Published
Booklets
on Powys Castles
Bloody
Montgomery, 1224 to 1295
(ISBN 1-899376-36-4) [1998] deals with the desperate struggles
and battles that occurred around the royal foundation of New Montgomery
[1223] conceived by Hubert Burgh on the sixteenth birthday of
King Henry III. Chronicled in detail are the successive wars
which
disfigured the district for most of the thirteenth century. The
booklet includes extracts from and a discussion of all the available
sources for the
last battle of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and the delightfully
complete muster lists of Edward
I's campaigns based on this castle,
especially that leading to the decisive
battle of Maes Madog in
1295. The documentation for this castle is extensive.
Now out of print and replaced by:
Montgomery Castle, a royal castle
of King Henry III
(ISBN 1-899376-49-6). This updates the history given in Bloody
Montgomery and also gives an in depth tour of the castle
and town
remains with 175 A4 pages and over 100 photographs. Available now at £24.95
via PayPal.
New
Series!
Whittington
Castle
(ISBN 1-899376-80-1) tells
the story
of Whittington castle and its owning families. This involves much
information on the early history of the principality of Powys and the
various families who fought for control of it. The fortress
was begun by the
Peverels of Dover in 1114, before falling into the hands of the king of
Powys in 1146. The fortress then remained as a Welsh
stronghold
until 1160 when it was occupied by royal forces. In 1165 King
Henry II gave the castle to his subject, Roger Powys and the castle
remained in that family's hands until 1203 when his grandson was forced
to hand the fortress and barony over to Fulk Fitz Warin.
Prince
Llywelyn ab Iorwerth attacked the district in 1211 and finally
destroyed the first Whittington castle in 1215. In 1220 Fulk
Fitz
Warin began rebuilding Whittington with the sanction of King Henry III
and Prince Llywelyn. However he chose to make great additions
to
the castle which led Prince Llywelyn to sack the fortress once more in
March 1223. Once more Fulk regained his castle and by 1230
had
built the castle which confronts the visitor today.
Whittington
castle was last seized by hostile forces in 1422. The possibility
is also examined that the fortress was built upon the dark age site of
King Cynddylan.
New
Series!
Whittington
Castle and the families of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Peverel, Maminot, Powys
and Fitz Warin (ISBN 1-899376-80-1) can be bought direct
via PayPal for £29.95.
This new book of 341 A4 pages includes the full history of
the medieval castle, with a detailed description of the remains, new
photographs of the fortress after the recent renovations, plans, maps
and an index.