. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE to the dean was, however, shortly afterwards In the intrigues of Stephen's reign the castle played a part of some importance, and it i) probable that the masonry keep had been built by this time. From its position on the main road from London to Saffron Walden it cut the communication between those places for Geoffrey de Mandevitle Ear! of Essex. The possession of the castle was therefore an import- ant object to the earl and formed part of the price demanded by him from the Empress Maud f
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE to the dean was, however, shortly afterwards In the intrigues of Stephen's reign the castle played a part of some importance, and it i) probable that the masonry keep had been built by this time. From its position on the main road from London to Saffron Walden it cut the communication between those places for Geoffrey de Mandevitle Ear! of Essex. The possession of the castle was therefore an import- ant object to the earl and formed part of the price demanded by him from the Empress Maud for his support. By her charter of or 11+2 she pro- mised that if she could acquire the castle from the bishop of London by exchange she would grant it to him, but if she was unable to do this she would destroy In the quickly changing events of the to leave the country ; his property was seized by the king, who in mi dismantled the castle.*4 The next year the king was excommunicated. After his submission in May 1213 he restored the lands of the bishopric and in July of that year gave the bishop leave to rebuild the The bishop, however, was in a strong enough position to demand compen- sation, and a few months later obtained from the king an acknowledgement that he was bound to repair the castle and restore it to its former Rather more than a century after the rebuilding, licence was obtained by Ralph Stratford, then Bishop of London, to crenellate the castle and ; There seems little evidence that the bishops ever used the castle as a residence. Stephen de Gravesend,. Probable Outer Ln»E or Wall 'LLL 10 =1= 20 JL TO 60 70 1 ' â^4â 80 Scale of Feet Bishop's Stortpori reign, however, neither the promise nor the threat was carried out. In 1189 the temporalities of the bishopric were in the king's hands, and c Bishop of London, died at Stortford in 1 3 3R, bnt death took place at the rector's house.*8 There 1 ,.- however, a chapel in th
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