Southampton (Suthampton) was given a grant of murage dated 26/4/1369.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Commission to the mayor and bailiffs of Suthampton to compel all those who have lands and rents in the town and others who stay there continually and live of their merchandise and take profit to contribute, each according to his state and faculties, towards the repair of the walls and turrets of the enclosure of the town; to take carpenters masons and other workmen for the work, and to imprison all those whom they find contrariant or rebellious in the premises until the king give other order touching them. By K. & C.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 43). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K. & C..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1913,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1367-70) Vol. 14 p. 229-30
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971,
Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 41, 174
Page, Wm (ed), 1908,
VCH Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 3 p. 493-530
online copy
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 28/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
