Local history: Stokesay Castle- Owners of the castle.

Question 1

LOL: what was his job, why he purchased stokesay and when?

Answer 1

wealthy wool merchant, status,1285.

Question 2

LOL: why did he fortify the house and when?

Answer 2

1291.
dissuade Welsh and criminal threats attracted by cash or luxury items at stokesay.

Question 3

LOL: why was it (the property) convenient?

Answer 3

ideally placed for this business.
on main road to Ludlow where his family is from.
easy access to London.
highly prized Shropshire wool.

Question 4

LOL: when did his ownership end and when?

Answer 4

drowned on a business trip.
26 November 1294.

Question 5

H.V: when did he buy it and why?

Answer 5

1563.
obsessed with becoming lord of Powys.

Question 6

H.V: what did he use stokesay for?

Answer 6

entertain guests and reflect desired status.

Question 7

H.V: what did he fail to become and what did he continue doing?

Answer 7

become a peer.
spend extravogantly often borrowing from others to do this.

Question 8

H.V: what happened to him, when and why?

Answer 8

arrested and imprisoned in fleet prison.
1591.
failed to pay another man’s debt.

Question 9

H.V: when was he was released from prison but what never happened?

Answer 9

1592.
never finically recovered.

Question 10

H.V: what did he do to try to gain some money, who was it to and what in what year?

Answer 10

sold Stokesay.
sir George Mainwaring.
1598.

Question 11

W.C: who was he?

Answer 11

enthusiastic soldier.

Question 12

W.C: how did he start work on the castle?

Answer 12

visited in 1633 and began work in 1640-1641.

Question 13

W.C: example of some of his work to the castle?

Answer 13

ornamental gatehouse.

Question 14

W.C: what happened when the civil broke out, when did they break out and why did this happen?

Answer 14

when: 1642.
what: parliament captured stokesay on 22 February 1645.
why: royalist garrison.

Question 15

W.C: how did craven defend the castle?

Answer 15

according to the 17th century warfare traditions.

Question 16

W.C: when defending the castle how did he do it in line with 17th century warfare traditions?

Answer 16

1: rejected a formal demand for surrender.
2: resisted the enemy.
3: accepted a second demand for surrender- maintained honour by not immediately surrendering but avoided deaths caused by a battle.

Question 17

what did the royalists do a few weeks after S.C was surrendered and what was the outcome?

Answer 17

tried to re-capture from parliament.
unsuccsessful.

Question 18

W.C: what was one characteristic that lead to him losing his properties?

Answer 18

royalist and didn’t take part in defending castle.

Question 19

B: who lived in the castle after it was confiscated by parliament?

Answer 19

Baldwyn family lived there as tenants.

Question 20

B: who continued to live there after the monarchy’s restoration and what year was this in?

Answer 20

Baldwyn family.
1660.

Question 21

B: what titles did they get after continuing to live there?

Answer 21

lords of the manor.