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Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk, East England, British Isles [Map]

Castle Rising Castle is in Castle Rising, Castles in Norfolk.

After 1138 Castle Rising Castle [Map] was commissioned by William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel (age 29).

On 12th October 1176 William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel (age 67) died. His son William (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Lincoln, 2nd Earl Arundel and inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].

On 24th December 1193 William D'Aubigny 2nd Earl Lincoln 2nd Earl of Arundel (age 55) died. His son William (age 13) succeeded 3rd Earl Lincoln, 3rd Earl Arundel and inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].

Before 7th August 1224 William D'Aubigny 4th Earl Lincoln 4th Earl of Arundel (age 24) died. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map]. His brother Hugh succeeded 5th Earl Lincoln, 5th Earl Arundel. Isabel Plantagenet Countess Lincoln and Arundel by marriage Countess Lincoln, Countess Arundel and inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].

On 7th May 1243 Hugh D'Aubigny 5th Earl Lincoln 5th Earl of Arundel died at Canelli. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map]. Earl Lincoln extinct. His nephew John (age 20) succeeded 6th Earl Arundel. Cicely D'Aubigny (age 35) and her husband Roger de Montalt inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].

On 18th June 1260 Roger de Montalt died at Castle Rising Castle [Map].

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 18th June 1260 Cicely D'Aubigny (age 52) died. Roger de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt (age 22) inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].

In 1297 Roger de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt (age 59) died at Mold Castle, Flintshire [Map]. Baron Montalt extinct. His brother inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map]. His brother Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt was created Baron Montalt in 1299.

In 1327 Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt sold Castle Rising Castle [Map] to the Crown for 10,000 marks retaining a life-time lease for him and his wife Emma.

After 1330 Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 35) lived at Castle Rising Castle [Map].

After 1358 Castle Rising Castle [Map] was granted to Edward "Black Prince" (age 27).

Castle Rising Castle [Map]. F Mackenzie, 1813.