Newland Tower (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Newlands in Wareton; Newlands in Warenton; Newland next to Belforth; mansum suum de Neulond

In the civil parish of Belford.
In the historic county of Northumberland.
Modern Authority of Northumberland.
1974 county of Northumberland.
Medieval County of Northumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NU11643242
Latitude 55.58525° Longitude -1.81671°

Newland Tower has been described as a probable Pele Tower.

There are no visible remains.

Description

Fortified house, a licence to crenellate was granted, in 1310, to Sir John Middleton. Tower at this location was mentioned in documentary sources c.1415. No physical trace of a tower has been found at the supposed site. (PastScape)
No trace of a tower survives in or around the present farmstead, which traditionally occupies its site (F1 JHO 13-APR-55). (PastScape)

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1310 July 22 (Click on the date for details of this licence.).

Comments

One of a large number of licences granted to fairly modest knights in the early C14. There was certainly an existing house here and the building that resulted from the licence is likely to have been a fairly modest chamber block or solar tower attached to an unfortified hall (i.e. a pele tower). It is unlikely the obscure John Middleton would have the money to build anything more substantial and the lack of remains also suggests a modest building. Listed near the end of the 1415 list which is roughly order by size also suggesting a small tower.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 7759.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) N5131.

Books
- Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 62-3
  Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 85
  Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 1 Northern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
  Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlisle) p. 94
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 351
  Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 139
  Fraser, C.M. (ed), 1961, Ancient Petitions relating to Northumberland (Surtees Society 176) p. 141-2
  Bateson, Edward (ed), 1893, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol. 1 p. 215 online copy
  Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p. 8, 19 (Also published as the whole of volume 14 (series 2) of Archaeologia Aeliana view online)
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 406
Periodical Articles
- Bates, C.J., 1891, 'Border Holds of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser2) Vol. 14 p. 8, 19 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.)
- 1415, Nomina Castrorum et Fortaliciorum infra Comitatum Northumbrie online transcription
  Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1894, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward II (1307-13) Vol. 1 p. 272 online copy

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