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Carisbrooke Castle was subject to an unsuccessful French siege in 1377, the Crown reacting by equipping the castle with cannon and a mill for producing gunpowder in 1379.
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Carisbrooke and Castle
The following year Charles, while he was being held captive in Carisbrooke Castle, entered into an agreement with moderate Scots Presbyterians.
Once John's wound heals, he and Block decide to recover the diamond from Carisbrooke Castle.
The castle is Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight.
Carisbrooke Castle in England, shortly before the addition of cannons to its defences in the 14th century
Carisbrooke, Corfe, Dover, Porchester, Saltwood and Southampton Castle received cannon during the late 14th century, small circular " keyhole " gunports being built in the walls to accommodate the new weapons.
He was with Archbishop Laud before his execution, and was chaplain to King Charles I at Holmby House and at Carisbrooke Castle.
In 1648, King Charles I was in captivity at Carisbrooke Castle and the first stage of the English Civil War was over.
Charles felt he had no choice but to nothing for it but to accompany Hammond to Carisbrooke Castle.
One of Charles's last acts at Carisbrooke Castle was to entrust to Sir Thomas Herbert a copy of the book, to give to his son Henry, Duke of Gloucester.
Charles, thinking he might trust his chaplain's nephew, escaped towards the Isle of Wight ( 12 November 1647 ), and was placed by the governor in Carisbrooke Castle, where Sheldon and Hammond again joined him.
Prior to his death, Holland was appointed Governor of Carisbrooke Castle.
In May 1647, he became a gentleman groom of the royal bedchamber ; we see him acting in that capacity through the end of the year and also in 1648 at Hurst Castle and at Carisbrooke.
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England.
The site of Carisbrooke Castle may have been occupied in pre-Roman times.
A reconstruction of Carisbrooke Castle in England during the 14th century
According to figures released by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions nearly 120, 000 people visited Carisbrooke Castle in 2010.
Entrance to Carisbrooke Castle
In 1889 Prince Henry was made Governor of Carisbrooke Castle and Captain-General and Governor of the Isle of Wight.
On 26 September 1647 he signed, on behalf of the Scots, the treaty with Charles known as the " Engagement ", at Carisbrooke Castle, and helped to organise the Second English Civil War.
In 1377 an invading French force burnt down much of the town while attempting to take Carisbrooke Castle, then under the command of Sir Hugh Tyrill.
A reconstruction of Carisbrooke Castle in England during the 14th century, showing the keep built on the motte ( top ) and the bailey ( bottom )
The castle featured represents Carisbrooke Castle, the seat of historical Governors.
The shield of contains an image of Carisbrooke Castle, the historical seat of many former governors of the island, and three gold anchors.
Carisbrooke and was
These meetings were originally held in the Carisbrooke Inn, which was located behind the present City Hall, on Atlantic Avenue between Cambridge and Sacramento Avenues ; Carisbrooke is also a place name taken from the Isle of Wight.
His eldest son was created the first Marquess of Carisbrooke in 1917.
Carisbrooke was the strongest castle on the Island ; though it is visible from some distance, it does not dominate the countryside like many other castles.
* 1942 Lyndon B. Johnson, later to become US President, was on board The Swoose which made a forced landing at Carisbrooke Station
He seized Exeter, and was a pirate out of Carisbrooke, but he was driven out of England to Anjou, where he joined the Empress Matilda.
The title of Marquess of Carisbrooke was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1917 for Prince Alexander of Battenberg, eldest son of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom ( youngest daughter of Queen Victoria ) and Prince Henry of Battenberg.
Carisbrooke Castle was the residence of Prince Henry and Princess Beatrice as Governor of the Isle of Wight.
The only Royal personage to take further interest in the craft was the late Queen Mary, consort to George V who bequeathed her Georgian sand paintings to the Victoria and Albert Museum, and her collection of Isle of Wight sand pictures to Carisbrooke Castle Museum on the Isle of Wight.
At the Treaty of Uxbridge in 1645 Denbigh was one of the commissioners appointed to treat with the king, and he undertook a similar duty at Carisbrooke in 1647.
The Engagers were a faction of the Scottish Covenanters, who made " The Engagement " with King Charles I in December 1647 while he was imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle by the English Parliamenterians after his defeat in the First Civil War.
George was sent to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight and later assumed command of the Isle's defenses during the Spanish Armada threat.
It was served by nearby Carisbrooke railway station until it closed in 1953.
Carisbrooke was for centuries the island's capital and was once called Buccombe or Beaucombe, and means the ' fair valley '.
Carisbrooke and subject
The pictures were of postcard size and the subject matter local views such as Carisbrooke Castle, and other touristy subjects.
Carisbrooke and French
St. Mary's Church ( overlooking Carisbrooke High Street with views to the castle ), began life as part of a Benedictine priory, established by French monks about 1150.
In 1377 The French landed on the Isle of Wight and attacked Carisbrooke castle.
Carisbrooke and by
The members of this branch of the family also renounced all German titles and were granted peerages by their cousin King George V of the United Kingdom: Prince Louis became the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, while Prince Alexander, Prince Henry's eldest son, became the 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke.
They renounced all German titles and were granted peerages by their cousin, King George V: Prince Louis became the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, while Prince Alexander, Prince Henry's eldest son, became the 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke.
The castle is located at the top of Castle Hill, accessed by Carisbrooke High Street, then bear right at Cedar Hill. It was built soon after William the Conqueror came to England.
He was a Prince of Battenberg from his birth until 1917, when the British Royal Family relinquished their German titles during the First World War and he was created Marquess of Carisbrooke by King George V.
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