GATEHOUSE
A comprehensive gazetteer and bibliography of the medieval castles, fortifications and palaces of England, Wales and the Islands.
 
 
Home
The listings
Other Info
Books
Links
Downloads
Contact
 
Murage Home
Grants
Exemptions
Petitions
Other
 
Print Page 
 
Next Record 
Previous Record 
Back to list 

Ludlow may have been given a grant of murage dated 1275.

This was in the form of:-

Wording

----
Feb. 20. 1280. Clarendon. (Sic)
Memorandum, that the king granted, on 2 March, at Dounam{eney} to G{eoffrey} de Gyenvill a murage at Lodelawe, for which he shall have a writ so soon as he shall deliver to the king the writ of murage that he previously had there.

Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 3).
Primary Sources
The primary source is lost or obscure.

Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1902, Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I Vol. 2 p. 45 online copy

Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)

Comments
The reference to an earlier writ to Geoffrey suggests that there is an unrecorded grant of murage filling the gap between the 5 year grant of 1271 (to Theobald de Verdun) and this 1280 grant. Geoffrey de Gyenvill, was justiciary of Ireland in 1275 so perhaps mislocated in Irish rolls. There seems to be some inconsistency with the given date of the Close Roll entry, The king was in Down Ampney on 2 March 1280, so the Close Roll entry must by some time in March 1280.

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 28/02/2009. Last updated on 01/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.

Home | Books | Links | Fortifications and Castles | Other Information | Help | Downloads | Author Information | Contact

¤¤¤¤¤