Local History: Stokesay Castle- story behind the castle. Flashcards
starter questions: why is local history important?
allows you to know the culture and history.
insight to how things have changed.
understand how the past has impacted now.
creates a community.
everyone can access it.
reminds us everyone and everything is part of history.
what is the castle?
a fortified manor house.
where is it?
Shropshire, England.
L of L: who brought it first, what did he do and when?
Laurence of Ludlow.
1281.
wealthy wool merchant.
L of L: what happened to Laurence of Ludlow, when and why?
drowned.
1294.
shipping wool to low countries.
L of L: what were the low countries?
coastal region N.W Europe- Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg.
L of L:what did L of L descendants do until when?
set down roots and remained lords of the manor until 1498.
L of L: why did they move after 1498?
last male heir died.
L of L: what happened after the last male heir died?
passed to granddaughter to Thomas Vernon.
T.V: who was thomas vernon?
wealthy and important Derbyshire family.
T.V: what did his higher position may have affected?
standing of the house.
described as looking like a castle.
T.V: who was thomas’s grandson and what did his grandson’s account books showed?
Henry Vernon.
visited from time to time.
T.V: why did his grandson visit form time to time?
to help make repairs.
T.V: what do the dendrochronological survey provide evidence for and when?
repairs on the north tower in 1577.
H.V: what happened to Henry in 1591?
arrested for debt.
H.V: what did he do to try to get out of debt, when and to who and what did they do with it?
1596.
sold Shropshire properties.
sir George Mainwaring.
sold it on for a profit.
h.v: who did he sell it to and in what year?
1620.
dame Elizabeth craven and her son William( first earl of craven.)
W.C: who was William?
enthusiastic soldier and a considerable builder.
W.C: when did he build the gatehouse?
1640-1641.
W.C: during the civil wars whose side was he on?
royalist.
W.C: what did Stokesay turn into?
military garrison.
W.C: when did parliamentarians move into shropshire and surround the castle?
1645.
W.C: how did the castle become surrendered?
parliament asked for them to surrender they didn’t in relation to the terms of giving in a property.
a second ask surrender was accepted and the victors demolished the curtain wall but left gatehouse standing.
who was living inside the house and who restored it during the era of republic?
tenants known as the Baldwyn family.
what is meant by era of republic?
England ruled without a king.
when was the republic?
1649-1660.
where did the Baldwyn’s live after the restoration of the monarchy and Craven reclaimed the property?
continued to live their and in the early 18th century rented out to tenant farmers.
why did the building have to change after the monarchy was restored?
different people lived their and the house needed to accommodate for that.
what happened to the buildings after monarchy restored but what did it gain?
falling into seemingly irreversible decay. gained interest due to historic value.
when was the restoration?
1660.
who brought the estate in 1869?
John Derby Allcroft.
who was John Derby Allcroft?
successful London glove manufacture.
what sort of repairs did John Derby Allcroft do?
sympathetic and extensive programme of repairs.
when did John Derby Allcroft repairs began?
1875-1887.
what did John Derby Allcroft decided should be done to the house?
left empty but kept safe as a historic monument.
what was unique from the renovation that unusual for the time?
work left little trace of it’s own achievement except the buildings it conserved.
what did Allcroft descendants do with the property?
did all they could to preserve it and paid for upkeeping by opening the castle to the public and charging admission fees.
what did Allcroft’s descendants do when the coast of maintenance became too much and when was this?
transferred ownership to English Heritage in 1992.
once it had been transferred a second restiration took place but why did they have to be careful?
Victorian predecessor to respect and preserve. increasingly valued as structures of time honoured beauty and authenticity.
what does the castle operate as know?
tourist attraction.
how many visitors does it receive?
in 2010 nearly 40,000.
