Tiverton Castle ([1845?])
Kershaw & Son
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC2976 |
Illustration Reference
SC2976
Location
CD 45 DVD 7
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Moule, Thomas. Moule's English counties: Devonshire. London: G. Virtue; Simpkin and Marshall; Jennings and Chaplin, 1834. No. XLVII. p. 332.The situation of the castle seems to have been well chosen for the command of the little hill between the rivers, on which the town is built, and for the best natural means of defence. It is said to have been originally erected by Richard de Rivers, Earl of Devon, about the year 1106, in the reign of Henry , and the property descended with the Earldom to the Courtenays. William Courtenay, tenth Earl of Devon, of that family, married Katherine, daughter of King Edward IV. and sister of the Queen of Henry VII.; this castle was the constant residence of the widowed princess for fifteen years, after the Earl's death in 1511. Henry, Marquess of Exeter, her son, lived here occasionally, with great magnificence; but after his death, on the scaffold, in 1539, the castle was suffered to decay. The parks belonging to it were sold by the crown; and although it became the property of successive owners of rank, was seldom used for their residence. For many years the castle has been inhabited by the farmer of the adjoining Barton and his under tenants.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
73x99mm
Series
Kershaw & Son; no. 728
Aspects
Exterior
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1845