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Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. Originally called Bray Castle, it occupies a commanding position guarding the gap in the South Downs cut by the River Ouse and occupied by the towns of Lewes and Cliffe. It stands on a man-made mount just to the north of the high street in Lewes, and is constructed ...
Lewes Castle, Warenne's ancestral home, built in 1069. Warenne was the son and heir of William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, and Maud Marshal.His mother was the daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and widow of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, making Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk his elder half-brother.
The keep at Pevensey Castle is nationally significant and is entirely different from most castles as enormous buttresses were built which extended 9 metres (30 ft) beyond the walls and were over 6 metres (20 ft) thick. [83] Lewes Castle is, with Lincoln Castle, one of only two castles in England with two mottes.
[5] [6] Wilds senior's first independent design commission was an extension to the nave of All Saints Church in Lewes, which he executed in red brick in contrast to the flint tower. [7] In 1810, he built Castle Place on the High Street, part of which was later converted into a house for the palaeontologist Gideon Mantell. [8]
Peter was born around 1203, possibly at Susa, Piedmont. [4] He was likely the seventh child of Thomas I, Count of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva. [5] It was through his sister Beatrice of Savoy and her daughters: Margaret of Provence, Queen of France, Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England, Sanchia of Provence, Queen of the Romans and Beatrice of Provence, Queen of Sicily and Naples, that the ...
The town of Lewes is about seven miles (eleven kilometres) north of the Sussex coast, on the River Ouse in a gap in the South Downs. Hills rise above Lewes to the east and west, with Cliffe Hill to the east rising to 164 metres (538 ft) above sea level. The hill has a precipitously sloping western edge which dominates the eastern panorama from ...
RKO 281 is a 1999 American historical drama television film directed by Benjamin Ross, written by John Logan, and starring Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Roy Scheider, and Liam Cunningham.
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (/ ˈ ɛ l w ɪ s /; born 26 October 1962) [1] [2] is an English actor. He starred as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987), [3] and also had lead roles in films such as Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) and the Saw series. [4]