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Newsletter 22 January 2001 JP•EDITIONS newsletter 22 January 2001 Bodiam Castle Patrick Meets Godzilla . see page 11 New - Bodiam Castle by JP . see page 4 England / France Tour 2001 . see page 8 Patrick’s September Visit A Big Hit Tower of London Series Announced An avowed “white knuckle flyer”, Patrick did manage to survive the flight to When JP issued the Medieval Palace in years and having read in depth about its Minneapolis in September for his appear- 1998, little did they realize it would be the intriguing history, we decided there are sever- ance appearance at the Minnesota inspiration behind a series that will no doubt al other “aspects” of the Tower worthy of sep- Renaissance Festival ... but not without come to be as important to the JP collection arate attention. In addition, we have decided incident. Before taking off, one of the as the Gates of Warwick and the Aspects of that the Tower as it stood in the days of Henry engines “popped” very loudly and check- Windsor. Don’t get me wrong, the Warwick VIII best represents the castle at the pinnacle ing out the problem caused quite a delay. set will always have a very special place as the of its use as the heavily fortified home of the Once in the air, Patrick said he was so beginning of the collection. Likewise, monarchy and the base of its power. relieved, he slept almost all the way. Windsor, considering it’s scarcity will always The next planned Tower Series issue is Patrick’s Renaissance appearance went be a key part of any collection. The Tower the elaborate Lion Gate/Middle Tower com- very well. JP had a small display area near Series is bound to be special simply because plex built around 1300 by Edward I as the the center of the 22-acre event in a build- of the historical significance of The Tower main landward entrance to the Tower. The ing called the Hall of Masters. The and its popularity with tourists (over 3 1/2 Lion Gate later came to house the King’s Festival, which is held over the course of million visitors each year). menagerie, hence the name, and was eventu- seven weekends, set attendance records The White Tower was selected as the first ally removed in the nineteenth century. both days of left - Patrick with Minneapolis collector, issue under Collectors Gallery ownership of Other possible future issues include the Patrick’s Janet Munson. above - Patrick with a JP to compliment the Medieval Palace and Barbican Gate, the Bell Tower/Queen’s visit with a couple of the “Royalty” attending the fes- because it was actually the first part of The House and the Chapel. Each of these struc- total of over tival. below - JP expert Dick Marquis Tower built by William the Conqueror that tures have played a significant part in the 60,000. A helps Patrick point out the fine points of JP is still standing today. Tower’s 900 year history. Patrick has already lot of them Editions. After having had the pleasure of several begun “blocking up” the Lion Gate and we found the extensive visits to the Tower over the last two expect it to be ready about March 2001. JP booth and we were busy talking • • • castles all weekend. The Minnesota WHITE TOWER The Tower of London as it stood visit also included an appearance at at the time of King Collectors Gallery where Patrick was able CHAPEL Henry VIII*, circa to meet with quite a few collectors includ- 1547. The semi-cir- ing Dick Marquis who flew in from Florida cular Lion Tower just for the event. Dick also helped out was removed many both days at the Renaissance booth where years ago and the he, Patrick and Paul were appropriately QUEEN’S HOUSE area today is occu- BELL TOWER dressed as peasants. MEDIEVAL pied by the Tower PALACE entry ticket booth BARBICAN GATE and Main Gift Shop Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die. MIDDLE TOWER *from a painting by Any married man should forget his mistakes, there’s no use in two people remembering the same thing Ivan Lapper. To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. LION GATE To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and try not to understand her at all. Page 3 Page 2 Bodiam ..... a Castle built to keep out the frogs* Bodiam Castle in East Sussex comes at the Control of the Channel was important on to blockade Calais, end of the great tradition of English castle build- from the outset. Portsmouth and which was captured in 1347 ing: formidable defenses combined with comfort- Southampton were raided by the French in after almost a year’s siege. able living quarters. To understand why Sir 1338, followed by Dover and Folkstone in The following decade Edward Dalyngrigge decided to build Bodiam 1339. According to the contemporary was one of intermittent Castle in 1385, one must look back fifty years to Chronicles of Frossart, when King Edward warfare, for both countries the beginning of the Hundred Years War. heard that his flagship, the Christopher, had had been weakened by the been captured by the French, he retorted, “I war and the Black Death of In 1337, the 25-year-old King Edward III have long wanted to fight them. We will do so, 1348-49. Edward, despite (1327-77), who was already lord of the Duchy if it pleases God and St. George. They have notable victories, had lost of Guyenne in southwest France, laid claim to inflicted so much damage on me that I mean to support in some areas and the French Crown. Edward’s contention was settle accounts with them if I can”. In 1340, at had still not won the Crown of France. In 1356, France’s King John, successor to Philip BODIAM CASTLE VI, was captured by the 10” x 7.25” x 3.5” English. Edward made a $475.00 w/base great effort to try to finish above - 1346 Battle of Crecy in which Edward III defeated French forces. the war in a winter cam- below - Gold Noble of Edward III ... note the medieval portrait of Edward paign of 1359-60, but at the helm of his flagship. opposite page - Bodiam Castle by JP•EDITIONS events went against him. He lost support in both the provinces of bidder. Led by men such as Sir Robert Knollys, Navarre and Burgundy. There was again fur- whose shield or arms is carved on the Postern ther French privateering in the Channel and Gate at Bodiam, these mercenaries indulged in the town of Rye on the Sussex coast was raided. looting and destruction on an appalling scale. Still holding King John in captivity, Edward The rewards of such plundering could be vast. was able to negotiate a truce at Bretigney in 1360. Edward Dalyngrigge was one of the many In the treaty, Edward renounced his claim to the English soldiers who followed Knollys to France Crown of France while retaining Aquitaine, in search of similar wealth and power. In 1367, Calais and other important he crossed the channel with Edward provinces. The treaty called for III’s second son, Lionel, Duke of an English withdrawl from Clarence. It was under Knollys, the remainder of France who fought mainly in and the release of King Normandy, Brittany and John for a substantial Picardy, that Dalyngrigge ransom; terms that were was to make the fortune never wholly fulfilled. that enabled him to later Edward was unable, in build Bodiam Castle. particular, to evacuate By the late 1360s, and based on a claim that ran through his mother, the head of his fleet, Edward sailed into Sluys English forces from the into the 1370s, England Isabel, the sister of the three previous Valois harbour and destroyed the French fleet while it remainder of France and to had lost command of the sea kings of France, and who had been wrongly dis- lay at anchor, giving the English command of prevent them from continu- leaving its coasts exposed to inherited by her cousin, French King Philip VI. the Channel for the next few years. ing to prey on the French. attack by the French and their For the next hundred years this family conflict In 1346, Edward invaded Normandy and This is especially important in Spanish allies. In 1377, only ten days was fought out with a mixture of chivalry and marched on Paris, leaving a trail of destruction the story of Bodiam Castle as this was the era after the death of Edward III, the French savagery. French and English lords fought one behind him. At the battle of Crecy, Edward’s of the “Free Companies”, private mercenary attacked the Isle of Wight and sacked the another with honor and civility ... and their longbowmen defeated a much larger French armies, nominally under control or their King, coastal cities of Rye and Winchelsea. subjects were butchered unmercifully. cavalry under Philip VI. Edward then moved but in reality selling their services to the highest BODIAM cont’d ..... Page 4 Page 5 Having spent heavily to maintain Calais, it was granted. The following is an excerpt design with towers at each corner and a main Little changed until the 1640’s when the the crown could not afford new defenses need- from the original license: entrance in the north face reached by lengthy English Civil War inflicted the greatest damage ed in southeast England.
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