The antiquities of England and Wales . prefent caftle was the work of William Rufus,.built about the year 1093, two hundred years after the city had beendeftroyed by the Danes. King William at firft placed herein a colony of Flemingsj removing thefe to the Ifle of Anglefea, he fent in theirftead a number of hufljandmen from the fouth to inftrudt the inhabi-tants in the art of cultivating their lands. King Henry I. is faid tohave increafed the fortifications of the city, and to have ftrengthenedit with a garrifon j he alfo raifed it to the dignity of an epifcopal fee,granting it
The antiquities of England and Wales . prefent caftle was the work of William Rufus,.built about the year 1093, two hundred years after the city had beendeftroyed by the Danes. King William at firft placed herein a colony of Flemingsj removing thefe to the Ifle of Anglefea, he fent in theirftead a number of hufljandmen from the fouth to inftrudt the inhabi-tants in the art of cultivating their lands. King Henry I. is faid tohave increafed the fortifications of the city, and to have ftrengthenedit with a garrifon j he alfo raifed it to the dignity of an epifcopal fee,granting it many privileges and immunities, with intention to renderit ftrong and populous, it being an important barrier againft of the Scots. In the reign of Henry III. that prince gavethe cuftody of the caftle and county to Robert de Veteri Ponte, orVipont. According to Camden, the caftle was rebuilt, or much repairedby King Richard III. whofe arms, he llxys, were fet up againft it; Probably JWirt/h- Ccut&e/ (Ji/m/ferlandy 23. J/^iiJiffmtf ali •ft iiO £hci^ •^ C,fi-/t,ff, ;t/.ey
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