Warwick was given a grant of murage dated 18/3/1305.
This was in the form of:-
This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.
Wording
The like to Guy de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, of murage and pavage for seven years for his town of Warwick. By pet. of C.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 33). Granted at Westminster. Granted by pet. of C..
Details of the petition which resulted in this grant can be seen
at this link. 
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1898,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1301-1307) Vol. 4 p. 318
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009,
Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Turner, H.L., 1971,
Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 123
Stephens, W.B., 1969, 'The borough of Warwick: Introduction: the medieval town',
VCH Warwick: Vol. 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick p. 418-427
online copy
Comments
WARWICK 4282 2650. Borough 914 (BF, p. 175). Mint possibly 924-39, 970s-1154. 1334 Subsidy £84.67: the value is that of Warwick ‘within’; the value of Warwick ‘without’ was £110.17. Borough built by Athelflaed of Mercia in 914; burh in Burghal Hidage and borough in Domesday Book (BF, p. 175;
Defence p. 222; Darby, p. 367). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 475). See also
VCH Warwickshire viii, pp. 480-1, 497. (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
online copy)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 10/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
