ACTON BURNELL CASTLE, ACTON BURNELL, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND.

            THE EXTENSIVE REMAINS OF A FORTIFIED TOWER HOUSE BUILT BY EDWARD I'S LORD CHANCELLOR, ROBERT BURNELL, BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS. THE CASTLE WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1284 - 1293 USING LOCAL RED SANDSTONE. IT REPLACED AN EARLIER HOUSE ON THE SITE, WHERE BURNELL HAD BEEN BORN. BURNELL ALSO BUILT THE BISHOP'S PALACE AT WELLS, WHICH IS SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO ACTON BURNELL CASTLE.
BISHOP BURNELL'S INFLUENCE WAS SUCH THAT THIS LITTLE SHROPSHIRE VILLAGE HOSTED PARLIAMENTS TWICE, IN 1283 AND AGAIN IN 1285. ON THE FIRST OCCASSION, EDWARD I WAS VISITING BURNELL, AND SUMMONED ONE OF THE FIRST PARLIAMENTS TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE COMMONS. THEY MAY HAVE MET IN THE NEARBY BARN. ONE OUTCOME OF THIS PARLIAMENT WAS A NEW LAW MEANT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CREDITORS. THIS LAW HAS SINCE BEEN KNOWN AS THE STATUTE OF ACTON BURNELL. 
BISHOP BURNELL REBUILT THE NEARBY PARISH CHURCH, AND, UNUSUALLY, LAID OUT THE VILLAGE ACCORDING A FORMAL PLAN. THE CASTLE WAS USED AS A FAMILY RESIDENCE UNTIL 1420, AND REMAINED IN THE BURNELL FAMILY'S POSSESSION UNTIL IT WAS SEIZED BY HENRY VII IN 1485.

   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Acton Burnell (show map)

Taken on: October 27, 2015

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