Lichfield Cathedral Close and Bishop Palace (The Gatehouse Record)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1006089, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number st198
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1194878 , 1291737 , and others
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 306610; 306605; 306581.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 02029; 07517.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Abaroth's World
Books
- Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) p. 231
  Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 409-11
  Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 167, 173
  Salter, Mike, 1997, Castles and Moated Mansions of Staffordshire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 32-3
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 228-9
  Tringham, N., 1993, 'The palace of Bishop Walter Langton in Lichfield cathedral close' in Maddison, J. (ed) Medieval Archaeology and Architecture in Lichfield (Maney Publishing for the British Archaeological Association)
  Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p. 61
  Greenslade, M.W. (ed), 1990, VCH Staffordshire Vol. 14 p. 3, 11, 16, 57-67, 103, 152, 217, 220
  Drury, P., 1987, The Capitular Estate of Dean and Chapter of Lichfield Cathedral
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 454
  Pevsner, N., 1974, Buildings of England: Staffordshire (London, Penguin) p. 187-8
  Greenslade, M.W. (ed), 1970, VCH Staffordshire Vol. 3 p. 22-3, 150, 159 online transcription
  Morewood, Caroline C., 1910, 'Introductory Chapter' in Rait, R.S. (ed), English Episcopal Palaces (Province of Canterbury) (London; Constable & Co) p. 11-13 online copy
  Lynam, Charles, 1908, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Page, Wm. (ed), VCH Staffordshire Vol. 1 p. 370-1 online copy
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 404, 405 online copy
  Shaw, Stebbing, 1798, The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (J.Nichols abd Son) (Republished 1976 by EP Publishing) Vol. 1 p. 234-
Periodical Articles
- Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol. 26 p. 69-100 see online copy
  Beresford, W., The Reliquary Vol. 7 p. 249
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), 1895, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1292-1301) Vol. 3 p. 408, 409; (1301-7) p. 462; (1348-50) p. 56 (licences to crenellate) (1301-1307) p. 463; (1307-1313) p. 440-1 (grants of pavage to be used for wall) Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1891-1916, Calendar of Patent Rolls online copies via University of Iowa LibrariesBrewer, J.S. (ed), 1867, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII Vol. 3.2 p. 1316 No. 3146.20 online copy
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain online copy
  Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
  Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 439, 443
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1908, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 2 p. 100-102 online copy
  Celia Fiennes, 1888, Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press) Vision of Britain online transcription
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Blockley. K., 2009, Cathedral School Lichfield Staffordshire: Archaeological Watching Brief (Cambrian Archaeological Projects Ltd) online copy
  Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)

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