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Helmsley Castle - Coggle Diagram
Helmsley Castle
Espec and early castle
Walter Espec
Given land by Henry I in 1122
Funded abbeys
"voice like a trumpet" - Aelred
Physical
Built in wood
Two baileys protected by a double ditch
Gateway to the north
Use and purpose
Domestic residence
Early DeRoos
Physical
East and west tower built
Timber replaced with stone
Rounded and D shaped towers added
Use and purpose
Domestic residence
Dominated Helmsley
A chaplain would have lived at the castle to give private mass
Key people
Fursan DeRoos
Funded religious houses
In the Knights Templar
William DeRoos
Clashed with Henry III
Robert DeRoos II
Grandson of Fursan
English Civil War period
Manners family
Katherine Manners
George Villiers then takes it because he is he husband
Physical
East tower slighted
17th century graffiti
Unexploded mine found
Use and purpose
Garrisoned by royalist troops
Royalist prisoners held at Helmsley
Not a domestic residence