Coventry was given a grant of murage dated 6/1/1329.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the prior and convent of Coventry, and to the good men of that town, of murage for six years, and, at the request of John of Eltham, earl of Cornwall, the king's brother, for two years more, provided that the said earl be not charged with the cost of making gates there when the ownership of the town shall happen to come into his hands. By p.s.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 2). Granted at Leicester. Granted by p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1891,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1327-30) Vol. 1 p. 343-4
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. 118
Joan C. Lancaster and Margaret Tomlinson, 1969, in Stephens, W.B.(ed),
VCH Warwickshire Vol. 8 p. 1-23
online copy
Comments
COVENTRY 4333 2793. Borough 1121x29 (BF, supplement, p. 64). 1334 Subsidy £750. Episcopal see, established at the existing abbey from 1102 and in 1228 was united with Lichfield, Staffordshire (q.v.) which had continued its claim to be a see. The burgesses of Coventry were granted the customs of Lincoln in 1121x29 and from the later thirteenth century Coventry was a major economic centre. In the late twelfth century the bishop had minting rights and Coventry served as a mint during the recoinage of 1465 and again in the seventeenth century (Challis, pp. 96, 192, 195;
VCH Warwickshire viii, pp. 166-7). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 475). Fair 1587, Thurs after Trinity Sunday (Harrison, p. 394). See also P.R. Coss ed.,
The Early Records of Medieval Coventry British Academy ns xi (Oxford, 1986);
VCH Warwickshire viii, pp. 151, 165-6. (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 15/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
