Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, temp Eliz I

Date: 1561 Reference: MR 1/14 Creator: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments Catalogue context: Knaresborough, Yorkshire. (1) and (2) Survey of officers, fees and rents of forests, parks and mills. Undated: [?1561]. (3) 'Knaresbrough': perspective view of Knaresborough Castle, showing outer walls and towers, buildings within the walls, four figures and a lion on the battlements; and gatehouse with portcullis and bridge. Also shows watermill, sluice, river, bridge and trees outside the ditch. Remains of black border. No scale shown. Made to illustrate a survey of northern castles by Sir Ambrose Cave, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in 1561. Dimensions of sheets: (1) and (2) 30 cm x 21 cm; (3) 55 cm x 115 cm. Categories: Maps and plans Subjects: Archives and libraries; Crown lands and estates; Forestry; Maps and plans Topics: Agriculture and environment; Land and buildings Period: Early Modern Places: Yorkshire Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf