Ingebald's Castle 1100s

[Ronald Drysdale]

"...... As William the Conqueror advanced through England, he built motte-and-bailey castles to fortify key positions to secure the land he had taken."

...... it’s thought that around 1000 motte and bailey castles were built in England during this period of history.

https://www.castlesworld.com/tools/motte-and-bailey-castles.php

I have recently come across two references suggesting that Ingebald was the builder and occupier of a Motte & Bailey type castle in Applegarth in Annandale:

http://www.castlestudiesgroup.org.uk/CSGJournal2017-18-rev6-131-340...

......The lands of Applegarth were granted by Bruce to one Ingebald, and it is likely that he was the builder of the motte in the 12th century.

https://thecastleguide.co.uk/castle/applegarth-motte/

....Applegarth Motte is a substantial round earthwork at the top of a steep bank overlooking the river Annan. Its proximity to the parish church make it seem likely this was the seat for a planned lordship during the twelfth century as part of the establishment of the Lordship of Annandale by the Bruce family. ......It is only in the 1360s that one Humphrey de Jardine is referred to as lord of Applegarth ........The Jardines were knights who held land under the Bruces from the 12th century, the earliest references being to their witnessing Bruce documents from this period. However, there was a family known as “de Applegarth” in the 12th century as well, and one Ingebald was granted the land for a knight’s fee in the late 12th century, confirmed to his son Hugh about 1215. It may be the case that Hugh’s daughter then married William de Jardine who held the property afterwards.....

Ingebald would obviously need accommodation appropriate to his status as a local Lord in Annandale and this seems as likely a place as any.

Best regards

[Russell Lynn Drysdale]

From Monastery at Applegarth ...'' This alone is justification for the tradition. Brus held Annandale of the crown for the service of l0 knights. This knight’s fee of Hugh, son of Ingebald, must have been considerably larger than the present parish of Dryfesdale, if the whole of Annandale was divided into 10 knight’s fees. The unusual reference to a monastery in what was the stereotyped formula of a charter, is significant. It implies that somewhere within the area covered by the grant was a site that was, or had been, a monastic establishment at one time. It is also significant that a witness to the grant Was William de Gardino, the first known member of the Jardine family, whose association with Applegarth was only severed within recent years and whose burial mausoleum stands in Applegarth kirkyard. We may never know the boundaries of the lands gifted by Brus to Hugh, son of Ingebald, but it is suggested here that they covered both Dryfesdale and Applegarth''...

[Ronald Drysdale]

Thankyou Russell for pointing out this excellent reference.

I know you found this a long time ago, but I hadn't realised its significance until today.

Best regards