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Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War .
The de Lacys lived there for more than two centuries [12] and were holders of the castle and the Honour of Pontefract from 1067 [13] until the death of Alice de Lacy in 1348. [14] King Richard II was murdered at the castle in 1400. [15] [16] Little is known of the nature of his demise; Shakespeare may have "adjusted" the facts for his own ...
Each was able to support a sizeable garrison in a strong castle. Large castles were established at Conisbrough, Tickhill, Pontefract, [33] Richmond, [34] Middleham and Skipsea [35] and two in York. [36] At this time also was established the chain of castles across the southern edge of the North York Moors which included Scarborough, Pickering ...
Pontefract Castle (1648) In early December 1536, the Pilgrimage of Grace gathered at Pontefract Castle to draft a petition to be presented to King Henry VIII with a list of their demands. The 24 Articles to the King, also called "The Commons' Petition", was given to the Duke of Norfolk to present to the king.
Before the list itself, a discussion of its scope includes lengthy lists of buildings excluded from the main lists for various reasons. The Castellarium Anglicanum, an authoritative index of castles in England and Wales published in 1983, lists over 1,500 castle sites in England. [2] Many of these castles have vanished or left almost no trace.
Roger's great-great-grandfather, Robert de Lacy, had failed to support King Henry I during his power struggle with his brother and the king had confiscated Pontefract Castle from the family earlier in the 12th century; [3] Roger paid King Richard I 3,000 marks for the Honour of Pontefract, though the king retained possession of the castle itself.
Pontefract Museum is a local museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The collections cover archaeology , archives , decorative and applied art , fine art , photographs and social history .
All three were beheaded at Pontefract Castle on 25 June 1483, in West Yorkshire. Vaughan was the second husband of Eleanor Arundel, widow of Sir Thomas Browne, who had likewise been executed in 1460. [1] In Shakespeare's Richard III, Vaughan's ghost appears to the King on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth. [2]