A one-off online talk looking at the buildings archaeology of enigmatic Greasley Castle (Nottinghamshire) – once the home to one of Richard III’s commanders.
During 2021, the remains of Greasley Castle were surveyed by Triskele Heritage. The aim of the project was to try and unpick traces of a mid-fourteenth century courtyard castle, built for Nicholas, 3rd Baron Cantelupe, from the later post-mediaeval farmyard buildings. The work was funded by the Castle Studies Trust.
This talk outlines the findings of the buildings archaeology survey. For the first time it is possible to understand the structure, layout, size and phasing of Greasley Castle. Surprisingly, the castle once had a great deal in common with other contemporary sites including Haddon Hall (Derbyshire) and Strelley Hall (Nottinghamshire). The story of the castle is one of the meteoric social rise of the Cantelupes family, the loss of the site by one of Richard III’s captains after Bosworth and its gradual transformation into a working farm.
The speaker, James Wright (Triskele Heritage), is an award winning buildings archaeologist. He has two decades professional experience of ferreting around in people’s cellars, hunting through their attics and digging up their gardens. He hopes to find meaningful truths about how ordinary and extraordinary folk lived their lives in the mediaeval period. He is the author of the popular Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog.
All you need to do is register via Eventbrite and – when the time for the talk rolls around – grab your favourite beverage of choice, get comfy and enjoy.
The event will take place at 19:00GMT+1 on Thursday 30 June 2022 .
Booking is now available via Eventbrite:
Due to our licensing agreement with Zoom tickets for each event will be limited to 495 places. This will be a live event. It will not be recorded and made available online afterwards. If you have a question about the event – in the first instance please see our FAQs section. The answer will almost certainly be in there.
*** If you have any problems accessing this event please email with your booking reference to james@triskeleheritage.com ***
