Groby Castleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Groby Castle was situated in the large village of Groby to the north-west of the city of Leicester. After the Norman Conquest, the area came into the possession of Hugh de Grantmesnil. Groby was one of 67 manors Grantmesnil held in Leicestershire according to the Domesday Book. The Victoria County History for Leicestershire suggests that Grantmesnil founded Groby Castle, as does the National Monuments Record, however military historian R. Allen Brown suggests a foundation date in the third quarter of the 12th century by the Earl of Leicester. This figure was accepted by Professor Leonard Cantor and military historian D. J. Cathcart King. Excavations in the 1960s demonstrated that the motte, an artificial mound, was built around a stone tower.