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DOMESDA Y. 243 porter of the castle ; the towers served for soldiers on guard. When there was a double line of walls the spaces next each wall were called the outer and inner ballia. Within the ballium were the lodgings and barracks for the garrison and workmen, wells, chapels, and sometimes even a monastery." At Dunheved, the chapel of the Virgin, the assize hall, the county prison, and the " barracks for the garrison " were within the Keep Court. Wc now briefly cite such portions as we have discovered of the reliable written history of the Castle and its govern- ment. Domesday (1085-6) must for the present be accepted as the earliest record of the building. Mr. Jago Arundell cites Tanner's MSS. as authorizing the statement that Halv[;/]eth Malyverer was Castellan of Dunheved in 11 39. [It has been seen, p. 143 ante, that Halnagh Mawleverer was sheriff of Cornwall in the year 1461-2. We note this fact as showing the permanent prominence of that Norman family, and the love of ancestral Christian names which is so common in civilized countries.] The charter of Regi- nald, 1 1 40- 1 176, treats the Castle as the central figure around which the new town was grouped. In 1 189 (5 Richard I.) Walter Reynell was in charge of the Castle, and King John afterwards made Hubert de Burgh its governor. Under the various titles of Castellan, Master, Governor, and Constable, we find that, from the age of King John to the present day, the Castle has been held in succession for an earl, or for a duke, of Cornwall. The holders of the office have generally been persons of eminent rank. As wc have not had access to the Duchy Records, we cannot give a consecutive list of the constables. We will, however, briefly notice that Hubert de Burgh, already named, was chief justiciary of England ; that John Fitz-Richard, the constable in 1209, Robert Cardinan, r 2