Gaywood Hall, Kings Lynn

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Gaywode

In the civil parish of Kings Lynn. In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).

Licence to crenellate granted to Henry, bishop of Norwich in 1388. This licences was also the one which produced the fortified house of North Elmham. C19 house on site. A survey of 1487 shows it consisted of two moated enclosures, the inner containing the domestic buildings.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF63802003

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 356555
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 5555 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MNF5555
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) [Shown on map of fortified houses of East Anglia as Destroyed] p131, 166
    Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p12, 113, 168, 181
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p312n12 [mention of licence]
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p420
• Journal Articles
  • Bradfer-Lawrence, H.L., 1932, 'Gaywood Dragge' Norfolk Archaeology Vol24 p146-83
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1385-89) p381
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales [available via http://ethos.bl.uk ]