. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . PAGE rUOAI TUK UiniLSUV ISALlXn.(.Bodleian Library, Oxjonl.) Domestic Arclil- tecture. 71^ 77//; fliSSOLIDATIOX OF THE KIXGHOM. 11274 The (litterentiation f)t tlie castle from the baronial residencemade enormous strides under the Edwards. The moatedL;rani;e and the castellated maudr-house were last supersedini;the [irivate castle, while the castle was becoming more andmure a groat military and governmental
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . PAGE rUOAI TUK UiniLSUV ISALlXn.(.Bodleian Library, Oxjonl.) Domestic Arclil- tecture. 71^ 77//; fliSSOLIDATIOX OF THE KIXGHOM. 11274 The (litterentiation f)t tlie castle from the baronial residencemade enormous strides under the Edwards. The moatedL;rani;e and the castellated maudr-house were last supersedini;the [irivate castle, while the castle was becoming more andmure a groat military and governmental fortress. Everythingtended to depress the private building of castles during thesereigns; tlie increased power of thi Crown, the spread of sub-infeudation, the love of comfort, and thr lieginnings of :\iA\oK \\<n si:, s llI:( Castles. Now tliat tlie king cuiild a L;Vcat mercenary army,it was hopeless for an individual lo lliiuk of standing againstliiui : while, witii the increased security of the greater ]iartof England, the risk of private violence was fast diminishingto zero. The great castles once more liecime royal, not onlyin theorv, but in fact: and though some imposing editi(-es ofthe sort were undoubtedly erected by private enterprise, tiieirerection .seems generally to ])oiui to individual pride andostentation, rather than to tlie desire of the owner for safetyagainst all comers. Before a castle coidd be Imih. the licence of the Crownwas indeed recpiired, but seems to lune been gi\en readily AHiinrECTUFiE AND MIT. 77 1348] enotii^li. Henry granted twenty, Edward I. forty-four, Ed-ward II. sixty, and Edward III. a hundred and eighty of theselicences: hut a very few of them refer to buildings of theimpregnable type, or were castles of the f
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