Honour of Lancaster in the context of "Kendal"

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⭐ Core Definition: Honour of Lancaster

The Honour of Lancaster was a medieval English honour (a large feudal lordship containing several different fiefs), located primarily in the north-west of England. It began as the fief granted by William the Conqueror to Roger the Poitevin after the Norman conquest in 1066. This included the lands between the River Ribble and the River Mersey, as well as the district of Amounderness, north of the Ribble.

After Roger lost his English lands the honour was given to various members of the royal family and eventually came into the hands of Edmund Crouchback, who was a son of King Henry III. It remained the possession of his heirs until one of them, Henry Bolingbroke, became king of England as Henry IV. Since then the honour has been a possession of the ruling monarch.

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👉 Honour of Lancaster in the context of Kendal

Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness area of Cumbria, England, just outside the Lake District. It lies within the River Kent's dale, from which its name is derived.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, the area was collected under Yorkshire. The area came under the Honour of Lancaster before the barony split. The town became the Barony of Kendal's seat, in 1226/7 this barony merged with the Barony of Westmorland to form the historic county of Westmorland with Appleby as the historic county town. In 1889, Kendal became the county town. Under the 1974 reforms, it became the administrative centre of the South Lakeland district. The town became Westmorland and Furness district's administrative centre in a 2023 reform.

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Honour of Lancaster in the context of Lancaster Castle

Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune. In 1164 the Honour of Lancaster, including the castle, came under royal control. In 1322 and 1389 the Scots invaded England, progressing as far as Lancaster and damaging the castle. It was not to see military action again until the English Civil War. The castle was first used as a prison in 1196 although this aspect became more important during the English Civil War. The castle buildings are owned by the British sovereign as Duke of Lancaster; part of the structure is used to host sittings of the Crown Court.

Until 2011 the majority of the buildings were leased to the Ministry of Justice as HM Prison Lancaster, after which the castle was returned to the Duchy's management. The castle is now open to the public seven days a week and is undergoing a large-scale refurbishment. There is a large sweeping public piazza, allowing access to the cloistered area, renovated in 2019. A new section of the café has been built, against the old outer curtain wall, which was reduced in height to afford views of the neighbouring Lancaster Priory. This is the first 21st-century addition to the castle. Another renovated building adjoining the café is leased to Lancaster University as a campus in the city with small conference facilities.

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← Lancaster Castle ← Kendal ← Kendal, Cumbria
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Lancaster Castle → Caput baroniae → England in the Middle Ages → Honour (land) → William the Conqueror → Roger the Poitevin → River Ribble → River Mersey → Amounderness → Edmund Crouchback → Henry III of England → Henry IV of England →