Penrith (Penereth) was given a grant of murage dated 10/4/1346.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and good men of Penereth of murage for seven years. By p.s.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 20). Granted at Tower of London. Granted by p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1903,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1345-48) Vol. 7 p. 66
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. 109
Comments
PENRITH 3515 5302. Borough 1286 (BF, p. 84). 1336 Subsidy £398.15. Town developed under royal initiative in the 1220s (A.J.L. Winchester,
Landscape and Society in Medieval Cumbria (Edinburgh, 1987), p. 122). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 468). Fair 1587, Tues in Whit week (Harrison, p. 394). (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 17/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
