-
distinctive feature of late
medieval English church architecture is to
crenellate the tops of
church towers, and
often the tops of
lower walls.
These are...
- In
medieval England,
Wales and the
Channel Islands a
licence to
crenellate (or
licence to fortify)
granted the
holder permission to
fortify his property...
-
Edward III
granted Gilbert de
Whitley a
licence to
crenellate his
manor house at Whitley. To
crenellate a
house was to
place battlements on it.
Before this...
- The
following is a list of
licences to
crenellate,
surviving in the records,
issued from the 12th to 16th centuries,
which was
compiled by the amateur...
- XII[volume & issue needed], p. 175 See
listed building text
Licence to
crenellate, see Cokayne, The
Complete Peerage, new edition, vol. XII, p. 175 Ralph...
- many manor-houses were fortified,
which required a
royal licence to
crenellate. They were
often enclosed within walls or
ditches which often also included...
- (land)
Great house Historic house English landscape garden Licence to
crenellate List of
castles in
England List of
country houses in the
United Kingdom...
- some
castles incorporated gardens as
ornamental features. The
right to
crenellate, when
granted by a
monarch –
though it was not
always necessary – was...
-
building underwent a
harsh series of enhancements, and in 1344 a
Licence to
crenellate was
issued by King
Edward III to
allow battlements to be built, effectively...
-
Bletsoe Castle was
created by John Pateshull, who
received a
licence to
crenellate an
existing manor house on the east side of
Bletsoe in 1327. Pateshull...
