[341] Stone’s Official Guide to the Castle of Carisbrooke, p. 39.
[342] Mr W. H. Stevenson, in his edition of Asser, pp. 173, 174, shows that the name Carisbrooke cannot possibly be derived from Wihtgares-burh, as has been sometimes supposed, as the older forms prove it to have come from brook, not burh. The lines of the present castle banks, if produced, would not correspond with those of the Tilt-yard, which is proof that the Norman castle was not formed by cutting an older fortification in two.
[343] Bower’s Scotochronicon, v., xlii. Cited by Mr Neilson, Notes and Queries, viii., 321. See also Palgrave, Documents and Records, i., 103.
[344] Cal. of Close Rolls, Edward II., iii., 161.
[345] Mon. Ang., v., 12. “Castelli nostri de Acra.”
[346] As at Burton, Mexborough, Lilbourne, and Castle Colwyn.
[347] Harrod’s Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk. See also Arch. Journ., xlvi., 441.
[348] D. B., ii., 160b.
[349] “Castellum de Estrighoiel fecit Willelmus comes, et ejus tempore reddebat 40 solidos, tantum de navibus in silvam euntibus.” D. B., i., 162. Tanner has shown that while Chepstow was an alien priory of Cormeille, in Normandy, it is never spoken of by that name in the charters of Cormeille, but is always called Strigulia. Notitia Monastica, Monmouthshire. See also Marsh’s Annals of Chepstow Castle.
[350] I must confess that in spite of very strong opposing opinions, I see no reason why this building should not be classed as a keep. It is of course a gross error to call Martin’s Tower the keep; it is only a mural tower.