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Sir Howard Colvin and the History of the King's Sir Howard Colvin and The History of the King’s Works Sir Howard Colvin and the History of the Abbreviations used in the references King’s Works Arch. ]ourn. The Archaeological journal. Sir Howard Colvin, the celebrated architectur- Bain: Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, al historian who, in 2007, died aged 88, was edited by James Bain, 4. vols. 1881-1888. the author of the magisterial Biographical Dic- BM: British Museum. tionary of British Architects 1600-1840, re- Cal: Calendar. vised and still in print - perhaps his best known DB: Domesday Book. literary legacy. Less well known generally, but DNB: Dictionary of National Biography. no less magisterial, and essential for castellolo- EHR: The English Historical Review. gists is his History of the King’s Works. The six Hist. Mon. Comm: Historical Monuments Commis- volume work (along with boxes of plans) is the sion. history of public building in England/ Wales/ Hist.MSS. Comm: Historical Manuscripts Commis- sion. Scotland (and France) until 1851. As General OPC. Proceedings and Ordinances cf the Privy Coun- Editor he was largely responsible for the first cil, ed. N. H. Nicolas, 6 vols. 1834-37. two volumes dealing with the medieval period. PRO: Public Record Office. Vols 1 & 2 The Middle Ages, (1066-1485), Rec. Comm: The Record Commission. (HMSO) included major collaborative contribu- RS. The Rolls Series. tions by R. Allen Brown and A. J. Taylor. This Rot. Parl: Rotuli Parliamentorum: the Rolls of” Par- work had been commissioned in 1951 and Vols. liament, 7 vols. 1783. 1 and 2 were finally published in 1963 - over 10 VCH: The Victoria County History. years in the making. In advance preparation a WAM. Westminster Abbey Muniments. mass of research was undertaken by Colvin, including scouring the Public Record Office References to the Public Records (now The National Archive - TNA) and in 1956 Chancery he circulated a carefully typed list - 23 pages of C47 Miscellanea. foolscap - to his small team of researchers. This, C49 Parliamentary and Council Proceedings. as noted over the page in his own short Intro- C62 Liberate Rolls. duction, is a compilation of all the then known C81 Warrants. building survey references archived in the PRO C145 Inquisitions, Miscellaneous. covering all royal castles and palaces and other related buildings before 1660. Exchequer A copy of this document - a research tool - was E28 Treasury of the Receipt, Council and Privy Seal. retained by R Allen Brown, who continued to E36 Treasury of the Receipt, Books. add, by hand, further references found or ad- E101 King’s Remembrancer, Accounts Various. vised in his own research until he retired; (he E143 King’s Remembrancer, Extents and Inquisitions. died in 1989). A copy was handed by him to E159 King’s Remembrancer, Memoranda Rolls. CSG member Dr James Petre when he was E163 Miscellanea of the Exchequer studying at King’s College, London, under E306 Augmentation Office, Duchy of Cornwall Records. Allen Brown in the 1980s. This document has E315 Augmentation Office, Miscellaneous Books. now resurfaced and been transcribed into E364. Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer, Foreign Ac- count Rolls. spreadsheet form. It is here published for the E368 Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer, Memoranda first time. Work has been done to incorporate Rolls. this information into the CSG / ‘Gatehouse’ E372 Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer, Pipe Rolls. website, and add further TNA references to E403 Issue Rolls. each castle as they are unearthed. The website E404 Exchequer of the Receipt, Warrants for Issues. also includes hypertext links to books or docu- ments that become available online. Thanks are D: Duchy of Lancaster Records. due to James Petre for making this list freely LR: Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue. available, and to Philip Davis for his work on SC6: Ministers’ Accounts. transcription and spreadsheet manipulation. THE CASTLE STUDIES GROUP JOURNALTHE NO CASTLE 29: 2015-16202 STUDIES GROUP JOURNAL NO 29: 2015-16 Sir Howard Colvin and The History of the King’s Works THE HISTORY OF THE KING’S WORKS - SURVEYS OF ROYAL CASTLES AND OTHER BUILD- INGS BEFORE l660 CHIEFLY IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE Corrected copy (incorporating hand-written additions) This is an attempt to list all the written surveys of royal castles and other buildings which are to be found in certain classes of documents in the Public Record Office. The classes concerned are:- (I) Those included in the Public Record Office List of Rentals and Surveys (Ii) Exchequer, Special Commissions (E176) (Iii) Duchy of Lancaster, Special Commissions (DL44) (Iv) Duchy of Lancaster, Depositions (DL3) (V) Chancery Inquisitions, Miscellaneous (C145) (Vi) Chancery Miscellanea (C47) A few