Bridgwater (Brugewauter) was given a grant of murage dated 19/10/1269.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the good men of Brugewauter, at the instance of Roger de Mortuo Mari, their lord, of murage for five years.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 53). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1913,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1266-72) Vol. 6 p. 371
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. 191
Comments
Roger mortimer held the castle and one third of the borough. The other two thirds of the borough were held by George Cauntelo. However, the borough was free borough from 1200.
BRIDGWATER 3298 1370. Borough 1200 (BF, p. 155). 1334 Subsidy £260. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 471). See also
VCH Somerset vi, p. 216. (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 08/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
