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    Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned...
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    the site of Carisbrooke Castle. It also has a medieval parish church, St Mary's Church (overlooking the High Street, with views to the castle), which began...
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  • HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The Castle-class corvette was a stretched...
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    Mountbatten. The titles became extinct upon Lord Carisbrooke's death in 1960, as he had no sons. Carisbrooke Castle was the residence of Prince Henry and Princess...
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    A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a...
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    of Hastings in 1066. His chief residence was Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, one of many castles he built in England. William FitzOsbern was the...
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    Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a British...
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    Northumberlands at Syon House. These visits ended when he fled to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight; ten-year-old Elizabeth supposedly helped James...
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    original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2016. "Carisbrooke Castle Museum". Carisbrooke Castle Museum Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016. Dennison, p...
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  • Isle of Wight, UK (Carisbrooke Castle) Flag of Toronto, Canada (Toronto City Hall) Standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (castle) Flag of Uttarakhand...
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    late monarch to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, where their father had previously been imprisoned. Before leaving for Carisbrooke, Henry and Elizabeth...
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    French force burnt down much of the town while attempting to take Carisbrooke Castle, then under the command of Sir Hugh Tyrill. A group of Frenchmen were...
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    icehouse survive and the castle's clock remains on display at the Carisbrooke Castle Museum. Over the next thirty years, housing developments were built...
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  • John's wound heals, he and Block decide to recover the diamond from Carisbrooke Castle. After a suspenseful scene in the well where the jewel is hidden,...
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    the Conqueror to his kinsman William FitzOsbern. Carisbrooke Priory and the fort of Carisbrooke Castle were then founded. Allegiance was sworn to FitzOsbern...
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    the new weapons. Carisbrooke Castle was subject to an unsuccessful French siege in 1377, the Crown reacting by equipping the castle with cannon and a...
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    but flints from these periods have been found and are on display at Carisbrooke Castle. There are theories that, during the Neolithic era, Bouldnor was a...
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    Aydon Castle Barnwell Castle Beeston Castle Bodiam Castle Bolton Castle Bowes Castle Bramber Castle Bridgnorth Castle Brough Castle Canterbury Castle Carew...
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    style Serene Highness. In 1889, Prince Henry was made Governor of Carisbrooke Castle and Captain-General and Governor of the Isle of Wight. He was made...
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    "Berkhamsted Castle" Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Hertford Castle" Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Carisbrooke Castle" Archived...
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    and imprisoned by Parliament in the more secure Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. At Carisbrooke, Charles still intriguing and plotting futile escapes...
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    Albert Museum, and her collection of Isle of Wight sand pictures to Carisbrooke Castle Museum on the Isle of Wight. In the first half of the 20th century...
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    in Cowes High Street and the remains of her spinnaker boom are at Carisbrooke Castle, also on the Isle of Wight. The spinnaker boom was given for use as...
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    Memorials & Monuments on the Isle of Wight. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009. Media related to Carisbrooke Castle chapel at Wikimedia Commons...
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  • Castle was a Castle-class corvette built in 1943 and scrapped in 1958. She was the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after Portchester Castle in...
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    staff 2010, History of Pontefract Castle. Wakefield staff 2012, Pontefract Castle. Limbird 1832, Pontefract Castle. Brand, John (1905), "Christmas Day"...
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    Charles I of England (category Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle)
    Hammond confined Charles in Carisbrooke Castle and informed Parliament that Charles was in his custody. From Carisbrooke, Charles continued to try to...
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    Aldford Castle Alnwick Castle Arundel Castle Baile Hill Bedford Castle Berkeley Castle Berkhamsted Castle Brinklow Castle Carisbrooke Castle Castle Acre...
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    king's reign. He was also given command of Porchester Castle again, along with Carisbrooke Castle. By this time he was being called "Lord Scales", coming...
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    Dover Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Keeper of the Channel Islands, Constable of the Tower, Warden of the New Forest, Keeper of Carisbrooke Castle...
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