A Timeline of Harlech Castle based on original documents | ||
Date | Lord/Constable | Event |
1147-70 | Hywel ab Owain | a castle in Meirionydd |
Mar 1188 | Gruffydd ap Cynan | a new castle, Deudraeth, building in Eifionydd |
bef. 1200 | ‘Mabinogion' | a llys at Harlech |
1221 | Llywelyn ab Iorwerth | a castle built in either Meirionydd or Ardudwy |
Apr 1283 | Dafydd ap Gruffydd | Harlech briefly occupied by Otto Grandison |
Jun 1283 | King Edward I | 10 stonecutters and 6 sawyers sent to Harlech |
17-20 Aug 1283 | King Edward I | Edward I stays at Harlech |
20 Aug 1283 | King Edward I | English garrison of Harlech inaugurated under 5 squires |
Oct 1283 | King Edward I | £260 to Harlech for works there |
1283-84 | King Edward I | Hugh Leominster in charge of the castle works at Harlech |
10-23? May 1284 | King Edward I | Edward I at Harlech |
21 Oct 1284 | Hugh Wlonkeslowe | formal garrison of 30 men established |
27-28 Oct 1284 | Hugh Wlonkeslowe | Edward I at Harlech |
1285 | Hugh Wlonkeslowe | great ditch dug for £205 |
3 Oct 1285 | John Bonvillars | new constable |
1286 | John Bonvillars | £1,500 spent on works with 1,826 tons of stone delivered on site |
Jan 1286 | John Bonvillars | chimney added to gatehouse |
Mar 1286 | John Bonvillars | wheelbarrows bought for works at Harlech |
Mar 1286 | John Bonvillars | castle houses roofed with wattle and slates |
Apr 1286 | John Bonvillars | scaffolding bought |
Aug 1287 | Agnes Bonvillars | John Bonvillars drowned |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | western towers built with garrets |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | prison tower raised 23 feet to the height of the new curtain wall and then a further 14? feet |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | outer ward repaired |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | gatehouse stair turret finished |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | topmost northern window of west wall of gatehouse repaired |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | fireplace & window finished in top south room of gatehouse |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | gatehouse and 2 (eastern?) towers roofed in lead |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | west wall of inner ward doubled in thickness |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | new hall, chapel, pantry and kitchen built |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | 2 towers towards the sea roofed in lead |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | kitchen, hall, chapel and pantry roofed in lead |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | wall from the great ditch to the middle gate built? |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | way to the sea with wall built |
1286-89 | John/Agnes Bonvillars | south garderobe turret built |
late 1295 | Robert Staundon | a wall built from the new tower to the sea |
1306 | Edward II | new bakery built (on site of kitchen?) |
1306 | Edward II | chapel and bridge beyond the castle gate repaired |
1308 | Edward II | new buttery and pantry built within the great hall |
1321 | Edward II | storeroom and cellar mentioned |
1323-4 | Edward II | east bridge, drawbridges and gatehouse built |
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