Beaumys Castle
| Beaumys Castle | ||
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Grid reference grid reference SU710646 | | |
| Type | Fortified manor house | |
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| Condition | Earthworks | |
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
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,
The surrounding manor was broken up in 1420; the surviving earthworks are a scheduled monument.[4]
See also
Bibliography
- MacKenzie, James Dixon. (1896/2009) The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure. General Books LLC. ISBN 978-1-150-51044-1.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2011). "Margery Poynings (d. 1349)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Beaumys Castle Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, National Monuments Record, English Heritage, accessed 13 June 2011