This great tower was the palace of the prince, prelate, or baron, to whom the castle belonged, ana the residence of the constable or governor. Under ground were dismal dark vaults, for the confinement of prisoners, which made it sometimes be called the... Home Scenes, Or, Tavistock and Its Vicinity - Seite 173von Rachel Evans - 1846 - 258 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Legrand (cit.) - 1796 - 336 Seiten
...having small windows in very thick walls, which rendered the apartments within it dark and gloomy. In it was the great hall, in which the owner displayed his hospitality, by entertaining his numerous friends and followers. The lower part consisted of dark rooms or vaults, often used for the... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 Seiten
...prince, prelate, or baron, to whom the castle belonged, and the residence of the constable or governor. Under ground were dismal dark vaults, for the confinement...prisoners, which made it sometimes be called the dungeon. la this building also was the great hall, in which the owner displayed his hospitality, by entertaining... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1804 - 480 Seiten
...whom the castle belonged, and the residence of the constable or governor. Under ground were dismhl dark vaults, for the confinement of prisoners, which...owner displayed his hospitality, by entertaining his numerous friends and followers. Henry's History of England, vol. vi. 8vo edit. * It was formerly the... | |
| 1823 - 848 Seiten
...prince, prelate, or baron, to whom the castle belonged, and the residence of the constable or governor. Under ground were dismal dark vaults, for the confinement...called the dungeon. In this building also was the great ball, in which the owner displayed his hospitality, by entertaining his numerous friends and followers.... | |
| William Eastmead - 1824 - 536 Seiten
...was the dungeon, consisting of dismal dark vaults, for the confinement of prisoners. In this building was the great hall, in which the owner displayed his hospitality, by entertaining his numerous friends and followers. The keep of the castle of Pickering is singularly situated, and peculiarly... | |
| William Watson (F.A.S.) - 1827 - 796 Seiten
...perusal. • Dugdale, p. 308. AD 1338. t The great tower was the residence of the constable or governor ; under ground were dismal dark vaults for the confinement of prisoners, which made this tower sometimes be called the keep or dungeon. In thit building was the great hall, in which the... | |
| 1834 - 332 Seiten
...same Author adds in a note that ' The great tower was the residence of the Constable or Governor ; under ground were dismal dark vaults for the confinement of prisoners, which made this tower sometimes be called the Keep or Dungeon. In this building was the great hall, in which the... | |
| 1845 - 1024 Seiten
...prince, prelate, or baron, to whom the castle belonged, ana the residence of the constable or governor. Under ground were dismal dark vaults, for the confinement...owner displayed his hospitality, by entertaining his numerous friends and followers. At one end of the great halls of castles, palaces, and monasteries,... | |
| Rachel Evans - 1846 - 346 Seiten
...my friend to an account of an ancient castle by Matthew Paris. " On the inside of this outer hayle or court was another ditch, wall, gate, and towers,...accurate account of the remaining tower of Lydford (Jastle than this presents. 174 HOME SCENES, OR and about forty without; this certainly argued its... | |
| Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham - 1883 - 328 Seiten
...constable or governor. Underground were dismal dark vaults for the confinement of prisoners, and sometimes the dungeon. In this building also was the great hall in which hospitality was dispensed, and at one end of which a place called the dais was raised a little above... | |
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