Post by Les on Jan 27, 2021 18:08:45 GMT
Saltwood Castle
It is in Saltwood village about a mile north of Hythe
The castle was probably erected on a Roman site, though Bronze Age implements and copper ingots discovered in Hayne's Wood, 1874
488 aesc the son of Hengist is thought to have built a Castle on the site.
The first record of it is a charter dated 833 of King Egbert.
Saltwood manor was granted in 1226 to Christ Church Canturbury. In a deed dated 1026.
Under William of Normandy, Saltwood, held by the Archbishop of Canterbury and let, under knights’ service, to Hugo de Montfort.
Thomas Becket had asked Henry II on behalf of the Church for the restoration of the castle as an ecclesiastical palace. Henry instead gave it to one of his loyal barons named Ranulf de Broc .
The murder of Becket could have been planed by the baron Ranulf de Broc.
It was during this time at Saltwood, on December 28, 1170, that four knights are presumed to have plotted the death of Becket, which took place the following day at Canterbury Cathedral, about 15 miles away.
Hugh de Moreville was one of the four knights that committed the assassination, along with Reginald Fitzurse, William de Tracey, and Richard le Breton
13th and 14th it was expanded. It was appropriated by the Archbishop of Canterbury Lanfranc.
It stayed in the Hand of the Archbishops till 1540 with a few breaks.
Thomas Cranmer was compelled to cede it to Henry VIII.
The structure was replaced by a twelfth-century Norman structure, with work extending over the next two centuries. It became the residence for a time of Henry of Essex, constable of England.
By the 19th century, it was "largely ruinous" and restorations to make portions of the castle habitable were carried out in the 1880.
1925 Mr William Deedes the journalist and politician put it up for sale .
It had been his family since 1791 The Gate house had been restored with lots of additions made
In the 20th century, it was sold to Sir Martin Conway who commissioned Philip Tilden to undertake a restoration. In 1953, the castle was bought by the art historian Kenneth Clark 1903–1983, and then became the home of his son, the politician and diarist, Alan Clark 1928–1999. It remains the private home of his widow, Jane Clark. The castle is a Grade I listed building.
It is in Saltwood village about a mile north of Hythe
The castle was probably erected on a Roman site, though Bronze Age implements and copper ingots discovered in Hayne's Wood, 1874
488 aesc the son of Hengist is thought to have built a Castle on the site.
The first record of it is a charter dated 833 of King Egbert.
Saltwood manor was granted in 1226 to Christ Church Canturbury. In a deed dated 1026.
Under William of Normandy, Saltwood, held by the Archbishop of Canterbury and let, under knights’ service, to Hugo de Montfort.
Thomas Becket had asked Henry II on behalf of the Church for the restoration of the castle as an ecclesiastical palace. Henry instead gave it to one of his loyal barons named Ranulf de Broc .
The murder of Becket could have been planed by the baron Ranulf de Broc.
It was during this time at Saltwood, on December 28, 1170, that four knights are presumed to have plotted the death of Becket, which took place the following day at Canterbury Cathedral, about 15 miles away.
Hugh de Moreville was one of the four knights that committed the assassination, along with Reginald Fitzurse, William de Tracey, and Richard le Breton
13th and 14th it was expanded. It was appropriated by the Archbishop of Canterbury Lanfranc.
It stayed in the Hand of the Archbishops till 1540 with a few breaks.
Thomas Cranmer was compelled to cede it to Henry VIII.
The structure was replaced by a twelfth-century Norman structure, with work extending over the next two centuries. It became the residence for a time of Henry of Essex, constable of England.
By the 19th century, it was "largely ruinous" and restorations to make portions of the castle habitable were carried out in the 1880.
1925 Mr William Deedes the journalist and politician put it up for sale .
It had been his family since 1791 The Gate house had been restored with lots of additions made
In the 20th century, it was sold to Sir Martin Conway who commissioned Philip Tilden to undertake a restoration. In 1953, the castle was bought by the art historian Kenneth Clark 1903–1983, and then became the home of his son, the politician and diarist, Alan Clark 1928–1999. It remains the private home of his widow, Jane Clark. The castle is a Grade I listed building.