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| | Berkshire History: Windsor |
 | | William the Conqueror picked the site (which was then in the parish of Clewer) for a defensive wooden motte and bailey castle, soon after 1066. |
 | | King James I of the Scots (1420-24): He courted Jane Beaufort (daughter of John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset and grandaughter of Prince John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster) here and wrote The King's Quair about his love for her. |
 | | From 1351, King Edward had his architect, William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, almost totally rebuild Windsor Castle, originally under the watchful eye of the constable, Thomas Foxley, and his assistants, Oliver de Bordeaux and John Brocas. |
| www.berkshirehistory.com /villages/windsor.html (1923 words) |
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