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                                                                                   Guest post by Adrian Price  Dr Adrian Price is a former Senior Lecturer in Welsh at the University of Glamorgan and during that time he also lectured on Welsh and Celtic history. Picture of Whittington Castle Gatehouse, by Attic Tapestry, via Wikipedia Creative Licence.  A few days ago I published a blogpost titled  Whittington Castle and the romance of Fouk Fitz Warine Delighted to find that a WWW contact of mine, Adrian Price, had written a longer and  more thorough piece about Fouke Fitz Warine, which originally appeared in an anthology titled 'Bandit Territories : British Outlaws and Their Traditions' edited by Helen Phillips , first published 2008. And have agreed with Adrian to share as a guest post. There is a particular emphasis on Fouk's connection to Wales. I have reproduced without editing. FOUKE FITZ WARYN The first outlaw with a Welsh connection who merits attention

      Update.  Have just  published a longer  Guest post by Adrian Price  which has a particular emphasis on Fouk's connections to Wales                                 Picture of Whittington Castle courtesy of Joy Duddell I first heard of Whittington Castle,Owestery, Shropshire  via a financial appeal to help manage the impact of lockdown that started to appear on Facebook   Please see appeal update at the end of this post.  It seems most likely that Whittington Castle was built around 1090-1100. In 1138 the Empress Maud fortified the Castle during her war with King Stephen.  The Castle's website has a helpful  Timeline   with many references to the Fouke/ Fulk family who gained control of Whittington Castle. The most famous family members , Fouk II and Fouk III feature in the romance known as 'The History of Fulk Fitz-Warine, an outlawed Baron in the Reign of King John' . The first version  transcribed from the Medieval French   was by one  Thomas Duffus