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Kenfig (villam de Kenefeg) was given a grant of murage dated 1184-85.

This was in the form of:-

Wording
Terra Comitis Gloecestr'
...
Et Hamoni de Valuignis .xvj. l. ad perclaudendam villam de Kenefeg per idem breve.

Granted by Henry II. (Regnal year 31).
Primary Sources
1913, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirty-first year of the reign of King Henry II A.D. 1184-1185 (Pipe Roll Society 34) p. 154 online copy

Secondary Sources
Round, R.H., 1913, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirty-first year of the reign of King Henry II A.D. 1184-1185 (Pipe Roll Society 34) Introduction p. xxvii

Comments
Hamon de Valogenes, who had been despatched there, is allowed £16. for enclosing the town. (Round)

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 02/01/2010. Last updated on 04/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.

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