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      Barnard castle" target="_blank">Castle is a ruined medieval castle" target="_blank">castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham, England.


      History


      A stone castle" target="_blank">castle was built on the site of an earlier defended position from around 1095 to 1125 by Guy de Balliol. Between 1125 and 1185 his nephew Bernard de Balliol and his son Bernard II extended the building.
      In 1216 the castle" target="_blank">castle was besieged by Alexander II, King of Scotland. It was still held by the Balliol family although its ownership was disputed by the Bishops of Durham. When John Balliol was deposed as King of Scotland in 1296 the castle" target="_blank">castle was passed to the Bishop of Durham. Around 1300 Edward I granted it to the Earl of Warwick. In the 15th century the castle" target="_blank">castle passed by marriage from Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick to her husband, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. In 1477 during the Wars of the Roses, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) took possession of the castle" target="_blank">castle by right of his wife, Anne Neville. It became one of his favourite residences.
      During the rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland, in the reign of Elizabeth, the castle" target="_blank">castle, which was then the property of the crown, was garrisoned by Sir George Bowes, of Streatlam. During the Civil War, the castle" target="_blank">castle was besieged by Cromwell, to whom, after a severe cannonading, the garrison surrendered. After frequent grants and reversions, the castle" target="_blank">castle, lands, and appurtenances, were purchased by Sir Henry Vane, an ancestor of the Duke of Cleveland, himself a Viscount Bernard.
      Sir Henry Vane the Elder, Member of Parliament and important member of Charles I household, at first his Governor, later his Treasurer, purchased Raby castle" target="_blank">Castle, Barnard castle" target="_blank">Castle and Estate for £18,000. He chose to make Raby his principal home and de-roofed and removed stone from Barnard castle" target="_blank">Castle to repair and maintain Raby.
      The castle" target="_blank">castle is in the custody of English Heritage and is open to the public. Of particular interest are the ruins of the 12th-century cylindrical tower and the 14th-century Great hall and Great chamber. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1950. The remains of the medieval chapel of St Margaret in the outer ward are listed as Grade II.


      "Barney castle" target="_blank">Castle"


      "Barney castle" target="_blank">Castle" is a phrase in the dialect of County Durham meaning "a pathetic excuse", generally thought to derive from the incident when Bowes retreated into the castle" target="_blank">castle. Eric Partridge included the phrase in A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1937).


      References




      Further reading


      Austin, David (2007), Acts of Perception, A study of Barnard Castles in Teesdale, Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland Research Report 6, ISBN 978-0-9510388-5-7


      External links


      Media related to Barnard castle" target="_blank">Castle at Wikimedia Commons

      English Heritage
      Teachers' resource pack: English Heritage
      Reconstructions of the castle" target="_blank">castle for English Heritage

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