surveys from manuscripts in the British Museum and elsewhere have been included, but no serious attempt has been made to locate surveys not among the Public Records. Even in the Public Record Office there are doubtless more surveys to be discovered, and contributors should not regard this as an exhaustive or definitive list. It is confined to written surveys, and although plans are occasionally attached to them, no attempt has been made to list plans and drawings as such. A list of plans dated earlier than l603 will be found on the open shelves in the Public Record Office, and there is also a card-index of plans of all dates which can be consulted by contributors. The surveys listed vary greatly in value, and although a number of doubtful cases have been checked, it has been impossible to examine every survey in order to ensure that it is relevant to the History of the King's Works. It is thought, however, that even in an imperfect form, such a list as this is likely to be a convenience to contributors. Building Date Reference Where printed or calen- dared Aberystwyth (Llanba- 14 Edward II B.M. Add. Roll 7198 darn) Castle Aberystwyth Castle 1609 SP14/49/82 Allington Castle, Kent 18 Richard I SC12/9/3 Alnwick Castle 29 Henry VIII E36/173 ff. 49-52 Alnwick Castle 1538 SC11/959 Alnwick Castle 1550 B.M. Cotton MS. Titus J. Hodgson, History of North- F.13 umberland iii (2) (1828), pp. 2M-5 Ampthill, Beds. 1 Mary S314/25 British Archaeological Ass. Journal xiii (1950) p.17 Ampthill Park (Lodge) 13 Elizabeth E178/378 Ashbourne, Derbys. 1 & 2 Philip and Mary DL3/73, No. 7 (Court House, etc.) Aylesbury Gaol 1331 C145/119(13) Cal.Inq.Misc. ii. No. 1261 Aylesbury Gaol 1353 C145/169(19) Cal.Inq.Misc. iii. No. 138 Bagshot Park 1 James I E173/4598 Bagshot Park. Lodge 1610 SP14/53/11 i Bamburgh Castle c. 1248 C145/21 (1) History of Northumberland i (1893), p.32 Bamburgh Castle temp. Edward. Ill C47/3/51(15) THE CASTLE STUDIES GROUP JOURNALTHE NO CASTLE 29: 2015-16203 STUDIES GROUP JOURNAL NO 29: 2015-16 Sir Howard Colvin and The History of the King’s Works Banstead Manor House, Surrey 1336 C145/130(11) Cal.Inq.Misc. ii. No. 1511 37 & 43 Eliz- Barking, Essex, Court House E178/843 abeth Barnard Castle, Durham 16 Elizabeth E178/746 Barnard Castle, Durham 1609 SP14/49/82 B.M. Add. Roll Beaumaris Castle 14 Edward II 7198 Beaumaris Castle 1609 SP14/49/82 Beeston Castle, Cheshire 11 Edward III SC12/22/96 Berkhampstead Castle 1337 C145/134(6) Cal.Inq.Misc. ii. No. 1586 Berkhampstead Castle 1 Edward III E101/465/15 B.M. Cotton MS. Archaeologia Aeliana xiv (1890-1) Berwick-on-Tweed Castle 1541 Caligula B. vii p.42 Archaeologia Aeliana xiv (1890-1), Berwick-on-Tweed Castle 1584 SP15/28/95 p.74 Berwick-on-Tweed Castle 1344 C145/152(7) Cal.Inq.Misc. ii. No. 1906 Berwick-on-Tweed Castle 1361 C145/183 (18) Cal.Inq.Misc. iii. No. 452 Berwick-on-Tweed Castle 29 Henry VIII E36/173, ff. 1-35 Beverstone Castle, Glos. 2 Charles I E178/5305 Birdsnest Lodge 2 Elizabeth DL44/24 Bishop's Castle, Salop 3 Elizabeth E178/1880 Blaenllyfni Castle, Breconshire 1336 C145/129(18) Cal.Inq.Misc. ii. No. 1492 3 & 4 Philip Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire DL3/69, No. 13 and Mary Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 7 Charles I DL44/1110 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 14 Elizabeth DL44/208 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 20 Elizabeth DL44/270 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 23 Elizabeth DL44/300 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 25 Elizabeth DL44/330 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 1 Elizabeth DL44/4 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 42 Elizabeth DL44/604 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 9 James I DL44/883 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 1609 SP14/49/82 Bowcastle Castle, Cumberland 1609 SP14/49/82 Bowcastle Castle, Cumberland 1565 SP15/12, No. 67 Brancepeth Castle 1609 SP14/49/82 Brecon Castle 1521 E36/150 L. & P. Henry VIII, iii(i), p. 508 Brecon Castle 7 Charles I E178/5866 Brecon Castle 1609 SP14/49/82 Bridgnorth Castle 1609 SP14/49/82 THE CASTLE STUDIES GROUP JOURNALTHE NO CASTLE 29: 2015-16204 STUDIES GROUP JOURNAL NO 29: 2015-16 Sir Howard Colvin and The History of the King’s Works Brigstock House 1273 C145/31(3) Cal.Inq.Misc. i. No. 943 Bristol Castle 1265 C47/3/7(1) Bristol Castle 22 James I E178/3871 L. & P. Henry VIII, iii(i), p. Bronllys Castle Breconshire 1521 E36/150 508 Brownsea Castle 1583 SP12/163/41 Builth Castle 1324 C145/92(14) Cal.Inq.Misc. ii. No. 669 Burgh Manor House, Norfolk 1313 C145/73 (4) Cal.Inq.Misc. ii. No. 143 Calais 1556 E315/371-2 Calshot Castle 1595 SP12/253, No. 93 Cambridge Castle 1 Edward III E101/484/10 Cambridge Castle 5 James I E178/3612 Cambridge Castle 28 Elizabeth E178/477 Cambridge Castle 1609 SP14/49/82 Canford Manor, Dorset temp.
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