Plymouth (Plymmouth) was given a grant of murage dated 12/2/1404.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Commission to John, prior of Plympton, the abbot of Tavestoke, tbe abbot of Hokelond, Robert Hill the elder, Oto Cbambernon, John Gorges, Richard Piperell, William Bentelegh, William Bogherewe, William Venour and Henry Bone to take stone-cutters, carpenters and other artificers for the fortification of the town of Plymmouth and the port there with a wall of stone and lime and the making and crenellation of fortalices, towers and other defences.
Granted by Henry IV. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1905,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry IV (1401-05) Vol. 2 p. 353
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, C., 1995, 'Battlements and the Bourgeoisie: Municipal Status and the Apparatus of Urban Defence' in Church, Stephen (ed), Medieval Knighthood Vol. 5 (Boydell) p187
Higham, R. A., 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list' Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society Vol. 46 p. 146
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 124n43
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 10/02/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
