Shrewsbury was given a grant of murage dated 28/2/1408.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Pardon, with the assent of the council, to the bailiffs and burgesses of the town of Shrewsbury, in consideration of the great losses which they have sustained by the malice and invasion of the Welsh rebels, of 47l. which they are bound to pay to the king at the Purification next for the third part of the tenth and moiety of a tenth granted to the king in the last Parliament at Gloucester. By p.s.
Granted by Henry IV. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Westminster. Granted by p.s..
Details of the petition which resulted in this grant can be seen
at this link. 
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1907,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry IV (1405-08) Vol. 3 p. 414
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 43 (ref-Rot. Parl., III, 618-619 see petition)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 02/02/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
