How Did This Norman Castle Get To Be Here Pre 1066? Richard’s Castle Herefordshire
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- This week on Third Rate content we continue our visit to Richards Castle on the Shropshire/Herefordshire border.
Following on from last weeks visit to St Bartholomews Church we investigate and explore
the castle of Richard Fitz Schroob in Herefordshire, a Norman Knight settled and living in England 15 years before the conquest of 1066..
Find out how he got here, how he was received and the story of his fortress in Herefordshire.
Buckle up and I’ll see you out here
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I have moved 36 times all over the world and Richards Castle is the best place I have ever lived. Great people, pub and food, a totally crazy place and people.
It’s a lovely part of the world. The gravity fuelled race (soapbox derby) looks fun!
Used to play there 45 years ago when lived in orelton down the road. Brings back memories ! Very interesting!
Thank you! I bet it was a fab place to play as a kid 👍
Kings and Queens of England since 1066.
Our Longest Reigning Monarch. 🏴🇬🇧👑🫅👸
What a facinating story, I never knew about these pre- invasion Norman castles. Though we know the Norman connection was much earlier than 1066 as King Æthelread had married Emma of Normandy way back in 1002. Emma of course became Edward the Confessors mother. After Edward died in 1066 this lead to the Norman conquest. Also the Norman knight who built this castle Richard Fitz Scrob, was obviously the son of someone called Scrob as the prefix 'Fitz' signifies a 'son of'.
Thanks for this video, i found it very interesting .
Thank you for the kind comment and the extra information! If true This would make William the b**stard the father of, Richard Fitz Schrob (the b**stard). It’s all very interesting!
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My pleasure, though I don't think William the bast*rd was the father of Richard Fitz Scrob ?
Though as a matter of interest my ancestors actually fought at the battle of Hastings with William. Their surname at the time was Venables from Venables in Normandy. After the battle when William was handing out the rewards a younger son of Venable was given the estate at Brereton in Cheshire formerly the estate of the Englishman Wulfgeat. After which the younger Venables was known as de Brereton, though after sometime the 'de' was dropped.
Cool vid
Thank you!
Very interesting and imformative. People like youself do a Great job in making sure this magnificent heritage does not vanish.
Thank you!
Wow.
Very Interesting.
Nice to hear you enjoyed
Thanks.
A fascinating video. FitzScrob must have been an ally of Ralph of Mantes whose disastrous campaign against the Welsh earned him the nickname Ralph the Timid. Very good to see the actual places involved in these tales of the past, even better that some of it is still standing. Sheriff comes from Shire Reeve an Anglo-Saxon era title that still exists today, including in America.
Just been reading about Ralph the Timid (after seeing this). It sounds like Richard and Ralph could’ve well known each other. Thanks for the extra info, very interesting 👍
Interesting that a Norman knight was invited into England before 1066. Norman knights were normally invited by Kings to keep order in bits of the land that were lawless, such as in border or rebellious regions. This happened in Italy and in Scotland. Over time these Norman families would grow in power to become very high up in the aristocracy. In Scotland’s case they went on to become royal dynasties I.e, the Bruce’s and the Stewarts. It might have been that the Normans would have continued to grow in power within England even without the 1066 conquest.
Something to think about 🧐
Amazing how nature takes back what is hers over the years
Naturalia.. The buildings fade like the memories.
Loved this. Bought the book and subscribed 😊
Thank you, very kind!
Great video & awesome video quality. What camera do you use?
Happy to have found your channel - cheers from the Gold Coast of Australia 🇦🇺 👍🌹
Thank you, these kind words are appreciated. It’s great we’ve got viewers like your good self from down under and welcome to TRc👍. I use an IPhone 14 Pro Max, tho I might upgrade to a 16 later this year 🧐. Considering it’s nothing special it captures some nice images. Especially when it’s sunny
Just discovered your channel. Excellent. Have subscribed despite your not recognising Harold as the last Saxon king.
