Essay about The Origin of Norwich Castle - 1075 Words

The once subjugated Saxons were required to raise a knoll that was twenty-one meters high and surrounded by a dry trench. There were Wooden pikes or posts that protected the buildings on top of the knoll, while to in the south and east of the knoll there were yards that were protected by banks and ditches this all this was to set in motion the ground work for the castle of Norwich. Edward Boardman a Norwich born architect completed the Norwich Castle, a medieval and fantastic defense structure in the city of Norwich which was one of the greatest castles of its time because of its architecturally advanced structure, a symbol of military power, and a symbol of political control that was founded by the Normans. Norwich Castle, a royal†¦show more content†¦Lanfranc was Regent for William the Conqueror while the king was away in Normandy. Lanfranc went stopping the rebellion anyway possible. Ralph de Guader fled to his home castle in Doc, Brittany. Ralph de Guader left his wife, Emma to stay behind and defend Norwich Castle, the siege lasted for three months. A deal was finally made between Lanfranc and Emma, and her soldiers received safe passage to Brittany. Lanfranc then placed the Castle with three-hundred of his best soldiers, and removed the rebels from the area. Waltheof was eventually caught and beheaded for his crime and the others were dismembered. The rebellion was at an end, from 1067, the Normans completely removed and destroyed around ninety-eight Saxon homes in Norwich. This was to clear a way for the castle ground work within which they would build a wooden fort, surrounded by deep, defensive trenches. They placed a barracks of soldiers to keep law and order and prev ent any future rebellions from happening, under William the Conqueror who now ruled. Once the mound, had settled, William Rufus II began to build the stone Keep in about 1094. Following William’s death in 1100, his brother Henry I succeeded him, and completed the Keep by 1121. The Keep is about 21.5m tall; its walls were constructed to withstand most attacks from invaders, and are about 3 meters thick at the base and slowly narrowing as they get higher. The original doorway to the Keep is on the first floor on its eastern