Wallingford castle is situated in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK adjacent to the River Thames. Wallingford Castle was built by Robert D'Oilly between 1067 and 1071 on orders from William the Conqueror. It was strengthened by Brien FitzCount before the wars between King Stephen (Stephen of England) and Empress Matilda, and King Stephen's forces attacked it many times, before he was in turn attacked by the soon-to-be King Henry II. FitzCount established a prison within the castle, called Cloere Brien. It was described as "most securely fortified by impregnable walls". King John of England added further to the castle, and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall spent substantial sums on it: during the 13th century it gained two further walls and ditches. It fell into decline in the 16th century, but in the 17th century, it was strengthened again for supporters of Charles I of England during the war with Oliver Cromwell. It was the last English stronghold to surrender during the English Civil War, and Cromwell later ordered it to be destroyed. The site was a meeting-place for non-conformists later in that century. The castle grounds are now open to the public. Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... The Thames (pronounced /temz/) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Brien FitzCount was the Lord of Wallingford and Baron Abergavenny, and a staunch supporter of the Empress Matilda during the Anarchy. ... Stephen (1096 – October 25, 1154), the last Norman King of England, reigned from 1135 to 1154, when he was succeeded by his cousin Henry II, the first of the Angevin or Plantagenet Kings. ... Empress Maud (1102 – September 10, 1167) is the title by which Matilda – daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England and his wife Maud of Scotland (herself daughter of Malcolm III Canmore and St. ... Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. ... John (French: Jean) (December 24, c. ... Richard (5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272) was Count of Poitou (bef. ... Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of Scotland, England and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his execution. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ...
At a very early age he became a chorister in the collegiate chapel of the castle of Wallingford, Berkshire.
He appears to have been pressed for service in the King's Chapel, the choristers of which were usually afterwards placed by the king in one of the royal foundations at Oxford or Cambridge.
He was elected to King's College, Cambridge, in 1543, a date which has fixed the earliest limit of his birth-year, as he would have been ineligible at nineteen.
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