Kings Lynn (Lenn) was given a grant of murage dated 24/10/1403.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
The like {commission of array} to Robert Botelysham, mayor, Edmund Belyetere, Thomas Drewe, Thomas de Waterden, John Wrenteworthe and Thomas Brygge in the town of Lenn and a parcel of the town of South Lenn within the enclosure of the town of Lenn, compelling all men dwelling within the said town and parcel to contribute to the cleaning of the moats around the same and the fortification of the same, and certifying by the octaves of the Purification next. By C.
Granted by Henry IV. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Westminster. Granted by C..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1905,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry IV (1401-05) Vol. 2 p. 359
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 129
Comments
Is this a power to enforce the subsidy granted in 1338 and confirmed in 1377.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 25/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
