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Abergavenny (Bergeveny) was given a grant of murage dated 25/7/1241.

This was in the form of:-

Wording
Grant to William de Cantilupo the younger, that he may take each week in the town of Bergeveny murage for walling the town, for five years from St. Peter's Chains.

Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 25). Granted at Lanthony.
Primary Sources
1906, Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1232-47) Vol. 3 p. 255 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. 201 (where page ref for CPR is wrong)

Comments
ABERGAVENNY / Y FENNI 3302 2140. Borough 1256-9. Roman fort. Castle and town were set out in c.1090. A military and administrative centre after the Norman conquest of south Wales. Borough almost destroyed by Owain Glyndwr in 1404; it was not fully restored until the early sixteenth century (Soulsby, pp. 64-7). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 471). (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 06/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.

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