Hautbois Castle (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Great Hautboys; Hautbois Magna; Magna Hautboys; Castle Yard

In the civil parish of Coltishall.
In the historic county of Norfolk.
Modern Authority of Norfolk.
1974 county of Norfolk.
Medieval County of Norfolk.

OS Map Grid Reference: TG26092030
Latitude 52.73290° Longitude 1.34732°

Hautbois Castle has been described as a certain Fortified Manor House.

There are masonry footings remains.

Description

Hautbois Castle. Built 1312 by Sir Robert Bainard with license to embattle. The foundations of this house may still be traced inside the moat as well as those of the porter's lodge on the south side of the castle abutting on the causeway. A castle and building is shown on a map of 1671 in the possession of Sir Edward Birkbeck. Slight traces of stone-work and the moat remain (Purdy; Rye). This earthwork is best described as a sub-rectangular castle mound. It is in the form of a platform raised above the surrounding marsh. The area is heavily intersected by drainage ditches although those immediately surrounding the site (on the line of the original moat) are now dry. A causewayed approach winds its way in from the NE and E but it does follow later drainage and may be associated with that. A short stretch of flint and mortar foundation protrudes through the soil close within the northern corner of the mound, but the foundations and the porter's lodge can no longer be traced (F1 BHS 20-JUL-72). (PastScape)

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1312 Sept 7 (Click on the date for details of this licence.).

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 133076.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 7679.

Books
- Cushion, B. and Davison, A., 2003, Earthworks of Norfolk (Dereham: East Anglian Archaeology 104) p. 169 (plan)
  Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 9
  Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 56
  Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) (Shown on map of fortified houses of East Anglia)
  Rogerson, Andrew, 1994, 'Castles' in Wade-Martins, P, (ed), An Historical Atlas of Norfolk (2edn Norwich; Norfolk Museums) p. 68-9
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 309
  Rye, Walter, 1916, Castles and Manor Houses of Norfolk p. 30
  Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 1 p. 308 online copy
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 407 online copy
  Blomefield, F., 1807, 'Hundred of South Erpingham: Great-Hautbois' An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk Vol. 6 p. 297-302 (tenurial history) online transcription
Periodical Articles
- Dollin, W., 1986, 'Moated Sites in North-East Norfolk' Norfolk Archaeology Vol. 39 p. 262-277
  Dollin, B. and Dollin, B., 1984, Moated Sites Research Group Report Bulletin No. 11 p. 15-17
  Purdy, R.J.W., 1907, 'Hautbois Magna' Norfolk Archaeology Vol. 16 p. 149 online copy
  Spurdens, W., 1832, Norfolk Archaeology Vol. 3 p. 427 (mention, as 'on a hill') online copy
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1894, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward II (1307-13) Vol. 1 p. 492 online copy

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