OCR GCSE History A · J410
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Revise: Evaluating Documentary Evidence for Castle FunctionsA licence to crenellate was a grant permitting fortification or the addition of battlements: the alternating raised sections and gaps along the top of a wall. In England, these licences were granted by monarchs and also by certain rulers with special regional authority, including the Duke of Lancaster after the creation of the Palatinate of Lancashire in 1351.