Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 (of 2)Clark, George Thomas
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Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 (of 2)
Clark, George Thomas
Architecture -- England; Architecture, Medieval; Military architecture
In 24 Henry III., 4th April, the sheriff of Surrey was ordered to
repair the glass windows of the king’s houses and chapel at Guildford,
broken by the storm, and the houses unroofed thereby were to be
restored. In 29 Henry III., the vill of Guildford is mentioned as
vested in the king; the sheriff was to enclose the area by the kitchen
which the king had purchased, with a wall conveniently answering to the
other wall by which the said court is enclosed; and he is to repair the
two piers of the king’s hall, which need repair because they are out
of the perpendicular. In 30 Henry III., 3rd February, the sheriff of
Surrey and Sussex is to make “a certain chamber at Guildford, for the
use of Edward, the king’s son, with proper windows well barred, which
is to be 50 feet long and 26 feet wide ... with a privy chamber ...
so that the chamber of the same Edward be above, and the chamber of
the king’s noble valets underneath, with fitting windows, and a privy
chamber, and a chimney in each chamber. And he is to make under the
wall towards the east, opposite the east part of the king’s hall, a
certain pent-house, which, although narrow, shall be competently long,
with a chimney and private chamber, for the queen’s wardrobe; and to
make in the queen’s chamber a certain window equal in width to the two
windows which are now there, and as much wider as may be, between the
two walls, and as high as becomingly may be, with two marble pillars;
and to wainscote that window above, and close it with glass windows
between the pillars, with panels which may be opened and shut, and
large wooden shutters internally to close over the glass windows; and
to cause the upper window in the king’s hall towards the west, nigh the
dais, to be fitted up with white glass lights, so that in one half of
that glass window there be made a certain king sitting on a throne, and
in the other half a certain queen likewise sitting on a throne.”
In 40 Henry III., these decorations and alterations were still
continued, for on the 3rd January, the king being at Guildford, orders
the sheriff of Sussex to deliver £100 to the wardens of the king’s
works at Guildford, “to pay off certain arrears due for the same works,
and for wainscoting the king’s chapel, the queen’s chapel, the king’s
chamber, and the other chambers newly built there; and for making the
great windows in the king’s chapel; for barring the windows of the
king’s new chamber with iron; making the porch to the hall, of stone;
for painting in the hall there, opposite the king’s seat, the story
of Dives and Lazarus; making a certain figure with beasts on the same
seat; and lengthening the chamber of the king’s chaplain there.”
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