点评:not a traditional castle , a castellated mansion or manor house...
with a very intresting history...
you should combine a visit, to Swansea Minster,church of st mary in the center of the city...he is buried there.., with his tudor celebrity wife, the social influencer of the 16th century... a major owner of the castle ..
Sir Mathew Cradock ( 1468–1531) Steward of Gower, Chancellor of Glamorgan and constable for life of the Kenfig and Caerphilly castles. , his grandsons.. the herberts of pembrokeshire, gower,swansea, raglan,
his cousins the mansells of margam,penrice,oxwich castles, in margam abbey are their tombs... etc
his marriage to Lady Katherine Gordon 1474-1537 lady in waiting to queen elizabeth of york and a decesendant of king James II of scots & king Edward III of england...
a much later owner,Sir John Nicholl ( 1759 – 1838) of Merthyr Mawr mansion and his cousins..the nicholls of dimlands castle & the Ham mansion in Llantwit Major,.
check out @Little Knowlege Podcast with Paul Busby & Goff Morgan on youtube, for more info, also the historian... nigel williams book and the itv vanished wales series..
翻译:并非传统意义上的城堡,而是一座带城堡的宅邸或庄园……
拥有非常有趣的历史……
建议您将参观斯旺西大教堂(位于市中心的圣玛丽教堂)与城堡一同安排行程……他与他那位都铎王朝的名媛妻子——16世纪的社交名流——就葬在那里……他曾是这座城堡的主要拥有者之一……
马修·克拉多克爵士(1468–1531)曾任高尔半岛管家、格拉摩根郡大法官,并终身担任肯菲格城堡和卡菲利城堡的守卫官。他的孙子们……彭布罗克郡、高尔半岛、斯旺西、拉格伦的赫伯特家族;
他的堂兄弟曼塞尔家族,拥有马格姆、彭里斯、牛津郡城堡,他们的陵墓位于马格姆修道院……等等。
他与凯瑟琳·戈登夫人(1474-1537)结婚,她是约克郡伊丽莎白女王的侍女,也是苏格兰国王詹姆斯二世和英格兰国王爱德华三世的后裔……
后来的主人是梅瑟蒂德菲尔庄园的约翰·尼科尔爵士(1759-1838),以及他的堂兄弟……迪姆兰兹城堡和兰特维特梅杰的哈姆庄园的尼科尔家族。
更多信息,请收听YouTube上保罗·巴斯比和戈夫·摩根主持的@Little Knowlege播客,以及历史学家奈杰尔·威廉姆斯的著作和ITV的《消失的威尔士》系列节目。