Alfred Gatty.
Queries.
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE: LICENCES TO CRENELLATE.
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
of your numerous readers will be able to assist me.
Licences to Crenellate.
| When granted. | Name of Place. | To whom granted. |
| 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. |
J. H. Parker.