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Author Topic:   Who was exempt from getting a license Shelly Senior Member posted 02-12-2001 05:14 PM             Would immediate family members to a king be exempt from the licence to crenulate? Say could a son or a brother to the king build a castle without such a license? Philip Davis unregistered posted 02-13-2001 02:21 AM            To be honest I'm not sure but my first thought is that no one would be exempt as such but that immediate family members would be able to petion the king directly and would get their licence verbally (Something along the lines of "Dad I'm thinking of building a new castle.""OK then son."). The records for licences to crenulate tend to be from minor nobles who wouldn't have direct access to the royal court. Hopefully others will have more details. Peter Member posted 02-13-2001 12:27 PM             As far as I am aware everyone had to ask the King. We musn't forget family members very often were the worst enemies of the King or Queen. And like anyother licence they had to be paid for. It was a nice little earner for the King. Only in areas of great unrest would the fee be minimal. For to create a fortified building in such an area would be of great help to the monarch. These licences are of great interest to the historian, for good records were kept of them. Helping to date many of the buildings, or at lest a certain period in their building. Merlin Senior Member posted 02-15-2001 03:12 PM             Although I think you know you're talking about english kings and castles here, I only wanted to be sure. Because in Europe, from the early 13th century on, everyone who was more then a peasant felt free to build castles without asking the king, as long as his patron (earl, duke, whatever...) had no objections. Merlin Shelly Senior Member posted 02-17-2001 09:15 AM             I was mainly interested in English kings, but the info about europe was helpful too.

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