Previous to the publication of the second volume of the _Domestic
Architecture of the Middle Ages_, you were kind enough to insert some
Queries for me respecting existing remains of houses of the fourteenth
century, which elicited some useful Notes, partly through your columns and
partly from private friends who were thus reminded of my wants. I am now
preparing for the press the third and concluding volume of that work,
comprising the period from the reign of Richard II. to that of Henry VIII.
inclusive. I shall be glad of information of any houses of that period
remaining in a tolerably perfect state, in addition to those mentioned in
the _Glossary of Architecture_. I have reason to believe that there are
many; and one class, the halls of the different guilds, seem to have been
generally overlooked.
With the kind assistance of Mr. Duffus Hardy, I have obtained a complete
list of the licences to crenellate contained in the Patent Rolls, and some
other records preserved in the Tower. Most of these have the name of the
county annexed; but there are a few, of which I add a list, in which no
county is mentioned, and local information is necessary in order to
identify them. Perhaps some {221} of your numerous readers will be able to
assist me.
_Licences to Crenellate._
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|When granted. | Name of Place. | To whom granted. |
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| 22 Edward I. | Melton. | John de Cokefeld. |
| 17 Edward II. | Molun. | Raymond de Grismak. |
| 5 Edward III. | Newton in Makerfeld. | Robert de Langeton. |
| 9 Edward III. | Esselyngton. | Robert de Esselyngton.|
| 12 Edward III. | Cublesdon. | John Trussell. |
| Ditto. | La Beche. | Nicholas de la Beche. |
| Ditto. | Beaumes. | Ditto. |
| 15 Edward III. | Pringham. | Reginald de Cobham. |
| Ditto. | Orkesdene. | Ditto. |
| Ditto. | Stanstede. | Robert Burghchier. |
| 16 Edward III. | Credonio. | Bernard de Dalham. |
| Ditto. | Heyheved. | William Lengleys. |
| 18 Edward III. | Chevelyngham. | Thomas de Aeton. |
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