tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post5324939629597652090..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Somerton Castle, LincolnshireKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-72170360588593179792017-04-05T08:59:16.945+01:002017-04-05T08:59:16.945+01:00Is Sybil Battersby still alive ? She used to work ...Is Sybil Battersby still alive ? She used to work with my father back in the 1950s .I used to go shooting pigeons around the castle yard when i was a small boy .Used to be mainly Dairy farming in those days .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-53093572479641016292016-12-25T14:15:29.612+00:002016-12-25T14:15:29.612+00:00Hello! I was born in the Elizabethan farmhouse par...Hello! I was born in the Elizabethan farmhouse part of Somerton Castle in 1937 and lived there with my parents Katherine and Edward and brothers Walter and Hugh Battersby until I was 18, when I left to start nursing. I remember putting up the blackouts and paraffin oil lamps and candles during WW2, until we got a generator to generate our own electricity, which was bought mainly to run the milking machine. We eventually got on the mains in the middle 50s. The loo was an earth closet down the garden. The lower room in the tower was used for salting the pig, and the next one up for storing the apples. We sometimes climbed out on the top of the tower, and on VJ day 1945 Dad put a Union Flag on top of the weather vane on top of the tower and it stayed there until the wind shredded it to pieces. I never saw the Green Lady mentioned by my niece Marianne, but my eldest brother Walter told my daughter that he was extremely scared of going to the top of the stairs in the house because of what he'd seen up there when he was very young. I went back many times afterwards u til it was sold by my brothers when my father died suddenly in 1969.<br />Christine Halford neƩ Battersby<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-57873617150121272202016-12-11T12:56:48.277+00:002016-12-11T12:56:48.277+00:00Hi Marianne, great to hear from you, and what a fa...Hi Marianne, great to hear from you, and what a fascinating comment! I just found the pics by looking on Google Images :-) I don't have any pics of the house myself, sadly. It's wonderful to hear of your experiences of the castle, and so sorry your family had to sell it. Yes, I'd love to hear more! My dad lives in Navenby now, by the way! I had a lovely time there with him and my stepmum in the summer and hope to visit again soon. I must tell him about the mysterious tunnel to the Green Man pub!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-76554460106110882932016-12-11T09:05:53.143+00:002016-12-11T09:05:53.143+00:00Hello there! I'd love to hear from Stasher wh...Hello there! I'd love to hear from Stasher who her family were and surnames, and which house they lived in. My great grandfather bought the land and castle, and my grandad and dad and uncle (Edward, Walter and Hugh Battersby) continued to farm it until 1974, when it was sold as we were hit hard for death duties following the sudden death of my grandfather. My grandmother lived afterwards in Bassingham and was a regular chapel goer! I obviously have fond memories of it all, and was intrigued as to where you found the photo of the side view of the house, which I've never seen before outside of the ones we have. It doesn't show the old red diesel pump which we used to fill up the tractors etc. so I'm assuming it must be a later shot. The fond memories are interspersed with regular nights being scared out of our wits because my sister and I were sure we had seen the ''green lady'' who walked the tower at nights....haha. There was supposed to be a tunnel to The Green Man pub in Navenby, but we never managed to find it. Lots of other memories and info if you'd like any. Thanks for a great photo and blog. Very interesting. Marianne Hall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-85502808066734446072016-10-27T17:13:28.554+01:002016-10-27T17:13:28.554+01:00Hi Stasher, wow, that's great! My stepmother i...Hi Stasher, wow, that's great! My stepmother is local and she'd never even heard of the castle before!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-7981743240627596002016-10-27T17:11:12.871+01:002016-10-27T17:11:12.871+01:00Just came across your post....my grand mother was ...Just came across your post....my grand mother was born in the Tower in Somerton Castle. Her father and family were there because they farmed the estate.Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-25421520981236712592016-08-10T18:23:53.493+01:002016-08-10T18:23:53.493+01:00I found out i actually had a blogger account, even...I found out i actually had a blogger account, even if its 9 years old, back when i aged 14. lol. So i decided to update to a more contemporary hobby, nother words, reading about the langobards :DLangobardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497860458373455072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-11173992101259333032016-08-10T16:02:07.762+01:002016-08-10T16:02:07.762+01:00Langobard? A long-beard from Lombardy? :-)Langobard? A long-beard from Lombardy? :-)Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-14203159591133287462016-08-10T15:58:05.703+01:002016-08-10T15:58:05.703+01:00Thanks for answering in such short notice. I'l...Thanks for answering in such short notice. I'll take a look on the links you've sent. :)Langobardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497860458373455072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-2881697206826375362016-08-10T15:29:14.893+01:002016-08-10T15:29:14.893+01:00Hi Karel, welcome to the blog! Glad to know I have...Hi Karel, welcome to the blog! Glad to know I have a reader in Brazil! :) Hmmm, that's a good question. I've only ever read it in Middle English, unfortunately. I found it in a book with a glossary underneath, but don't know if it's any better than the website...:/<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=sJpbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA323&dq=on+the+evil+times+of+edward+ii&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6tOrbhrfOAhUCSRoKHdKSA_kQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=on%20the%20evil%20times%20of%20edward%20ii&f=false<br /><br />There's also this book but it's on limited view: <br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=iVgsAAAAIAAJ&q=the+simonie+modern+english&dq=the+simonie+modern+english&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE6t6wh7fOAhVCWhoKHT4xDz4Q6AEIHjAAKathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-79652306863179418422016-08-10T15:23:22.717+01:002016-08-10T15:23:22.717+01:00Howdy,
I'm sorry to ask this here, for i do n...Howdy, <br />I'm sorry to ask this here, for i do not know whether this is the due place to. But do you happen to know where can i find a readable text of the Poem on the evil times of Edward II?<br />I found this one (http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/dean-medieval-english-political-writings-simonie), but as english is not my native language, and given the level of archaism on the text, i'm discovering it to be nearly impossible to really grasp the meaning behind every line. <br />On a side note, you have a brazillian reader to your blog, i'm enjoying reading about Eddie the Sec in here :DLangobardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497860458373455072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-15201227269292158582016-08-08T15:28:57.912+01:002016-08-08T15:28:57.912+01:00Isn't it great? :-) Somerton was literally jus...Isn't it great? :-) Somerton was literally just a name to me till my dad moved to this area recently. I thought it might be like Hanley Castle in Worcestershire, which belonged to Hugh Despenser the Younger and where Edward II stayed in 1324, which gave its name to the local village but which is now just an empty field. My dad and I nearly fell off our chairs when we looked at the local map and realised Somerton still exists, a few minutes from his house. :)Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-18219826464156557862016-08-07T21:14:47.061+01:002016-08-07T21:14:47.061+01:00How fantastic! Once again you have taught me somet...How fantastic! Once again you have taught me something about the area I grew up in. I will add it to my list of places to visit next time I am home. Dancin Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09502277364901407733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-72643370117438331932016-08-07T19:09:41.245+01:002016-08-07T19:09:41.245+01:00Wonderful pictures! I'd never heard of this...Wonderful pictures! I'd never heard of this castle but how wonderful that it is still lived in!Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-58575146944200130512016-08-07T18:48:32.856+01:002016-08-07T18:48:32.856+01:00Nice place. I wonder if Eddie dug ditches around t...Nice place. I wonder if Eddie dug ditches around that place, or hunted near by.sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.com