Harfleur was given a grant of murage dated 16/12/1415.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Pro Reparatione Villae de Harefleu.
Rex, dilecto sibi, Johanni Colchestre Mason, Salutem.
Scias quòd nos,
De fidelitate & Circumspectione tuis pleniùs confidentes, Assignavimus Te ad tot Lathomos, Factores Tegularum, Tegulatores, & alios Laboratores, ubicumque infra Regnum nostrum Angliae inveniri poterunt, tam infra Libertates, quam extra, quot pro Reparatione & Emendatione Murorum, Domorum, & aliorum Aedidiciorum Villae nostrae de Harefleu necessarii fuerint, Arestandum & Capiendum, & eos, super Operationibus nostris ibidem, pro Denariis nostris, in hac parte prompè & rationabiliter solvendis, Ponendum, seu poni faciendum;
Et ideò Tibi Praecipimus quòd circa Praemissa diligenter intendas, & ea facias & exequaris in forma praedicta:
Damus autem Universis & singulis Vicecomitibus, Majoribus, Ballivis, Constabulariis, ac aliis Officiariis & Ministris nostris, tam infra Libertates, quàm extra, Tenore Praefentium, firmiter in Mandatis quòd Tibi, in executione Praemissorum, Intendentes sint, Consulentes, & Auxiliantes, prout decet,
In cujus, &c. quamdiu nobis placuerit duraturas.
Teste Rege apud Westmonasterium, xvi Die Decembris.
Granted by Henry V. (Regnal year 3). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Nicolas, H (ed), 1835,
Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England Vol. 2 p. 184n1
online copy (reference only)
Comments
Measures were taken for the repair of the walls and houses of Harfleur on the 9th of December following. Vide Foedera, vol. ix. p. 327. (Nicolas)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 12/04/2009. Last updated on 01/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
