Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Castles of England, Vol. 1 of 2: Their Story and Structure
The end of the W'ars of the Roses and the reign of Richard III. Did away with the necessity for such fortifications even and where in certain cases several castles passed into the same hand, some were sure to be neglected, because the keeping up of many such costly dwellings had outgrown individual means. Small wonder that when john Leland was sent by Henry VIII. To inspect the country, he found castles of England running to decay.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
