Canterbury was given a grant of murage dated 28/6/1379.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and good men of the city of Canterbury, of murage, for ten years.
Granted by Richard II. (Regnal year 3). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II (1377-81) Vol. 1 p. 370
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. 148
Comments
Turner calls this a second grant after the grant of 1378, known from the endorsement of a parliamentary petition. I'm more inclined to feel this is the response to that petition (i.e. the first grant of murage) delayed by the alteration to ten years.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 17/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
