Carlisle petitioned for a grant of murage in {1314-1336}.
Wording
Petitioners: People of Carlisle.
Addressees: King and council.
Places mentioned: Carlisle, {Cumberland}.
Nature of request: The people request a grant of murage to repair the walls of the town, to strengthen the wall with brattices, to re-cut the moat, and to maintain the gates and drawbridges.
Endorsement: {None}.
Endorsement
{None}
Details of the murage grant which resulted from this petition can be seen
at this link. 
Primary Sources
National Archive SC 8/204/10186
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 32n20
Comments
The petition is given a date range of 1314-1336, but it has to date to one or the other of these dates as licences were granted for 3 and 5 years in these years (CPR 1313-17, p.93; CPR 1334-8, p.194). Unfortunately, it is not clear from the hand which is the more likely. (National Archive note)
On the bases of the absence of the mayor from the petition I attribute this to 1314.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created . Last updated on 22/03/2012. First published online 6/01/2013.
