Foreigners Castle in Herefordshire (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
aene castel

In the historic county of Herefordshire.
Modern Authority of Herefordshire.
1974 county of Hereford and Worcester.
Medieval County of Herefordshire.

Foreigners Castle in Herefordshire has been described as a probable Timber Castle.

There are uncertain remains.

Description

Unlocated castle mentioned as built in 1048 (1051) in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.

Then had the Welshmen erected a castle in Herefordshire among the people of Sweyn the earl, and wrought every kind of harm and disgrace to the king's men there about which they could. (ASC Ingram edn.)

The foreigners {wielisc} then had built a castle in Herefordshire in Earl Swein's province, and had inflicted every possible injury and insult upon the king's men in those parts. (ASC Cubbin 1996 edn. (C-F) 1042-1087 E 1048 (1051)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- PASE record for Swein
Books
- Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 204-5
Periodical Articles
- Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124
  Renn, D.F., 1964, 'The first Norman Castles in England 1051-1071' Château Gaillard Vol. 1 p. 125-132
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Cubbin, G.P., 1996, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A collaborative edition, D.Dumville, S. Keynes, Part 6 MS D: a semi-diplomatic edition with introduction and indices (Woodbridge: Brewer)
  Ingram, James, (ed) 1912, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Everyman Press, London) Worcester Chronicle AD1048 view online transcription AD 1051 view online transcription (Ingram's translation and notes date from 1823. More recent translations of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles should be consulted for serious study)

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