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Lincoln was given a grant of murage dated 26/1/1271.

This was in the form of:-

Wording
Grant to the mayor, bailiffs and other citizens and good men of Lincoln to whom the king in his forty-second year granted murage for seven years from the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and in his fifty-second year renewed the grant for three years from Ash Wednesday in that year, that they shall continue to take the said custom for another three years from next Ash Wednesday.

Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 55). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1913, Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1266-72) Vol. 6 p. 510 online copy

Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 08/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.

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