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Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, ... then named after the swans that lived on the Great Mere; the early 13th-century ...
The Princely Pleasures, at the Court at Kenilworth (1576) by George Gascoigne, is an account of courtly entertainments held by Robert Dudley, the first Earl of Leicester upon Queen Elizabeth I’s three weeks visit to his Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire in 1575.
Kenilworth Castle The ruins of the gatehouse of Kenilworth Abbey. A settlement existed at Kenilworth by the time of the 1086 Domesday Book, which records it as Chinewrde. [2] Geoffrey de Clinton (died 1134) initiated the building of an Augustinian priory in 1122, [3] which coincided with his initiation of Kenilworth Castle. [4]
Elizabeth visited Dudley at Kenilworth Castle several times in 1566, 1568, and 1575. The last visit is especially remembered for Elizabeth brought an entourage of several hundred people who were entertained for 19 days at a reputed cost to Dudley of £1000 per day, an amount that almost bankrupted him.
Constance implicated her elder brother, Edward, in the plot, as a result of which he was imprisoned for 17 weeks at Pevensey Castle. He was eventually restored to Henry IV's favour. Constance was sent to Kenilworth Castle and also eventually had her seized property returned.
Map of the county of Warwickshire by John Speed, c. 1611 Three views of Kenilworth Castle by Wenceslas Hollar, 17th century. Captain Cox, collector of ballads and romances, is described as "an od man, I promiz yoo: by profession a mason, and that right skilfull; very cunning in fens, and hardy as Gavin; … great oversight hath he in matters of storie". [2]
The Dictum of Kenilworth (Latin: Dictum de Kenilworth), issued on 31 October 1266, was a pronouncement designed to reconcile the rebels of the Second Barons' War with the royal government of England. After the baronial victory at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, Simon de Montfort took control of royal government, but at the Battle of Evesham the ...
Kenilworth Castle. Baron Kenilworth, of Kenilworth in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the motor industry magnate Sir John Siddeley. His grandson, the third Baron, was an interior designer and the founder of John Siddeley International Ltd.