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Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, ... eight knights were appointed under tenures to guard Dover Castle. Their names were William d'Albrincis, Fulberl (or ...
The Kentish Revolt of 1067 was a short-lived insurrection against the newly-installed Norman regime of William the Conqueror, culminating in an unsuccessful attack on Dover Castle. It was led by one of William's most powerful magnates, [ 1 ] Eustace II, Count of Boulogne , who was in command of not only the local Kentish insurgents but also his ...
Bertram Ashburnham or Bertram de Ashburnham (c. 1010 – 1066) was an 11th-century English nobleman who served as the last Anglo-Saxon Constable of Dover Castle for about ten months in 1066 following the coronation of Harold Godwinson.
The Dering Roll depicts the coats of arms of around a quarter of the English baronage during the era of Edward I. [5] Emphasis was given to knights from Sussex and Kent, [5] as it was produced in Dover between 1270 and 1280 and the document was designed to list the knights who owed feudal service there.
In 1323 he was appointed Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports he was superseded in that capacity 21 May 1324, and Governor of Corfe Castle. As a knight of Counties Warwick and Gloucester he was summoned to the Great Council at Westminster 30 May 1324, and in June, 1328, he was summoned to Council at York, and in 1329 to a ...
Sir [1] Bertram de Criol (Criel, Crioill, Cyroyl, or Kerrial; died 1256) was a senior and trusted Steward and diplomat to King Henry III.He served as Constable and Keeper of Dover Castle, Keeper of the Coast and of the Cinque Ports, Keeper of the receipts, expenses and wardships of the archbishopric of Canterbury, Constable of the Tower of London and Sheriff of Kent.
The text was dedicated to William Crundall, the then present Mayor of Dover during his ninth term in office. [2] The text was published by the Longmans, Green & Co. publishing company in the City of London in 1899. The title page references William Shakespeare's 1608 play, King Lear Act 4, Scene 1 that states "Dost thou know Dover?"
He was a Gascon Knight, vassal of Albret and a supporter of the English, he served as admiral of Bayonne fleet and captain of the coast Richard Stapledon ~1260–1326 Devon A knight, judge, and elder brother of Walter de Stapledon. In 1326 he died a valiant death trying to save his brother from an angry mob of Londoners. Walter de Stapledon