Hereford was given a grant of murage dated 28/11/1467.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the mayor and bailiffs of the city of Hereford of murage for eight years to be expended on the repairs of the enclosure and walls of the city by the supervision of Richard Chok, knight, and Thomas Breynton, citizen of the city.
Granted by Edward IV. (Regnal year 7). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1897, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward IV (1461-67) p. 54-5
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
'The point of such a Crown agent (Richard Choke) intervention in normal borough mechanisms could have been merely to assert a royalist (Yorkist) presence at a time of contested authority of Edward IV (Coulson).
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 13/02/2009. Last updated on 30/04/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
