Gloucester was given a grant of murage dated 26/6/1238.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Extension of the term of the murage of the town of Gloucester, granted for three years from Midsummer, 19 Henry III, until three years from the Apostles Peter and Paul, 22 Henry III.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 22). Granted at Woodstock.
Primary Sources
1906,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1232-47) Vol. 3 p. 225
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009,
Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Herbert, N.M., 1988, ‘Bridges, gates, and walls’, and ‘Gloucester Castle’, in Herbert, N.M. (ed),
VCH Gloucestershire Vol. 4 (Oxford: OUP for the Institute of Historical Research) p. 242-7
online copy
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 06/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
