Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . i3 Gr GROUND-PLAN OF FLINT CASTLE. but in another place he speaks also of its tottered battlements. Shakespearemust have seen this venerable castle, and been familiar with its appearance,when he thus twice alluded to its ruined state. The Rev. Charles Hartshorne, in a paper read before the sameSociety, stated there were no accounts of the expenses of erectingFlint and Rhuddlan Castles, and others seem to be of the sameopinion. This, however, is a mistake, for at the Public RecordOffic
Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . i3 Gr GROUND-PLAN OF FLINT CASTLE. but in another place he speaks also of its tottered battlements. Shakespearemust have seen this venerable castle, and been familiar with its appearance,when he thus twice alluded to its ruined state. The Rev. Charles Hartshorne, in a paper read before the sameSociety, stated there were no accounts of the expenses of erectingFlint and Rhuddlan Castles, and others seem to be of the sameopinion. This, however, is a mistake, for at the Public RecordOffice, London, there is a roll on which will be found entries ofpayments made for the coustritction of the castle of Flind,between Sunday, the 25th day of July (1277), and the seventhday following Sunday, the day of the beheading of Saint Johnthe Baptist,—viz., 28th day of August following. The totalamount of these payments is ;^922 us. ?>ld., a. sum equal to /.
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