Overton was given a grant of murage dated 13/4/1300.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
March 10. Westminster.
Grant to the bailiffs and good men of the town of Shrewsbury of murage for seven years.
The like to the mayor, bailiffs and good men of the town of Overton.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 28). Granted at St. Albans.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1292-1301) Vol. 3 p. 505
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 217
Comments
OVERTON / OWRTYN 3373 3418. Borough 1292. In Maelor hundred or Maelor Saesneg. Town appears to have been planned in the late thirteenth century. Soon after Overton was granted borough status in 1292, it was seriously damaged during a Welsh attack. Town subsequently destroyed by Owain Glyndwr in 1403, after which it was largely abandoned (Soulsby, pp. 211-12). (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
online copy)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 10/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
