The Gatehouse website record of a grant of murage for Kingston-upon-Hull granted 27/7/1321

Kingston-upon-Hull (Kyngeston upon Hull) was given a grant of murage dated 27/7/1321.

This was in the form of:-

Licence to crenellate

Wording

Licence for the burgesses and commonalty of Kyngeston on Hull to strengthen their town with ditches and a wall of stone and lime and to crenellate the wall.
By K. on the information of Master R. de Baldok.
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March 5. 1327. Westminster. 1 Edward III
Confirmation of a licence by the late king for the burgesses of Kingston-upon-Hull to strengthen their town with moats and a wall and to crenellate the wall; with further licence for them to crenellate their houses with stone or tile.
By K. and C.
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July 1. 1462. Westminster. 2 Edward IV
Inspeximus and confirmation to the mayor, sheriffs and burgesses of the town of Kyngeston on Hull of the following:-
1. Letters patent dated 27 July, 15 Edward II. being a licence for them to enclose and crenellate the town.
2. Letters patent dated 5 March, 1 Edward III. confirming the above.
{and 5 other items}

Granted by Edward II. (Regnal year 15). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K. on the information of Master R. de Baldok..

Details of the petition which resulted in this grant can be seen at this link.

Primary Sources

Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1904, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward II (1321-24) Vol. 4 p. 7 online copy
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1891, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1327-30) Vol. 1 p. 33 online copy
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1897, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward IV (1461-67) p. 237 online copy

Secondary Sources

Coulson, C., 1995, 'Battlements and the Bourgeoisie: Municipal Status and the Apparatus of Urban Defence' in Church, Stephen (ed), Medieval Knighthood Vol. 5 (Boydell) p162
Coulson, C., 1994, 'Freedom to Crenellate by Licence - An Historiographical Revision' Nottingham Medieval Studies Vol. 38 p. 122
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 103

Comments

KINGSTON UPON HULL 5100 4292. Borough 1299 (BF, p. 186). 1334 Subsidy £333.33. Previously called Wyke upon Hull. The port of Wyke was promoted by the Cistercian abbey of Meaux from at least the last years of the twelfth century. It was acquired by K Edw I in 1293 and was thereafter known as Kingston upon Hull (Beresford, pp. 511, 515). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 469). See also VCH Yorkshire (East Riding) i, pp. 407-11. (Letters, S., 2003, Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History) online copy)
The license of 1 Edw III still survives in Hull's archives and both are translated (in a rather flowery style) in Boyle, J. R., 1905, Charters and Letters Patent granted to Kingston upon hull (Hull Corporation) pp. 9-11

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