Gloucester was given a grant of murage dated 1/7/1250.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the good men of Gloucester of murage for three years from Michaelmas next.
Afterwards this term was extended until one year after the, feast of St. Edward in the thirty-seventh year.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 34). Granted at Worcester.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1908,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1247-58) Vol. 4 p. 73
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009,
Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Herbert, N.M., 1988, ‘Bridges, gates, and walls’, and ‘Gloucester Castle’, in Herbert, N.M. (ed),
VCH Gloucestershire Vol. 4 (Oxford: OUP for the Institute of Historical Research) p. 242-7
online copy
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 06/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
