Partney Castle (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Parthenai

In the civil parish of Partney.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire.
Modern Authority of Lincolnshire.
1974 county of Lincolnshire.
Medieval County of Lincolnshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: TF410683
Latitude 53.19367° Longitude 0.10962°

Partney Castle has been described as a probable Timber Castle.

There are uncertain remains.

Comments

The fact there is no securely identifiable site for this 'castle' suggests it was not a major building, indeed it seems likely it was a ordinary timber manor house dressed up with the title castle, in just one document, to reflect the status of the Earl not the status of the building. However it may also be that the even the more modest holdings of an early would have some defences to reflect that status and in Lincolnshire, which had a large medieval population and intense agriculture, in is not inconceivably that a modest earthwork could have been lost before the era of antiquarian recording. Partney could be a manor William de Roumare took from Gilbert de Gant after his capture at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141 as the manor is recorded as being held by Gilbert's father in 1086. However it should be noted that Gilbert de Gant had granted enough land at Partney in 1115 for a hospital to be founded there; it may be the manor was wealthy enough to support a secular manor of the earls of Lincoln and a religious house but a single reference in one charter does live the possibility of a scribal error and perhaps something other than castle (i.e. hospital) was actually intended.
King gives no site. The location given here is that of the parish church of Partney.
Dalby (TF412702) is a potential location suggested by Derek Renn although Gatehouse feels the tenurial history makes this most unlikely.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 1391210.
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- Roffe, David, 1993, 'Castles' in Bennett, S. and Bennett, N. (eds), An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (University of Hull Press) p. 40-1
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 265
  Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 272
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Clay, C.T. (ed.), 1955, Early Yorkshire Charters Vol. X: The Trussebut Fee, with some Charters of the Ros Fee (Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Extra Series 8) p. 114-5

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