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Castle Rising to John Montfort, surnamed the valiant, Duke of Brittany, and Earl
of Richmond : but it soon returned to the King, who bestowed it on Thomas of
Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester. On the murder of this nobleman, 21st of Richard
II. it was granted to Edmund de Langley, Duke of York, 5th son of King Edward
III. It remained with this family till the third year of Henry the Fifth, when it
reverted to the crown, and continued in the Royal Family till the 36th of Henry
VIII. when " the castle, manor, and chase of Rising," &c. were conveyed in ex-
change, to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. In the 31st of Queen Elizabeth,
the manor belonged to Philip, Earl of Arundel, who was then attainted and convicted.
At that time a survey was made of this lordship by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knt. and
others. This survey specifies that the castle stock consisted of 600 wethers, but
that the warrener had superseded them by keeping too many coneys: his limited
number was 5800, but he had killed in one year 17,000, and might kill as many
more in the next year. It also complained that the walls, and castle ditches, were
undermined and ruined by these coneys. Many other curious particulars, relating
to the borough and manor, are contained in the presentment. The church of Rising
displays a very interesting and curious facade, with intersecting arches, also sculp-
tured columns, &c.
Jlortotrf) Castle,
The general form, situation, and position of the keep-tower of Norwich Castle bears
some resemblance to that of Rising, and therefore it is concluded to have been
erected about the same time. Anterior, however, to the building of the present
edifice, there was certainly some fortress at Norwich ; for Bede states that part of
the possession annexed to the monastery of Ely, about the middle of the seventh
century, was held by castle-guard service of the Castle of Norwich.* It was
occupied by Alfred the Great, and also by other Saxon and Danish monarchs and
generals. The first Norman monarch, about the year 1077, appointed Roger Bigod,
Earl of Norfolk, to be constable of the castle : and it is most likely that the present
* Archseologia, vol. xii. p. 140.
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Castle Rising to John Montfort, surnamed the valiant, Duke of Brittany, and Earl
of Richmond : but it soon returned to the King, who bestowed it on Thomas of
Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester. On the murder of this nobleman, 21st of Richard
II. it was granted to Edmund de Langley, Duke of York, 5th son of King Edward
III. It remained with this family till the third year of Henry the Fifth, when it
reverted to the crown, and continued in the Royal Family till the 36th of Henry
VIII. when " the castle, manor, and chase of Rising," &c. were conveyed in ex-
change, to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. In the 31st of Queen Elizabeth,
the manor belonged to Philip, Earl of Arundel, who was then attainted and convicted.
At that time a survey was made of this lordship by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knt. and
others. This survey specifies that the castle stock consisted of 600 wethers, but
that the warrener had superseded them by keeping too many coneys: his limited
number was 5800, but he had killed in one year 17,000, and might kill as many
more in the next year. It also complained that the walls, and castle ditches, were
undermined and ruined by these coneys. Many other curious particulars, relating
to the borough and manor, are contained in the presentment. The church of Rising
displays a very interesting and curious facade, with intersecting arches, also sculp-
tured columns, &c.
Jlortotrf) Castle,
The general form, situation, and position of the keep-tower of Norwich Castle bears
some resemblance to that of Rising, and therefore it is concluded to have been
erected about the same time. Anterior, however, to the building of the present
edifice, there was certainly some fortress at Norwich ; for Bede states that part of
the possession annexed to the monastery of Ely, about the middle of the seventh
century, was held by castle-guard service of the Castle of Norwich.* It was
occupied by Alfred the Great, and also by other Saxon and Danish monarchs and
generals. The first Norman monarch, about the year 1077, appointed Roger Bigod,
Earl of Norfolk, to be constable of the castle : and it is most likely that the present
* Archseologia, vol. xii. p. 140.