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In 1458 May 5, Ralph Botiller, knight, lord of Sudeley (Sir Ralph Boteler) was granted, by Henry VI, (In year 36 of his reign) a Royal Pardon licence to crenellate More (The More, Rickmansworth)

The wording of this licence is;

"General pardon to Ralph Botiller, knight, lord of Sudeley, for good service to Henry V and the king in France, Normandy and England from his youth up; pardon also to him of his trespasses in crenellating without licence his manors of Sudeley, co. Gloucester, and More, co. Hertford."

Granted at Westminster, by privy seal etc.


A general pardon to Ralph Botiller, for good service to Henry V and the king, added a specific pardon for crenellating without licence his manors of Sudeley and More.


Original source is

(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms.)


Significant later source are;


More details about licences to crenellate can be found here.

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