Bolingbroke, now called Old Bolingbroke, is a village near Spilsby in Lincolnshire, England. (Another village 10 km south west is called New Bolingbroke. ) William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln (born circa 1096) built Old Bolingbroke Castle in the 12th century, a motte and bailey castle, with a wet ditch. In the early 13th century, a new castle was constructed at the present site by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester.
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