Coventry (Coventre) was given a grant of murage dated 11/5/1417.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Licence for the mayor and commonalty of the town of Coventre who have long sustained and still sustain grave charges about the walling of the town and have no possessions to their common use, to acquire in mortmain, after inquisition, lands, rents and services to the value of 40l. yearly within the said town and the precinct of the same in aid of the support of the charges of the town. By K.
Granted by Henry V. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Reading. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 191?,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry V (1416-22) Vol. 2 p. 105
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971,
Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 43
Joan C. Lancaster and Margaret Tomlinson, 1969, in Stephens, W.B.(ed),
VCH Warwickshire Vol. 8 p. 1-23
online copy
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 24/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
