Hereford was given a grant of murage dated 29/9/1190.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Et in operatione iiij portarum ciuitatis et j porte castelli Heref' lij li. et viij d. per breue R. et per uisum Eutropii de Mora.
Granted by Richard I. (Regnal year 2).
Primary Sources
The Great Roll of the Pipe for the second year of the reign of King Richard I : Michaelmas 1190 (Pipe Roll Society 39) p. 45
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 205
Comments
1190 when there is an allowance of £56 0s 8d to the sheriff of Hereford 'for the making of four city gates, and one gate at the castle'. (Turner)
I read this as £52 not £56
HEREFORD 3510 2400. Borough 1066 (BF, p. 122). Mint 924-39, 970s-1154. 1334 Subsidy £604.54. Probably a bishopric from the seventh century and a defended royal centre from the eighth, with a role as a bastion against the Welsh. Shire town and mint. ‘Civitas’ and ‘port’ (i.e. market) in Domesday Book (Darby, p. 365). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 471). Fair 1587, 8 Oct (Harrison, p. 396). See also M.D. Lobel, ‘Hereford’, in M.D. Lobel ed.,
Historic Towns: maps and plans of towns and cities in the British Isles: with historical commentaries from earliest times to 1800, (London, 1969). (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 31/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