Thank you, and I’m glad you’re enjoying things 👍. I’m not pro Norman, even tho I sound a bit like it on this vid. 😂
Thought they were all Vikings by this stage.
@@ChrisShortyAllen The Normans were Vikings who had settled in northern France (Normandy) a couple of generations previously, they had also converted to Christianity. 👍
visited the goggin nt reserve next to rc last week great views
Yes it looks beautiful!
Nice watch Dan great footage from the iPhone is it nice quality the way this world is right now I sometimes wish we had a time machine and go back to an age of peace lol best wishes Phil
Thank you Phil, I loved visiting Richard’s Castle! Yes I’m giving away my trade “secrets” lol, the IPhone has served me admirably! I would love to visit the past ages (with a guaranteed return 😅), tho I haven’t come across an age of peace ☮️ in my research (as of yet) except maybe when King Arthur united Britain (in Excalibur). That was a movie based on a legend, so I’m not sure it counts 🧐 lol
Thank you Dan I suspect this really adds to the evidence on Wild Edric and the Harrying of the North. It would seem to suggest that the Edric we believe to be the Wild Edric is whom we have come to see as Edric. Not sure if this is the Edric of Condover though?
Yes the Normans did wreak a lot of damage and destruction during these campaigns. English folklore was also irreparably damaged during this time sadly. This Edric fellow seems to pop up all over this part of the country (and our videos). Yes he may be different from the Condover Edric. The distant past is murky
Thanks for the enjoyable comment 👍
Eadric Sylvaticus attacked Richards Castle at Candlemass 1067.
@user-sh8gm4dl4v Intresting.. It makes sense as around that time he was involved in the attack on Hereford (and later Shrewsbury).
Thanks for the additional info! 👍
It was a Norman Knight’s holiday home.
It’s got everything! It’s even close to Birmingham airport! Wait a minute? 😂
I would love to know what piece of music plays at the beginning
It’s English Pastoral Impressions by Ernest Farrar, I’ve linked it in the description box. Thanks for reminding me 👍
@@thirdratecontent585 Thanks for that. It's captures my connection with our rural landscape perfectly.
Enjoyed this one, a bit unusual👍
Thanks, and I’m glad to hear it 👍 I imagine the site has been in use since pre history? This is unsubstantiated by any evidence at present tho..
@@thirdratecontent585 you would imagine it would have been, including the church possibly
@@Traveler13 Yes I would agree with that.
Very interesting but would be more interesting if you were permitted a drone ,just a thought nice video though
Thank you!
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Thank you! 👍
Have you got your Pitch Fork?
I keep meaning to get one! 👍
FRENCH GUARD: This is the castle of my master, Guy de Loimbard.
ARTHUR: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the Holy Grail.
FRENCH GUARD: Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see.
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The same as the Sheriffs they took to America !
Richard’s Castle would have been a timber Motte and Bailey, ignore the later stone walls. It was one of three pre-Conquest sites that may have been castles. Ley lines, Lie-lines
Saxon I guess !
Overlords of the Brittons !
Bollocks overlords of the Britons shut up
English u mean clown
Norman built it there 🙄
Peasont Britton Overlords !
Overlords !
Ley lines aren’t straight, they are winding like a serpent
The Ley Lines Alfred Watkins talked about in his book, The Old Straight Track were straight lines drawn between three or more landmarks (thought to be pre historical in origin). There are energy vortexes and other things (I’m not an expert in this) that are not straight. The St Micheal Ley line (there are many more) is one of the most famous straight Ley Lines. 👍
@@thirdratecontent585 sorry, I wasn’t casting any aspersions, I’ve just finished reading the book “The Sun and the Serpent” by Paul Broadhurst and Hamish Miller. It’s about the St Michael and Mary line from Carn Lês Boel (near to Land’s End) to St Margaret’s Church, Hopton, Norfolk and their journey dowsing from one to the other (starting at Carn Lês Boel)
I hope a didn’t come across as sharpish? 😂👍I was just explaining the lay line theory as I understood it from reading AW book. I must say the title you mentioned does sound interesting.