Thirsk Castle

Thirsk Castle
Thirsk Castle
	Castle Croft, Thirsk. The castle was to the left.
Coordinates	54°13′55″N 1°20′42″W / 54.232°N 1.345°W
Grid reference	SE427820
Type	Castle
Site history
Built	c. 1092
In use	c. 1176
Fate	Demolished

Thirsk Castle was a defensive Medieval castle in the town of Thirsk, in North Yorkshire, England. The castle was one of three held by the Mowbray family in Yorkshire.

History

Thitsk Castle belonged to the Mowbray family, who possessed two other castles in Yorkshire, at Burton-in-Lonsdale and Kirkby Malzeard.^[1] Additionally, the Mowbray family had a fourth castle at Epworth on the Isle of Axholme (now Lincolnshire).^[2] Believed to have been built in the 1090s, the castle was the holding place for the gathered fighters for the Battle of the Standard. The massed fighters set out for the battlefield from Thirsk Castle.^[3] The date of its construction has been the subject of some debate, with writers in the 19th century believing it to predate the Conquest, however there is no evidence of this.^[4]^{[note 1]} Roger de Mowbray lost favour with the king, and in rebelling and being besieged by him, was forced to give up his castles, including Thirsk in 1175.^[6]

After its destruction, material from the castle was said to have been used in the construction of the church in Thirsk, (which can be seen in the background of the image).^[2]

Notes

^ Jefferson writing in The History of Thirsk states the town grew from a few houses clustered around the 10th century castle.^[5]

References

^ Pounds, Norman John Greville (1990). The medieval castle in England and Wales : a social and political history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0521383498.
^ ^a ^b MacKenzie, James Dixon (1896). The castles of England : their story and structure Volume 2. London: Heinemann. p. 269. OCLC 504892038.
^ Thomas, Hugh M. (23 September 2004). "Mowbray, Sir Roger de". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19458. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Horrocks, John Robert (2013). The Early Norman Castles of the North of England (Thesis). University of Central Lancashire. p. 98. OCLC 1136927957.
^ Jefferson 1821, p. 10.
^ McCluskey 2006, p. 4.

Sources

Jefferson, J. B. (1821). The history of Thirsk. York. OCLC 2014571.
McCluskey, Bernard (2006). "Archaeological Watching Brief, Castle Garth, Thirsk, N Yorkshire". Archaeological Services WYAS. Wakefield: West Yorkshire Archaeology Service. doi:10.5284/1025264.

External links

[Castle-6] Jefferson writing in The History of Thirsk states the town grew from a few houses clustered around the 10th century castle.^[5]

[1] Pounds, Norman John Greville (1990). The medieval castle in England and Wales : a social and political history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0521383498.

[JDM-2] MacKenzie, James Dixon (1896). The castles of England : their story and structure Volume 2. London: Heinemann. p. 269. OCLC 504892038.

[3] Thomas, Hugh M. (23 September 2004). "Mowbray, Sir Roger de". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19458. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[4] Horrocks, John Robert (2013). The Early Norman Castles of the North of England (Thesis). University of Central Lancashire. p. 98. OCLC 1136927957.

[FOOTNOTEJefferson182110-5] Jefferson 1821, p. 10.

[FOOTNOTEMcCluskey20064-7] McCluskey 2006, p. 4.

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Also See: Castles in England