Image ID
FOT60893
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RM Rights Managed
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1.8 MB
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1816×4002px
154×339mm
6.1×13.3in
6.1×13.3in
Visual Size @300ppi
Keywords
Warkworth Castle; The Castle Was Built During The First Part Of The 12th Century On A Hill Overlooking A Loop Of The River Coquet.; In 1173 The Castle Was Besieged And Fell To Scottish King, William The Lion.; In The 13th Century The Castle Was Given By Henry II To Robert Clavering Fortification Against Scots Increased With Gatehouse And Two Towers, & Improvements To The Great Hall, Chapel And Other Domestic Buildings.; Besieged Twice By The Scots In 1327 But Defences Held.; 1332 The Castle Passed From Clavering Family To Percy Family. Keep Built In 1390. Basically A Square With Towers Projecting On Each Of Its Four Sides.; 1405 Was Besieged And Taken By Henry IV When The 3rd Percy, Lord Of Warkworth Was Involved In Archbishop Scrope's Rebellion Against The King.; The Percy"s Maintained The Castle Well Until Mid 16th Century Thereafter The Percy Family Spent More Time In The Tower Of London Due To Their Plots Rather Than At The On Their Estates And The Castle Fell Into A Decline.; Harry Hotspur 1368-1403 (Sir Henry Percy), Of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 Fame. Lived In Warkworth Castle Hotspur, Subject Of Many Northumberland Ballads, Dominated The Borders In The 15th Century Alongside His Father, The Earl Of Northumberland. Together, They Fought Off The Scots, Before Assisting In The Removal Of Richard II From The Throne (murdered In Pontefract Castle) And Helping Henry 1V To Throne. They Later Fell Out & Hotspur Was Killed At Battle Of Shrewsbury
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Philip Gordon
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Date Taken
Uploaded On
2005-09-01
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Outdoor
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