Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 364
continued to this day, for Johnof Gaunts home is now utilized for the countyprison and assize courts. Judging from the oldrecords, most of those who made the acquaintanceof Lancaster Castle as a prison did so as heretics.An abbot and many monks and Catholic priestswere confined here during the… … The Home of John of Gaunt 269 religious prisoners of the castle, however, wereHenry Burton and George Fox. The former, whowas a particularly pugnacious Puritan, was senthither from London after his ears had heen shavedoff, and confined in a vast desolate room beneathwhich were imprisoned five…
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