Granted at Westminster.

Original source is;

• Lyte, H.C. Maxwell (ed), 1894, Calendar of Patent Rolls (1307-13) p. 61 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;

• Davis, Philip, 2010-11, 'Crenellated town houses in Medieval England' Castle Studies Group Journal Vol. 24 p. 270-91
  Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol. 3 (Cambridge) p. 439
  Coulson, C., 1995, 'Battlements and the Bourgeoisie: Municipal Status and the Apparatus of Urban Defence' in Church, Stephen (ed), Medieval Knighthood Vol. 5 (Boydell) p. 194n297
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 part 2 p. 405 online copy

Benstede, Sir John (d. 1323)

Biographical source include;

• Henry Summerson, 2004, ‘Benstede, Sir John (d. 1323)’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press) online copy (subscription may be needed)