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Chester was given a grant of murage dated 31/3/1395.

This was in the form of:-

This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.

Wording
City, grant of murage, on the petition of the mayor and commonalty, stating that the walls and pavement of the city were in a very ruinous state, and that they had from the earliest times been supported and repaired by a murage. {18 & 19 Ric. 2. m. 3 d. (1), (2), (3).}

Granted by Richard II. (Regnal year 18).
Primary Sources
1875, 36th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records-Cheshire Recognizance Roll p. 97 online copy

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/03/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.

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