Canterbury was given a grant of murage dated 1/10/1378.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Writ of aid for the bailiffs of Canterbury, appointed to take stonemasons in Kent for the walling of that city. {Foedera.} By C.
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De operariis capiendis, pro muragio civitatis Cantuariensis.
Rex, universis et singulis vicecomitibus, majoribus, ballivis, ministris, et aliis fidelibus et subditis nostris, ad quos, &c. salutem.
Volentes expeditioni murationis et clausurae civitatis Cantuariae, feliciter inceptarum, quatenùs poterimus, providere cum effectu, assignavimus dilectos nobis ballivos civitatis Cantuariae, ad tot latomos quot pro operationibus murorum et clausurae praedictorum necessarii fuerint, ubicumque inventi fuerint in comitatu Kantiae, tam infra libertates quam extra, excepto feodo ecclesiae, et exceptis illis, qui alibi pro obsequio nostro ordinati vel assignati, eligendum et capiendum, et eos in operationibus illis ponendum, ibidem ad vadia ipsorum ballivorum eisdem latomis retionabiliter solvenda, quamdiu indiguerit, moraturos.
Et ideò vobis mandamus quod eisdem ballivis in praemissis faciendis et exequendis intendentes sitis, consulentes, et auxiliantes, quociens et prout per ipsos ballivos super hiis ex parte nostrâ fueritis praemuniti.
In cujus, &c.
Teste Rege, apud Westm', primo die Octobris. Per concilium
Granted by Richard II. (Regnal year 2). Granted at Westminster. Granted by C..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II (1377-81) Vol. 1 p. 274
online copyRymer, T. (ed. A.Clark and F. Holbrooke), 1816-69,
Foedera, Litterae & Acta Publica Vol. 4 p. 49
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 148
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 26/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
