ðə sˈɪkstiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi hɪstˈoːɹiən dʒˈɑːn stˈoʊ ɐskɹˈaɪbz kənstɹˈʌkʃən tʊ ɐ bˈæɹən ʌv mˈaʊntfɪʃɪt, hˌuː kˈeɪm tʊ ˈɪŋɡlənd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə nˈoːɹmən kˈɑːŋkwɛst mˈɔntfɪkˌeɪ ɪz ɐ vˈɪlɪdʒ ɪn nˈoːɹməndi bᵻtwˌiːn bˈeɪjuː ænd sˈeɪntlˈoʊ.
The 16th-century historian John Stow ascribes construction to a Baron of Mountfichet, who came to England during the Norman ConquestMontfiquet is a village in Normandy between Bayeux and Saint-Lô.