Venue Type & Location
Overview
The castle of the Beaumont family was located on a slope facing W on a main route N to Lincoln.
The large outer bailey was encircled by a wall and moat with a second moat around the rectangular inner bailey, with corner towers and a gatehouse entered from the W (Pevsner, Lincolnshire 283).
Extensive earthworks and the moat around the inner bailey mark the site.
Performance History
Possible performance venue. Entertainers belonging to Viscount Beaumont appeared elsewhere in the mid-15th c.
Current Status
Website
History of the Venue
1312 Manor and licence to crenellate granted to Henry Beaumont.
early 16th c. Castle ruinous as Leland noted in the 1530s: 'it hath bene a goodly house, but [now i]t fallith al to ruine. and it stondith even about the egge of the fennes' (Itinerary 1.25).
1825 A house of correction was built within the moat on the site of the castle.
1950s Prison mostly demolished. Only the gatehouse remains on the site.
Record Source
REED York 1.71--2, 75--6
Patrons who owned this venue
| Name | Date | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Beaumont, John | 1409-1460 | Baron Beaumont |
| Beaumont, John | 1409-1460 | Viscount Beaumont |
| Beaumont, John | 1409-1460 | Knight of the Garter |
Bibliographic Sources
- Bibliography ID 7080.
- King, David J. Cathcart. Castellarium Anglicanum: An Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales and the Islands. 2 vols. Millwood, NY, London and Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus International Publications, 1983
- Leland, John. The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the Years 1535–1543. 5 vols. London: Centaur, 1964
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, and John Harris. Lincolnshire. 1964. London: Penguin Books, 1998
- 'Report of the Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at Lincoln in 1974.'. Archaeological Journal 131 (1974): 268--382.
- Salter, Mike. The Castles of the East Midlands. Malvern: Folly Publications, 2002