Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . ered it, and gated it ; andhis son it was who built Guys Tower, at a cost of^395 5s- 9d., a considerable sum at that period. This is not, perhaps, very clear ; but the materialsavailable do not make it possible to be clearer. Torealise, in any way, what happened, we must picturea castle wholly different from that of to-day, withprobably no towers save that on the keep and thatat the gateway. The walls between would be plainand massive, with bastions at intervals, but not living portions would even at that date be n
Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . ered it, and gated it ; andhis son it was who built Guys Tower, at a cost of^395 5s- 9d., a considerable sum at that period. This is not, perhaps, very clear ; but the materialsavailable do not make it possible to be clearer. Torealise, in any way, what happened, we must picturea castle wholly different from that of to-day, withprobably no towers save that on the keep and thatat the gateway. The walls between would be plainand massive, with bastions at intervals, but not living portions would even at that date be nearthe river, or at any rate some strong works would bethere. If the only towers were the gatehouse andkeep, it is fairly easy to understand what Giffard did. He had, at any rate, done enough to render re-construction necessary. This must have commencedearly in the rdgime of the Beauchamps, since the Castlewas at the time of the Wolf of Arderne strong enoughand secure enough not only to hold Gaveston a prisoner,but to take the steps preliminary to his capture. 204. Warwick Castle *- The Beauchamps built the long undercroft, the halland chapel, the curtain walls, gatehouse, and Guyand Caesars Towers, and made the Castle assume anEdwardian form. Of these, Csesars Tower was builtabout 1350; Guys, the last, in 1394. The Despencerwho was guardian of Guy de Beauchamp is said tohave demolished much of the walling; but on whatevidence I do not know. Other building operationswhich may be noted here are those of the Duke ofClarence, who is said to have contemplated additionsto the walls and to have begun the tower called afterhis name; of Richard III., who is said to have madeextensive alterations, including the commencement ofthe companion tower to that of Clarence; and ofHenry VIII., who had to under-pin the foundations,owing to a landslip on the river-side. Some Exchequeraccounts of the last-mentioned reign bearing on theCastle are in existence :— 19 Hen. VIII. Account of delivery o
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