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essayelIt's been a year or two since I used to do 'how to build a castle' tours around the pile I work in so I'd forgotten a lot of the details. I was cheered today to remind my self that in 1278 and under the orders of Edward 1st [one of our scarier monarchs] the steward of Abergavenny sent 19 carpenters and 28 men with shovels to build the castle in Builth. Nary a mention of a stone mason, but good solid timber. Now I want to write a book about it, of course, but am talking myself out of it.
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Date: 2011-11-17 09:29 pm (UTC)Edward I was definitely not someone I'd want to come across myself. Growing up in the Northern Marches (ooh, I like that term!) I couldn't help but be aware of his looming presence in history. Our 'local' castle was built by Dafydd ap Gruffudd (brother of Llewellyn the Last), with money from Edward I, and I don't know if it's because of the local connection or because of what happened later but I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Dafydd... on the other hand, you can probably quote me chapter & verse on exactly what kind of weaselly character he really was!
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Date: 2011-11-18 06:55 pm (UTC)Don't know much about Dafydd, poor soul, other than the horrible way he died. Edward really was a monster.
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Date: 2011-11-22 09:39 pm (UTC)I read somewhere that making war on the King of England wasn't a crime of treason until Edward decided it was so in order to punish Dafydd... possibly I'm half-remembering it though, and it's that it wasn't treason if you were a Welshman?
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Date: 2011-11-20 12:14 am (UTC)For every 100 words you write, it shows you a picture of a kitten. Like a sweet, fuzzy version of write or die.
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