DUFFIELD CASTLE. I 23 



trust him any more, demolished his castles, anno regni sui 19 , 

 Annoque Domini 1 1 73. Atlas Geogr.. vol. v., p. 9. 



" Duffield Castle stood upon an eminence of ground betwixt 

 y e upper end of the town of Duffield, and the River Derwent 

 (partly over against Makeney), the scite whereof is still called The 

 Castle Orchard, but no visible ruins are now left" (written in 

 1769).- 



In Lyson's Derbyshire^ it is stated that : — " Duffield castle is 

 said to have been garrisoned by (Robert) Earl Ferrers, junior, 

 when he took up arms on behalf of Prince Henry against his father, 

 King Henry II. It is probable that it was one of those castles 

 which were soon afterwards demolished by the king's command." 

 As a reference to this statement, a note at the bottom of the page 

 says — "See J. Bromton" — a note which puzzled us not a little for 

 some time. Eventually it was found to refer to the seldom cited 

 chronicle of John Brampton, Abbot of Jervaulx, which extends 

 from 588 to 1198. It is printed in the large folio edition of 

 Twysden's Historia Anglicantz Scriptores. The chronicler recites 

 that on July 25th, n 73, the king with his army proceeded to the 

 castle of Fremyngham, which was yielded to him by Hugh Bigott, 

 and at the same time submission was made of the castles of Leices- 

 ter, Groby, and Mountsorrel ; he then continues : — " et eadem die 

 venit ad eum Rogerus de Moubray et reddidit castrum suum de 

 Thresk, et ibidem etiam Comes de Ferers ad eum veniens castra 

 sua de Tuttesbery et de Duffelde suae tradidit ditioni."J But it 

 will be noticed that this statement says nothing as to the demoli- 

 tion of the Ferrers' castles. It is possible that some order may 

 have been issued hastily for their destruction by the distrustful 

 monarch, and afterwards countermanded,^ or that the order merely 



* Add. MSS. 67071, f. 1 16. After every possible search, the reference 

 " Atlas, etc.," cannot be identified ; but the statement is clearly derived, though 

 perhaps at second hand, from Dugdale. 



t Magna Britannia, Vol. V., p. 136. 



X Twysden's Scriptores, Vol. I., p. 1095. 



§ There are many instances of the issue of orders of this nature and their 

 subsequent repeal. Powys castle was ordered by the Commonwealth to be 

 demolished, but a counter order was afterwards issued, which, however, pro- 

 vided for a sufficient breach to be made in the walls so as to make it far easier 

 of capture. 



