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Bath was given a grant of murage dated 4/6/1369.

This was in the form of:-

Wording
Commission to the mayor and bailiffs of Suthampton to compel all those who have lands and rents in the town and others who stay there continually and live of their merchandise and take profit to contribute, each according to his state and faculties, towards the repair of the walls and turrets of the enclosure of the town; to take carpenters masons and other workmen for the work, and to imprison all those whom they find contrariant or rebellious in the premises until the king give other order touching them. By K. & C.
The like to the mayor and bailiffs of the city of Bath.
By K. & C.

Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 43). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K. & C..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1913, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1367-70) Vol. 14 p. 230 online copy

Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 190

Comments
Turner calls this murage.

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 28/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.

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