Southampton (Suthampton) was given a grant of murage dated 4/2/1374.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Appointment of William Bacon, mayor of Suthampton, William Mauneshull, bailiff thereof, Thomas Hoywode and William Scarlet to take twenty hewers of stone in the county of Southampton for the works of the walls of the said town, put them to the works, at the wages of the men of the town, there to stay as long as shall be necessary, and arrest all who are contrariant and commit them to prison until they find security to serve on the works.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 48). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1914,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1370-74) Vol. 15 p. 405-6
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 174
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 28/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
