Bath (Batoñ) was given a grant of murage dated 10/5/1221.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
D' comput'. Rex Baronibus suis de Scaccario saletum. Computate ve. p. J. Batoñ Episcopo xx. libras quas posuit in municionem et firmacionem Civitatis Bathon' tempere domini J. Rex patris nostri per precept' ejus. Teste ut supra. per eundem. {Teste eodem apud Westm', x. die Maii, anno r. n. vo.}
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1833, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in turri Londinensi (1204-24) (Record Commission) Vol. 1 p. 456
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 190
Comments
some repairs had been carried out in the early thirteenth century (Turner)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 07/09/2009. Last updated on 26/04/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
