. This is a great place to visit and a very nice walk to it too. Excellent place to take the family. Good to hear from you buddy
Did you have to get permission from the landowner to film here? How easy was it to contact him?
I had an ancestor that was born there.