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Bath (Batoñ) was given a grant of murage dated 28/4/1221.

This was in the form of:-

Wording
D' comput'. Rex Baronibus suis de Scaccario saletum. Computate domino J. Baton' Episcopo de tempere domini J. Reg' patris nostri de firma Civitatis Baton' et Berton' de termino Pasch' anno regni Reg' ipsius septimo decimo xxv. libras et de termino Sancti Mich' anno regni ejusdem octavo decimo xxv. libras de firma ejusdem Civitatis et Berton' quas Sauaricus de Malo Leone extorsit ab eo tempere quo fuit Constabularius Bristolli, sicut in litteris ejusdem Sauarici continetr patentibus quas ipsi Episcopo inde fecit. Computate etiam eidem Episcopo x. libras de firma praedicta de termino Pasche anno r. n. primo quas Hugo de Vivoñ extorsit similiter ab eo tempore quo ipse fuit Constabularius praedicti castri Bristoll', sicut etiam littere ipsius Hugonis protestantr quas idem Episcopus inde habet patentes. Computate etaim eidem Episcopo Lx. et xviij. libr' quas posuit in municionem et firmacionem Civitatis Bathon' tempere domini J. Rex patris nostri per precept' ejus. T.H. etc. apud Westm' xxviij. die April' anno r. n. vo. per eundem.

Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1833, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in turri Londinensi (1204-24) (Record Commission) Vol. 1 p. 454b

Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 190

Comments
some repairs had been carried out in the early thirteenth century (Turner)

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 30/01/2009. Last updated on 26/04/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.

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