Granted at Cambridge. Grant by at the instance of Queen Eleanor.

This licence was specifically for defences without crenellations.

Comments

Original source is;

• Lyte, H.C. Maxwell (ed), 1913, Calendar of Patent Rolls (1266-72) p. 41 online copy

(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms. Licentia is best translated as 'freedom to' not 'permission'.)

Significant later sources are;

• Charles Coulson pers. corr.

Sir William le Moyne (d. before 1293)