In 1546 Jan 31, Sir William Pagete, the King's Councillor was granted, by Henry VIII, (In year 37 of his reign) a Royal licence to crenellate Burton (Burton Upon Trent Abbey)

"With licence to fortify buildings hereby granted in the parish of Burton and all others which he shall erect in the parish (sic) of Brysingote, Derb. and and to impark and enclose 500 ac. of land in Brysingote, with grant of of free warren therein."

Granted at Westminster, by s.b..

Extensive grant of lands mostly former Burton Abbey lands with licence given to fortify given to Sir William Paget in 1546, however, it is clear that although Paget planned a house on the site of the Abbey no building took place.

Original source is

• Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII Vol21 pt1 p76-7 no149.39

(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;

• Tringham, N.J., 2003, in Tringham, N.J. (ed), VCH Staffordshire Vol9 p9-10

More details about licences to crenellate can be found here.

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