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Catalogue description Yorkshire. Two drawings, showing Pontefract Castle and Swillington Tower, filed with an...
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| Reference: | MR 1/16 |
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| Description: |
Yorkshire. Two drawings, showing Pontefract Castle and Swillington Tower, filed with an account of fees and rents. The drawings at (3) and (4) were made to illustrate a survey of northern castles by Sir Ambrose Cave, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in 1561; (1) and (2) may also have been made as part of this survey. (1) and (2) Survey of officers, fees and rents of forests, parks and mills. Undated. (3) Elevation of 'Swillington Tower'. (4) 'Pontfract': perspective view of Pontefract Castle, showing the keep, bailey, outer walls and towers, churches and other buildings within the walls, gatehouse and bridge. Also shows town outside walls: houses, churches and ruins of abbey. Remains of black border. No scale shown. Dimensions: (1) and (2) 29 cm x 20 cm; (3) 52 cm x 33 cm; (4) 55 cm x 152 cm. |
| Date: | [1561] |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in The National Archives: | DL 31/113 |
| Legal status: | Not Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Publication note: |
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 3562 |
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