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A plan of Corfe Castle from 1586, drawn up by Ralph Treswell. Corfe Castle is roughly triangular and divided into three parts, known as enclosures or wards. [50] Enclosed in the 11th century, the inner ward contained the castle's keep, also known as a donjon or great tower, which was built partly on the enclosure's curtain wall. It is uncertain ...
The back of Corfe Castle plus Oliver's Bistro in Corfe Castle Village are featured in the German TV thriller At the End of the Silence based on the novel by Charlotte Link. An episode of Mary Queen of Shops centred on Mary Portas revamping the village's convenience store. [28] Featured in the time-slip novel, The Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine.
Mary, Lady Bankes (née Hawtry; c. 1598 – 11 April 1661) was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege during the English Civil War from 1643 to 1645. She was married to Sir John Bankes, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Attorney-General of King Charles I.
They lived in Corfe Castle, until its destruction during the civil war. Sir Ralph Bankes (1631–1677) was the second son of Sir John and brother of Jerome and John. Upon his father and younger brother's deaths, the estate passed to him. He was responsible for the building of the new family seat at Kingston Lacy.
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I.
The Royalist stronghold Corfe Castle was destroyed in the English Civil War. Mary Bankes was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege inflicted by the parliamentarians. Portland Castle was captured by a group of Royalists who gained access by pretending to be Parliamentary soldiers. [4]
Corfe Castle, or, Historic tracts : a novel (1793) Eva, an old Irish story. : By the authoress of Corfe Castle (1795) Plantagenet; or Secrets of the House of Anjou. : A tale of the twelfth century. Vol. I-II (1802) An epitome of ancient history : designed for the use of her pupils (1808)
The Dacombe (sometimes spelt Dackombe or Dackham) family built Mortons House in 1590. They had acquired this estate by marriage in about 1500 when Thomas Dacombe had married Elizabeth Clavell who was the daughter and heir of Richard Clavell [3] of Corfe Castle. [4] Thomas's grandson William Dacombe, a wealthy landowner and gentleman, built the ...