Winchester (Wintoñ) was given a grant of murage dated 2/12/1215.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Rex Willelmo Briwerr. etc. Mandamus vobis quod heres faciatis Majori et probis homnibus nostris Wintoñ cent' ligna tam magna quam parva in foresta de Cnigteswd' vel de Bera {Forests of Knightswood or Bere Ashley} pro loca ubi videritis potius expedire ad minus nocument' foreste nostre ad turres civitatis sue gistandas et aluras faciendas et secundum quod de hiis expedite fecerint: uberius eis subsidium de aliis faciemus cum in pertes vestras venerimus. Teste me ipso apud Roffam, ij. die Dec..
Granted by John. (Regnal year 17). Granted at Rochester.
Primary Sources
Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1833, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in turri Londinensi (1204-24) (Record Commission) Vol. 1 p. 240
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 182
Comments
In 1217 {sic actually 1215}... the town also received a gift of timber to help in the making of towers and alures, an exactness of phraseology not often found in grants of this kind. (Turner)
Knightswood Forest is not in Forests and Chases of England and Wales c. 1000 to c. 1850
http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/forests/index.html. A Knightwood road name is in Bracknell, Berkshire, so possible part of Bracknell Forest, although this is a way from Winchester.
WINCHESTER 4480 1295. Borough early tenth century. Mint before 924-1154. 1334 Subsidy £515.17. Roman city. Seat of the West Saxon bishopric from about 660. Anglo-Saxon burh noted in Burghal Hidage. Borough and civitas in Domesday Book (Defence, p. 225; Darby, p. 365). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 175). Fair 1587, 22 Jul (Harrison, p. 394). See also VCH Hampshire, v, pp. 36-40. (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
online copy)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 29/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
