Winchester was given a grant of murage dated 18/8/1393 but this grant was then revoked.
This was in the form of:-
Grant of money:- for 5 years {Revoked after 2 years 5 months} of £26 p.a. from ulnage Starting 15/9/1394 running to 15/2/1397.
Wording
Grant to the mayor and commonalty of Winchester, in aid of the repair of its walls, of 26l. a year from the issues of the subsidy of the ulnage of cloth in Winchester and the county of Southampton, for five years beginning at the expiration of the term already granted to them, on condition that they spend it yearly thereon. By p.s.
Vacated by surrender and cancelled, because the king granted that sum to them for five years as from this date 16 February in his twentieth year.
Granted by Richard II. (Regnal year 17). Granted at Salisbury. Granted by p.s. .
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1905,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II (1392-96) Vol. 5 p. 332
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971,
Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 183
Page, Wm (ed), 1912, 'Winchester: Introduction',
VCH Hampshire Vol. 5 p. 1-9
online copy
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 18/01/2009. Last updated on 09/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
