Tretower Castle and Court: A Journey Through Medieval and Tudor Wales

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast episode, recorded at Tretower Castle and Court. The story of Tretower stretches back to the medieval period, but it is during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries that the site takes on particular significance. Its history is closely connected with the Vaughan family, one of the powerful Welsh families who rose to prominence in the turbulent world of the Marches. If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Ian Roberts Chapters (00:00:20) - Tudor History & Travel(00:01:00) - Summer Giveaway(00:02:44) - Tre Tower Castle and Court, Wales(00:03:49) - Tudor History and Travel(00:04:52) - Custodian of Tretawa Court(00:05:57) - Neuf Marche Castle, Wales(00:08:56) - William the Conqueror Castle, Wales(00:14:40) - The building of the Norman manor house(00:17:23) - Exploring the holes in the castle walls(00:19:18) - Exploring the chimney at Chirk Castle(00:21:01) - Castle and bailey(00:26:39) - The Great Tower of Pembroke Castle(00:27:04) - The castle tower, probably a living room(00:31:37) - Round Tower, Castle of Warwick(00:34:26) - THE STRICKLE OF THE ROOM(00:40:10) - Bread oven in the castle(00:44:30) - The kitchen of a medieval castle(00:48:26) - The story of the later manor house(00:50:16) - The Vaughan House, Raglan, Wales(00:52:18) - The history of Vaughan's Manor House in North Wales(00:54:45) - The medieval house at Crick Howell(01:00:15) - Wales during the Wars of the Roses(01:05:08) - The Life of William Herbert and Roger Vaughan(01:08:41) - The Battle of Tewkesbury(01:15:32) - Witch marks on a medieval house(01:19:59) - Doorways into the kitchen and great hall(01:24:03) - A feast in Roger's Great Hall, 1470(01:26:13) - Henry Tudor would have visited Wales(01:33:17) - A taste of a royal wedding(01:37:32) - Tudor Furniture, display cabinet(01:42:50) - The great hall, York House(01:44:35) - Fake marks used to lure the evil spirits(01:45:53) - Tudor House, Stokesie, Wales(01:51:19) - The Lord's Bedchamber, Castle Cary(01:54:47) - Raleigh Radford House, Wales(02:01:26) - Open Doors from the 1600s(02:02:12) - The Vaughans and their castle(02:07:00) - Cadoo Castle, Warwickshire(02:08:43) - Visit Raglan Castle in Wales(02:11:11) - The Rise and Fall of Amberlynn