Painting in Pontefract Museum of Pontefract Castle in the early 17th century, by Alexander Keirincx
53°41′44″N1°18′14″W / 53.69556°N 1.30389°W / 53.69556; -1.30389Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War.
69556°N 1.30389°W / 53.69556; -1.30389 Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II...
castle. PontefractCastle began as a wooden motte and bailey castle, built before 1086 and later rebuilt in stone. The de Lacys lived in the castle for...
Pontefract cakes (also known as Pomfret cakes and Pomfrey cakes) are a type of small, roughly circular black sweet measuring approximately .75 in (19 mm)...
calendar, the Pontefract Marathon at 2m 5f 139y. Racing is recorded as having taken place in Pontefract as early as 1648, just before the local Castle was taken...
PontefractCastle. Robert de Lacy (probably died before 1130), 2nd Baron of Pontefract, 2nd Lord of Bowland, the son of Ilbert. He founded Pontefract...
Thomas, was another loyal companion. Thomas Swynford was Constable of PontefractCastle, where Richard II is said to have died. Henry experienced a more inconsistent...
Grey, who had both been escorting him, were arrested and sent to PontefractCastle. Elizabeth Woodville fled with her younger son Richard and her daughters...
Richard to live. He is thought to have starved to death in captivity in PontefractCastle on or around 14 February 1400, although there is some question over...
Woodville's son Richard Grey and brother Anthony, Earl Rivers, executed in PontefractCastle, Yorkshire. The Titulus Regius — an act of Parliament — declared that...
another secret meeting in her bedchamber. These meetings continued in PontefractCastle, after the court arrived there on 23 August. It is believed that the...
France, and may have influenced the design of the future keep of PontefractCastle. Henry employed master mason Henry de Rayns and chief carpenter Simon...
the throne as Richard III. Grey and his uncle were then executed at PontefractCastle on 25 June 1483. Richard Grey was aged around 26 at the time of his...
people. In early December 1536, the Pilgrimage of Grace gathered at PontefractCastle to draft a petition to be presented to King Henry VIII with a list...
Dowager Duchess as a reference, Dereham approached his former lover at PontefractCastle, seeking employment while the court was still in progress. Queen Catherine...
Flint Castle, promising to abdicate if his life were spared. The king was then taken to London and died later in captivity at PontefractCastle. Henry...
Halifax PontefractCastlePontefract Priory, Pontefract Queen's Park, Castleford Roundhay Park Leeds Saltaire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Sandal Castle Scarcroft...
The PontefractCastle Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to filies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Pontefract over...
Grey and his associate, Thomas Vaughan, arrested. They were taken to PontefractCastle, where they were executed on 25 June on the charge of treason against...
daughter. The estate included Somerset House, the Honour of Hatfield, PontefractCastle, Nonsuch Palace, and the old palace at Havering-atte-Bower. Robert...
lived in some comfort in castle apartments. The Tower of London is famous for housing political prisoners, and PontefractCastle at various times held Thomas...
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster – Lord High Steward (1322) – executed at PontefractCastle by Edward II of England Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1326)...
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