Belvoir Castle (The Gatehouse Record)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1360870
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 323873.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) MLE3364; MLE3365.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Belvoir Castle
  Historic Houses Association
  Castlegate.net
  Great Castles (photo gallery)
  CastleUK.net
  Charles Taylor's ecastles
  Abaroth's World
Books
- Knox, Richard, 2015, 'The medieval fortified sites of Leicestershire and Rutland' in Medieval Leicestershire: Recent research on the Medieval Archaeology of Leicester (Liecestershire Fieldworks 3) p. 123-42
  Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) passim
  Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 34
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 138
  Furtado, Peter et al (eds), 1988, Ordnance Survey guide to castles in Britain (London) p. 134
  Hartley, R.F., 1987, The Medieval Earthworks of North-East Leicestershire (Leicester: Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service) p. 5-6
  Pevsner, Nikolaus; revised by Elizabeth Williamson with Geoffrey K Brandwood, 1984, Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland (Harmondsworth) p. 62-65
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1
  Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p. 186
  Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 105
  Hoskins, W.G. (ed), 1954, VCH Leicestershire Vol. 2 p. 184
  Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p. 102-3 online copy
  Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  Wall, C., 1907, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Page, Wm, (ed), VCH Leicestershire Vol. 1 p. 255-6 (plan) online copy
  Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 1 p. 410-12 online copy
  Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol. 2 (London) p. 342-7 online copy
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 236, 403 online copy
  Eller, 1841, History of Belvoir Castle (London)
  Flower, J., 18225, Views of ancient buildings in the town and county of Leicester (Leicester: W.Day) online copy
  Nichols, J., The History and Antiquities of Leicestershire Vol 2.1 p. 22- online copy
  Buck, Samuel and Nathaniel, 1774, Buck's Antiquities (London) Vol. 1 p. 158-9
Periodical Articles
- Speight, Sarah, 2008, ''Castles as Past Culture: Living with Castles in the Post-Medieval World' Château Gaillard Vol. 23 p. 385-94
  Creighton, O.H., 1997, 'Early Leicestershire Castles: Archaeology and Landscape History' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol. 71 p. 31 online copy
  Harfield, C.G., 1991, 'A Hand-list of Castles Recorded in the Domesday Book' The English Historical Review Vol. 106 p. 371-392 view online copy (subscription required)
  Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 143 p. 308
  Cantor, Leonard, 1977-8, 'The Medieval Castles of Leicestershire' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol. 53 p. 35 online copy
  Brown, R. Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' The English Historical Review Vol. 74 p. 249-280 (Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 90-121) view online copy (subscription required)
  Hussey, 1956, Country Life Vol. 120 p. 1402-5 (suggested traces of the old castle)
  Walker, John Holland,, 1937, 'Belvoir Castle' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 41 p. 87-90
  Round, J.H., 1907, 'The origin of Belvoir Castle' The English Historical Review Vol. 22 p. 508-10 available via JSTOR
  Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 46 p. 197-217 esp. 210 (mislocated in Rutland) online copy
  W.D., 1873, The Antiquary Vol. 3 p. 229-31 (not very useful)
Guidebooks
- The Duke of Rutland, n.d., Belvoir Castle (Derby: English Life Publications)
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Hardy, T.D. (ed.), 1844, Rotuli de Liberate ac de Misis et Praestitis Regnante Johanne (Record Commission) p. 34 view online copy
  Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1913, Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1266-72) Vol. 6 p. 33 online copy
  Dugdale, William (Caley, J., Ellis, H. and Bandinel, B. (eds)), 1817-30 (originally pub. 1655-73), Monasticon Anglicanum (London) Vol. 3 p. 288 (mention of castellum in 1088 priory foundation charter) online copy
  Rickard, John, 2002, The Castle Community. The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422 (Boydell Press) (lists sources for 1272-1422) p. 284-5
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia (placed in Lincolnshire) hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
  Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 282, 299, 351
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1907, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 1 p. 97-8 online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 136-8, 381-2 online copy

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