Tattershall Castle
In 1231 Robert de Tateshale received a licence from King Henry III to build a crenelated manor house out of stone at Tattershall. His castle consisted of a great hall, kitchens, gatehouse and a chapel defended by a curtain wall and surrounded by a single moat. During the early years of the fifteenth century the Castle was passed to Ralph, 3rd Baron Cromwell. On his elevation to Treasurer of England in 1433 Lord Cromwell. He commissioned the Great Tower, the Stables, the Kitchens and the Guardhouse. Upon Lord Cromwell’s death and without a direct heir the castle passes into the Crown’s possession. In 1693 the last Earl of Lincoln died. The Fortesque family inherit the castle but never live in it as they lived primarily in Devon. The castle is abandoned and becomes derelict and ruinous. In 1911 Reverend Yglesias of Holy Trinity Church contacted Lord Curzon of Kedleston to help save the Castle from destruction and deportation. When Lord Curzon died in 1925 the property was bequeathed to the National Trust in accordance with his will. The Castle has remained open to visitors ever since.
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