There is associated evidence for murage, dated 10/7/1280, concerning Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Wording
Mandate to John le Teynturer and Henry le Escot to abstain from impeding Hugh de Marchingeleye and Geoffrey de Gatesfeud, to whom the king has demised the murage of the town of Newcastle-on-Tyne for seven years from Whitsunday, in the collecting and levying of the said murage, and to surrender to them any of the same taken against their will after the commencement of the demise from merchants of within or without the town trading there, lest the king hear a repetition of their plaint.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 8). Granted at {Selborne.}.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1272-81) Vol. 1 p. 388
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 04/02/2009. Last updated on 08/01/2013. First published online 9/01/2013.
