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Thirsk Castle belonged to the [[House of Mowbray|de Mowbray]] family, who possessed two other castles in Yorkshire, at [[Burton in Lonsdale Castle|Burton-in-Lonsdale]] and [[Kirkby Malzeard]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pounds |first1=Norman John Greville |title=The medieval castle in England and Wales : a social and political history |date=1990 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0521383498 |page=63}}</ref> Additionally, the de Mowbray family had a fourth castle at [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]] on the [[Isle of Axholme]] (now [[Lincolnshire]]).<ref name="JDM">{{cite book |last1=MacKenzie |first1=James Dixon |title=The castles of England : their story and structure Volume 2 |date=1896 |publisher=Heinemann |location=London |page=269|oclc=504892038}}</ref> Thirsk Castle is believed to have been built in the 1090s, with the castle becoming a holding place for the gathering fighters for the [[Battle of the Standard]] at nearby [[Northallerton]]. The massed fighters set out for the battlefield from Thirsk Castle.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|first=Hugh M.|last=Thomas|title=Mowbray, Sir Roger de|id=19458|date=23 September 2004}}</ref> |
Thirsk Castle belonged to the [[House of Mowbray|de Mowbray]] family, who possessed two other castles in Yorkshire, at [[Burton in Lonsdale Castle|Burton-in-Lonsdale]] and [[Kirkby Malzeard]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pounds |first1=Norman John Greville |title=The medieval castle in England and Wales : a social and political history |date=1990 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0521383498 |page=63}}</ref> Additionally, the de Mowbray family had a fourth castle at [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]] on the [[Isle of Axholme]] (now [[Lincolnshire]]).<ref name="JDM">{{cite book |last1=MacKenzie |first1=James Dixon |title=The castles of England : their story and structure Volume 2 |date=1896 |publisher=Heinemann |location=London |page=269|oclc=504892038}}</ref> Thirsk Castle is believed to have been built in the 1090s, with the castle becoming a holding place for the gathering fighters for the [[Battle of the Standard]] at nearby [[Northallerton]]. The massed fighters set out for the battlefield from Thirsk Castle.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|first=Hugh M.|last=Thomas|title=Mowbray, Sir Roger de|id=19458|date=23 September 2004}}</ref> |
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The date of the castle's construction has been the subject of some debate, with writers in the 19th century believing it to predate [[Norman Conquest|the Conquest]], however there is no evidence of this.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Horrocks|first=John Robert|title=The Early Norman Castles of the North of England|date=2013|publisher=University of Central Lancashire|page=98|oclc=1136927957}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Jefferson writing in ''The History of Thirsk'' states the town grew from a few houses clustered around the 10th century castle.{{sfn|Jefferson|1821|p=10}} |
The date of the castle's construction has been the subject of some debate, with writers in the 19th century believing it to predate [[Norman Conquest|the Conquest]], however there is no evidence of this.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Horrocks|first=John Robert|title=The Early Norman Castles of the North of England|date=2013|publisher=University of Central Lancashire|page=98|oclc=1136927957}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Jefferson writing in ''The History of Thirsk'' states the town grew from a few houses clustered around the 10th century castle.{{sfn|Jefferson|1821|p=10}}|name=Castle|group=note}} In the late 1130s/early 1140s, monks who had lost their lands in [[Cumbria]] to Scots raids, were offered sanctuary at the castle before being given lands by the de Mowbray family at [[Byland Abbey|Byland]] for their own house.<ref>{{cite web |title=Houses of Cistercian monks: Byland {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/vol3/pp131-134 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref> |
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[[Roger de Mowbray (died 1188)|Roger de Mowbray]] lost favour with the king ([[Henry II of England|Henry II]] of England), and rebelled against him in the [[Revolt of 1173–1174|Great Revolt]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Whellan|first=T.|title=History and Topography of the City of York, and the North Riding of Yorkshire: embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York, Volume 2 |publisher=John Green|location=Beverley|year=1859|oclc=74378767|page=149}}</ref> Henry later besieged Thirsk Castle, and de Mowbray was forced to give up his castles, including Thirsk in 1175.{{sfn|McCluskey|2006|p=4}} Henry II ordered that the castles at Kirkby Malzeard and Thirsk be destroyed in early 1176.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Joseph |first1=Charles Boltolph |title=The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts |date=1899 |publisher=Elliot Stock |location=London |page=745|oclc=1184612200}}</ref> Roger de Mowbray left to [[Crusades|Crusade]] in the Holy Land, dying after being taken prisoner after the [[Battle of Hattin]].<ref name="ODNB"/>{{sfn|Jefferson|1821|p=27}} |
[[Roger de Mowbray (died 1188)|Roger de Mowbray]] lost favour with the king ([[Henry II of England|Henry II]] of England), and rebelled against him in the [[Revolt of 1173–1174|Great Revolt]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Whellan|first=T.|title=History and Topography of the City of York, and the North Riding of Yorkshire: embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York, Volume 2 |publisher=John Green|location=Beverley|year=1859|oclc=74378767|page=149}}</ref> Henry later besieged Thirsk Castle, and de Mowbray was forced to give up his castles, including Thirsk in 1175.{{sfn|McCluskey|2006|p=4}} Henry II ordered that the castles at Kirkby Malzeard and Thirsk be destroyed in early 1176.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Joseph |first1=Charles Boltolph |title=The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts |date=1899 |publisher=Elliot Stock |location=London |page=745|oclc=1184612200}}</ref> Roger de Mowbray left to [[Crusades|Crusade]] in the Holy Land, dying after being taken prisoner after the [[Battle of Hattin]].<ref name="ODNB"/>{{sfn|Jefferson|1821|p=27}} |
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