Salisbury was given a grant of murage dated 12/4/1328.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
... New Salisbury should be a free city enclosed with dikes; and whereas R. the bishop, the canons and the citizens have petitioned for licence to enclose, fortify and crenellate the said city with a wall of stone and mortar (Calce) and to build proper turrets upon the wall for the safer keeping of the city in the future; the king has granted the licence so prayed, with power to repair the said wall and turrets as needful;
by p.s. & by fine of 20l.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 2). Granted at Stamford. Granted by p.s. & fine of 20l..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1912, Calendar of Charter Rolls Edward III 1327-1341 Vol. 4. (HMSO) p. 82
Secondary Sources
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 167
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 505n50
Comments
An inspeximus and confirmation of previous charters (Doncaster, 15 December, 9 Edward II (Vol. 3 p. 290) and Westminster, 28 May, 34 Edward I (Vol. 3 p. 67)), which made Sailsbury a free city. This charter additionally licences the building of walls and turrets. The charter also grants numerous other benefits to the citizens of Salisbury.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/02/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
