Licence to crenellate
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In medieval England, Wales and the Channel Islands a licence to crenellate granted the holder permission to fortify his property. Such licences were granted by the king, and by the rulers of the count
The outer gatehouse of Cooling Castle, Kent, displays its licence to crenellate on a brass plaque (granted 1381).
Duke of Lancaster
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The dukedom of Lancaster is a former English peerage, created three times in the Middle Ages, which was merged in the Crown when Henry V succeeded to the throne in 1413. Despite the extinction of the
Licence to crenellate
…king, and by the rulers of the counties palatine within their jurisdictions, i.e. by the Bishops of Durham, the Earls of Chester, and after 1351 by the Dukes of Lancaster. Licences to crenellate were issued from the 12th to 16th centuries. The earliest licences present a point of contention. For instance although an…
Portrait of Henry, Duke of Lancaster William Bruges's Garter Book, f.8 BL Stowe MS 594
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