This corresponds to present day Derby Square (Queen Victoria Monument), near the city centre.

[1] The castle was built on top of a plateau, which had been specially constructed, and a moat measuring 20 yards (18 m) was cut out of solid rock.

Inside the castle were a hall and chapel, which were connected to the south-western tower, and a brewhouse and bakehouse.

He rebelled against King Henry III and was arrested and held in the Tower of London and then Windsor Castle.

Mary de Ferrers, wife of the forfeited earl and niece to the King, was ordered to surrender the castle in July 1266.

The earl did not bestow much worth on the borough of Liverpool and in 1315, he granted the castle and the land to Robert de Holland.

Early in the reign of Edward III, the king utilised Liverpool as a port of embarkation in his wars with Scotland and Ireland.

In 1327, Edward ordered the constable of the castle to give shelter to men fleeing from the Scots.

"[5] Sir Richard Molyneux was appointed constable of the castle in 1440, and the title was made hereditary five years later.

It was decided that the castle would undergo repairs costing around £150,[5] "otherwaies it were a grate defacement unto the said towne of Litherpole".