In 1201 March 24, Alano de H'tiland (Alan of Hartland) was granted, by John, (In year 2 of his reign) a Royal licence to crenellate Hertiland (Hartland Castle)

Granted at Faversham,

King writes "A remarkable licence to Alan de Hertiland to fortify one house on his land of Hartland, against William de Marisco, then holding Lundy in defiance of the King."

Original source is

• Hardy, T.D. (ed.), 1837, Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi asservati 1199-1216 (Record Commission) p103

(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms.)

Significant later source are;

• Higham, R. A., 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list' Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society Vol46 p145-6
  Higham, R.A., 1979, 'The Castles of Medieval Devon' PhD Thesis Univ. Exeter p148-51
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p124n41
  Jope, E.M., 1961, 'Cornish Houses 1400-1700' in Jope, E.M. (ed) Studies in Building History
  Chope, R.P., 1902, 'The Early History of the Manor of Hartland' Report of the Transactions of the Devonshire Association Vol34 p418-54

Alan of Hartland

I'm unable to identify any biographical details of Alan.

More details about licences to crenellate can be found here.

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