Phone Similar Castles. More Medieval Castles. Framlingham Castle Framlingham Castle has no central keep but a curtain wall with 13 towers. More to see in East England. See All. Norwich Castle Norwich Castle is a motte and bailey medieval royal fortification built around Berkhamsted Castle Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle built in the 11th century. Books about Medieval Times. Buy from Amazon. Medieval Castles of England and Wales.
Yorkshire: A lyrical history of England's greatest county. Previous Post Previous Medieval Longbow. The second battle of Newbury was fought all around and about it. Donnington was being besieged by a Parliamentary detachment, who had breached it and broken down three of its towers, when the king came out of Oxford with some 11, men and relieved it.
They numbered 19, men, but Charles who was unaware of their great strength offered battle Oct. Meanwhile parts of the Royalist reserve or rear line had sought shelter under the castle, and the guns of Donnington were firing into the flank of the Parliamentary detached force, and helping to bring it to a standstill.
At nightfall the king, who had held out while the light lasted, in a most uncomfortable position between two hostile forces, slipped away toward Oxford, having first thrown his artillery and heavy baggage into Donnington. The battle was, in a sense, a defeat for both parties, rather than a victory for either.
While the Parliamentary generals were wrangling, Charles made an unexpected sortie from Oxford ten days later, and carried off the guns and baggage from Donnington, before the enemy could collect: from their cantonments in and about Newbury, and bring him to action.
Colonel John Boys, who had defended his castle during the first siege, was knighted for his services, and justified his promotion by holding Donnington right down to the end of the war. Packer wisely resigned himself to living in a town-house in Westminster, for the short remainder of his days : he died in Published by The Great Western Railway, Paddington Station, London Donnington It would not be quite correct to say that in the whole county of Berkshire Windsor and Donnington are the only two places in which there is the least remnant of the masonry of a mediaeval castle standing above the ground.
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