Cardigan (Kardygan) was given a grant of murage dated 24/5/1280.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the good men of Kermerdyn of murage for eight years from the Ascension, 8 Edward I.
The like to the good men of Kardygan.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 8). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1272-81) Vol. 1 p. 371
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Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 212
Comments
CARDIGAN / ABERTEIFI 2179 2461. Borough 9 Dec 1284 (CChR, 1257-1300, p. 280). A Norman motte was constructed in 1093 a mile west of the present town, at Hen Castell. The first castle at Cardigan was built in the reign of K Hen I. The settlement probably developed around the castle. Taken by the Welsh from 1165, the castle was not secure in English hands until the 1240s. Cardigan grew in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, but thereafter contracted (Soulsby, pp. 99-101). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 472). (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
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Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
