 t. Mawes Castle was built in around 1540 by Henry VIII and was one of a pair of castles guarding the entrance to Falmouth harbour. The second castle on the other side of the estuary is Pendennis Castle. St Mawes consists of a large circular tower with three seni-circular towers at its base.
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 he abbey and castle of St. Michael's Mount sit on top of a small island a few hundred metres of the southern coast of Cornwall. The abbey was founded in the mid eleventh century when Benedictine monks from the French abbey of Mont St Michel came to the site. In the time of Richard I the island was captured by Henry de Pomeroy who was a supporter of the future King John. The island was fortified by Pomeroy and again in the late fifteenth century by John de Vere, the Earl of Oxford. de Vere was a supporter of Henry VI and he held the castle for several weeks against attacks from supporters of Edward IV.
his Cistercian abbey was founded in Lincolnshire by Robert de Greslei. In 1216 King John visited the abbey after losing his baggage train in the Wash Estuary when the tide turned and swept it away. That night the King feasted on fruit and cider and fell ill. Some say that the King was poisoned by a monk from the Abbey. King John was transported to Newark Castle where he died a few days later. Nothing now remains of the abbey.
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King John died at Newark from excessive eating and drinking. Protestant historians of the 16th century wrote that he was poisoned by a monk at Swineshead in Lincolnshire. The monk received orders from the Pope to kill King John and took a small amount of poisoned wine himself to reassure the King and also died. But had King John become the Pope's ally before his death? |
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Sheriff Hutton Castle
54.087774 -1.005 (SE65806630)
Skipton Castle
53.963618 -2.015731 (SD99005190)
St. Germans Priory
50.396712 -4.30949
Stafford Castle
52.79656 -2.142926 (SJ90102230)
Stowey Castle
51.14986 -3.163732 (ST18703960)
Swerford Castle
51.97803 -1.46127 (SP37103120)
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