en.unionpedia.org

Rockingham Castle, the Glossary

Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest, approximately two miles north from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire, England.^[1]

Open in Google Maps

60 relations: Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anselm of Canterbury, BBC, Bleak House, British Iron Age, British Library, By the Sword Divided, Caldecott, Rutland, Castle, Castles in Great Britain and Ireland, Charles Dickens, Corby, Cricket pitch, Culme-Seymour baronets, Curtain wall (fortification), Deer, Dissolution of the monasteries, Earl Sondes, Edward III of England, English Civil War, Gatehouse, George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich, George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham, Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, Henry III of England, Henry VIII, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Historical drama, House of Normandy, House of Plantagenet, Lady Mary Faith Montagu, Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham, Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham, Limestone, List of castles in England, Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham, Manorialism, Marquess of Rockingham, Motte-and-bailey castle, Norman Conquest, Normans, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, River Welland, Rockingham Forest, Rockingham, Northamptonshire, Roman Britain, Roundhead, Sandstone, Sheldwich, ... Expand index (10 more) »
Castles in Northamptonshire
Gardens in Northamptonshire
Grade I listed buildings in Northamptonshire
Historic house museums in Northamptonshire

Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain

The settlement of Great Britain by diverse Germanic peoples led to the development of a new Anglo-Saxon cultural identity and shared Germanic language, Old English, which was most closely related to Old Frisian on the other side of the North Sea.

See Rockingham Castle and Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain

Anselm of Canterbury

Anselm of Canterbury OSB (1033/4–1109), also called (Anselme d'Aoste, Anselmo d'Aosta) after his birthplace and (Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher, and theologian of the Catholic Church, who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.

See Rockingham Castle and Anselm of Canterbury

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

See Rockingham Castle and BBC

Bleak House

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853.

See Rockingham Castle and Bleak House

British Iron Age

The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.

See Rockingham Castle and British Iron Age

British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

See Rockingham Castle and British Library

By the Sword Divided

By the Sword Divided is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1985.

See Rockingham Castle and By the Sword Divided

Caldecott, Rutland

Caldecott is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

See Rockingham Castle and Caldecott, Rutland

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

See Rockingham Castle and Castle

Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066.

See Rockingham Castle and Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.

See Rockingham Castle and Charles Dickens

Corby

Corby is a town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in Northamptonshire, England, north-east of Northampton.

See Rockingham Castle and Corby

Cricket pitch

In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets.

See Rockingham Castle and Cricket pitch

Culme-Seymour baronets

The Seymour, later Culme-Seymour Baronetcy, of High Mount in the County of Cork and Friery Park in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

See Rockingham Castle and Culme-Seymour baronets

Curtain wall (fortification)

A curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town.

See Rockingham Castle and Curtain wall (fortification)

Deer

A deer (deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).

See Rockingham Castle and Deer

Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

See Rockingham Castle and Dissolution of the monasteries

Earl Sondes

Earl Sondes, of Lees Court in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

See Rockingham Castle and Earl Sondes

Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377.

See Rockingham Castle and Edward III of England

English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

See Rockingham Castle and English Civil War

Gatehouse

A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance.

See Rockingham Castle and Gatehouse

George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich

George Charles Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich (29 December 1874 – 15 June 1962), known as George Montagu until 1916, was a British Conservative politician.

See Rockingham Castle and George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich

George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham

George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham KB (November 1599 – 16 April 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1626 and 1676 and was then created a peer and member of the House of Lords.

See Rockingham Castle and George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford (1599 – 21 August 1673), known as the Lord Grey of Groby from 1614 to 1628, was an English nobleman and military leader.

See Rockingham Castle and Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

See Rockingham Castle and Henry III of England

Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

See Rockingham Castle and Henry VIII

High Sheriff of Northamptonshire

This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire.

See Rockingham Castle and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire

Historical drama

A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fictional elements such as creative dialogue or fictional scenes which aim to compress separate events or illustrate a broader factual narrative.

See Rockingham Castle and Historical drama

House of Normandy

The House of Normandy (Maison de Nouormandie) designates the noble family which originates from the Duchy of Normandy and whose members were dukes of Normandy, counts of Rouen, as well as kings of England following the Norman conquest of England.

See Rockingham Castle and House of Normandy

House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ ''plan-TAJ-ə-nət'') was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou.

See Rockingham Castle and House of Plantagenet

Lady Mary Faith Montagu

Lady Mary Faith Culme-Seymour (née Montagu, previously Nesbitt; 1 November 1911 – 16 February 1983) was a British aristocrat and letter writer.

See Rockingham Castle and Lady Mary Faith Montagu

Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham

Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham (before 14 July 1584 – 5 January 1653) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624.

See Rockingham Castle and Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham

Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham

Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham (29 December 1655 – 19 March 1724) was an English peer and politician.

See Rockingham Castle and Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham

Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

See Rockingham Castle and Limestone

List of castles in England

This list of castles in England is not a list of every building and site that has "castle" as part of its name, nor does it list only buildings that conform to a strict definition of a castle as a medieval fortified residence.

See Rockingham Castle and List of castles in England

Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham

Colonel Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham, KG (19 April 1709) was a French, naturalised English, officer and peer.

See Rockingham Castle and Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham

Manorialism

Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.

See Rockingham Castle and Manorialism

Marquess of Rockingham

Marquess of Rockingham, in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.

See Rockingham Castle and Marquess of Rockingham

Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

See Rockingham Castle and Motte-and-bailey castle

Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

See Rockingham Castle and Norman Conquest

Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

See Rockingham Castle and Normans

North Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire is one of two local government districts in Northamptonshire, England.

See Rockingham Castle and North Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

See Rockingham Castle and Northamptonshire

River Welland

The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long.

See Rockingham Castle and River Welland

Rockingham Forest

Rockingham Forest is a former royal hunting forest in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

See Rockingham Castle and Rockingham Forest

Rockingham, Northamptonshire

Rockingham is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England.

See Rockingham Castle and Rockingham, Northamptonshire

Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

See Rockingham Castle and Roman Britain

Roundhead

Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).

See Rockingham Castle and Roundhead

Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

See Rockingham Castle and Sandstone

Sheldwich

Sheldwich is a village and civil parish in the far south of the Borough of Swale in Kent, England.

See Rockingham Castle and Sheldwich

Shell keep

A shell keep is a style of medieval fortification, best described as a stone structure circling the top of a motte.

See Rockingham Castle and Shell keep

Slighting

Slighting is the deliberate damage of high-status buildings to reduce their value as military, administrative or social structures.

See Rockingham Castle and Slighting

The Crown

The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).

See Rockingham Castle and The Crown

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

See Rockingham Castle and The Daily Telegraph

Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham

Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB, PC (I) (13 November 1693 – 14 December 1750) of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 until 1728 when he was raised to the Peerage as Baron Malton.

See Rockingham Castle and Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockingham_Castle

, Shell keep, Slighting, The Crown, The Daily Telegraph, Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, Top Secret!, Val Kilmer, Wild boar, William II of England, William the Conqueror.

Rockingham Castle, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Castles in Northamptonshire

Gardens in Northamptonshire

Grade I listed buildings in Northamptonshire

Historic house museums in Northamptonshire

References