Colchester Castle Keep, Essex (England) reconstruction mock-up. #ColchesterCastle #NormanKeep #EnglishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

#OnThisDay - 20 September 1485, Thomas Kendale, a Lancastrian, received #ColchesterCastle, 180 acres of arable, 27 acres of meadow, 30s rent, the Hundred of Tendring and two parts of a water-mill from #HenryVll: 'for services as well within the Realm as in foreign parts...'