England · Partial ruin
Malton Castle
Malton Castle was a medieval stone castle sited in Malton, North Yorkshire, built originally as an 11th-century motte-and-bailey and later rebuilt in stone. By the early 14th century it was a functioning royal fortress but was captured and destroyed in 1322 and thereafter fell into ruin. Only the former gatehouse and short stretches of the medieval curtain wall survive on the scheduled monument today.
Its prime
1307
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1307
What Malton Castle looked like in its prime.
At its prime the castle presented a compact medieval stone enclosure built on the Roman fort footprint: a prominent stone gatehouse forming the main entrance, short stretches of thick curtain wall enclosing an inner courtyard or ward, and earthworks of the earlier motte-and-bailey visible at the perimeter. Masonry faces were of weathered medieval stone; the gatehouse stood as the dominant vertical element against the low skyline of the town.
Its story
The story of Malton Castle.
A wooden motte-and-bailey castle was raised at Malton in the 11th century by William Tyson, lord of Alnwick, on the site of the Roman fort of Derventio Brigantum. Given to Eustace Fitz John, who rebuilt it in stone, the castle was delivered by Eustace to King David I of Scotland in 1138, garrisoned by the Scots, and recaptured later the same year.
Richard I visited in 1189 and Edward II in 1307. When Eustace de Vesci rebelled against King John in 1212, the king ordered de Vesci's castles at Malton and Alnwick slighted, and the castle was held against John during the First Barons' War. After the battle of Old Byland in 1322 it was captured and destroyed by Robert I of Scotland, and was never repaired.
In 1569 Ralph, Lord Eure, built a house on the site, which came to be inherited by two Eure sisters, Margaret and Mary. Falling out over ownership in 1674, they took the argument to the County Sheriff — who destroyed the house and put the stones into two equal piles for the sisters to share. Only the former gatehouse, now a hotel, and short sections of medieval curtain wall survive on the scheduled monument.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1307.
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Clans who held Malton Castle.
The families that held Malton Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Tyson
William Tyson, lord of Alnwick, built the first wooden motte-and-bailey castle here in the 11th century.
Vesci
Held by Eustace de Vesci, whose castles at Malton and Alnwick King John ordered slighted after his 1212 rebellion.
Eure
Ralph, Lord Eure, built a house on the site in 1569; the Eures held it until the sisters' dispute of 1674 saw it demolished.
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