page_title: Gleaston Castle
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Gleaston Castle / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: historyoforigina00whit (find matches) Title: An history of the original parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe&#160;: in the counties of Lancaster and York, to which is subjoined, an account of the parish of Cartmell Year: 1818 (1810s) Authors: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, 1759-1821 Subjects: Publisher: London&#160;: Nichols, Son, and Bentley Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: e Hdrrington knot. These are inclosed on the East and West, by the plain walls of thearch already mentioned, and on the North and South by the remains of a very singular screenof freestone, which exactly harmonizes with the base of the tomb. Still they are evidentlyfragments, detached from some other work&#160;; as a portion of another arch of the screen, yetcommon to that and of those belonging to the tomb itself, is inserted, for security, intothe wall. On the frieze of the basement are groupes of monks, some with their cowls over theirheads, others bare; some sitting, others kneeling; the former reading, the latter praying. Notwithstanding these appearances of dislocation, and the apparent difference in point oftime between the statues and the screen, several shields are cut in the stone-work of the latter,with the arms of Harrington painted upon them. On the more modern walls of the arch thesame are repeated, and one appears struck through a thick coat of whitewash—(the whole work is Text Appearing After Image: 3lG»n:M)E^^T W THE HARRIXHTON Jtl3IILYI&gt; CARTMEL CJ11E1R/.Jv,.//../,..,^/ ., //.&gt;/^ PARISH OF CARTMELL 557 is covered with the gathered whitewash of an hundred years)—bearing the three escallops of Dacre,which will only fix the aera of the work according to the opinion of the painter, as it is on themodern wall of the arch. Immediately beneath this, and within the town-chapel, is the cum-bent and colossal figure of a female, wholly unappropriated by arms, inscription, or tradition. After the Dissolution, this church was neglected for 80 years&#160;; when, as it appears from theaccurate accounts of the parish, George Preston, ofHolker, Esq. covenanted with the vestry,in consideration of forty marks and as much of the old lead as could be spared, to cover thegreater part of the building with a new roof. This circumstance should not have been concealedin his epitaph, where the whole work is represented as having been the act of his own gratuitousbounty. Still, however, there can be l Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Gleaston Castle is a medieval building in a valley about 1 kilometre north-east of the village of Gleaston. The village lies between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria, England. Gleaston Castle has a quadrilateral plan, with a tower at each corner. The largest of these, the north-west tower, probably housed a hall.
  The castle was most likely built for John Harington, 1st Baron Harington in the 14th century, replacing nearby Aldingham Motte. Gleaston Castle descended through the Harrington family until 1458 when it passed to William Bonville through marriage and was subsequently abandoned. The castle passed to the Grey family until Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk was executed for treason in 1554. As a result, Gleaston Castle became royal property before it was bought by the Preston family in the 17th century, and then passed to the Cavendish family.
  As the castle was disused from the mid-15th century it fell into dilapidation, and antiquarian depictions from the 18th century show Gleaston in a state of ruin.
context_section_description: From the 12th century the manor of Muchland was administered from Aldingham Castle. Muchland became known as Aldingham manor and in 1291 it came into the ownership of the Harrington family. In the 14th century, the Scots attacked the Furness peninsula during the Scottish Wars of Independence; around the same time coastal erosion threatened Aldingham Motte. These factors may have led to the Harrington family abandoning Aldingham and establishing the administrative centre of the manor at the newly built Gleaston Castle, though the construction work could have been the result of their growing social status, and they may have needed more room for a greater number of servants.
  The castle was probably built for John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (b. 1281–d. 1347). Gleaston Castle is first mentioned in 1389, although John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington is said to have died there in 1363. In 1415 John Harington was granted a papal indult for a private chapel and a portable altar for mass. It is likely, however, that the castle would have had its own chapel before this date.
  The Harington family owned Gleaston Castle until William Harington, 5th Baron Harington died in 1458. The castle and barony then passed to William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington through marriage. He died in 1460 and the castle passed to Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, again through marriage. It is likely that around this time Gleaston Castle was abandoned. In 1540, the antiquarian John Leland noted "there is a ruine and waulles of a castell in Lancaster-shire cawlyd Gleston Castell sometyme longinge to Lord Harrington now to the Marquis of Dorset", and other antiquarians provided descriptions of the site.
  When Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk was executed for treason in 1554 his property was taken over by the monarch. In 1671 Thomas Preston, 3rd Baronet Preston bought Aldingham manor which included Gleaston Castle. The property descended through the Prestons to the Cavendish family. The castle is now part of an active farm which dates from the 19th century. The farm buildings incorporate some of the fabric of the castle. The Prestons owned the castle until 1922 when it was sold to the current family of owners. According to a 1905 document from the Cumbria Archive Centre up to four human skeletons were discovered at the castle in the 19th century when the farm buildings were built.
  An engraving by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck from 1727 is one of the earliest depictions of the castle, with later depictions from antiquarian William Close (1805), artist William Green (1809), and Edwin Waugh (1860). The Buck brother’s engraving showed the castle in a state of ruin, and Waugh's depiction in particular shows that from the mid-19th century the castle has remained in a similar state of ruin until the present.
caption: Funerary monument to John Harington, 1st Baron Harington in Cartmel Priory
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