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Helmsley Castle in Tudor Times: The Tudor Mansion and the Manners Family…
Helmsley Castle in Tudor Times: The Tudor Mansion and the Manners Family (1508-1600)
Key People
Manners family
inherited castle in 1508 via
George Manners
(Edmund De Roos's nephew)
Thomas Manners
inherited in 1513
Member of Henry VIII's court
Made Earl of Rutland in 1538
Title passed down to later owners of castle
Helped dismantle Rievaulx Abbey during Reformation and bought the land
Edward Manners
inherited in 1563
Lived mainly at
Belvoir Castle
and oversaw building works to convert castle to Tudor Mansion
Changes to Physical Features
Old Hall
converted into Tudor Mansion
Downstairs with large fireplace, 3 large windows (at least), knocked through to West Tower and one room for servants (at least)
Round-headed doorways that led out of old Medieval hall into latrine tower and elsewhere either blocked or changed to more square style
Converted south barbican into comfortable residence and refurbished gatehouse probably with stone from Rievaulx Abbey
Converted 13th Century chapel into kitchen
Reflects Reformation as chapel associated with Catholicism
Adapted 12th Century chamber block, west tower and latrine tower to create chambers and state apartments
Plasterwork incorporated coat of arms of Edward Manners and wife
Isabel Holcroft
Decorated ceiling and walls of first floor rooms
Created first floor between chamber block and chapel
Functioned as Elizabethan style gallery
Long room with decorative ceiling, panelling and family portraits
Used for dancing, entertaining or exercising
Some Medieval buildings (e.g. hall) demolished
Additional materials taken from Rievaulx Abbey
West window of abbey church brought to Helmsley at cost of £3 13s 4d
Building work probably completed by 1580
Site Evidence
Remains of
South Barbican
Exterior of Gatehouse and entrance passage probably rebuilt using stone from Rievaulx Abbey
Artefacts
Fragments of pottery (reflects domestic role)
West Tower
Third floor added
Chamber Block
Evidence of Tudor Mansion
Stone bases for timber columns of loggia remain
Footings for Elizabethan long gallery
Lots of interior site evidence of Mansion
Locally found
Ryedale Ware
16th Century pot used for cooking
Finely carved wood partition in chamber block
Use and Purpose
Not main residence of Manners family
Was Belvoir Castle
Used chambers in Mansion when staying
Used lands for hunting when there
Local people employed to maintain castle
Constable
Servants
Groundsmen
Links to National Events
Reformation led to changes
Chapel becoming kitchen
Stone taken from Rievaulx Abbey
Comparisons to Other Sites
Pickering
Used as prison and courthouse
Chapel became courtroom after dissolution of monasteries
Alnwick
Thomas Percy executed in 1572 for part in Northern Rebellion against Elizabeth I
Scarborough
Important in Northern Rebellion in 1536 against Henry VIII