Tenby (Tynebey, in West Wales) was given a grant of murage dated 6/3/1328.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the men of Tynebey, in West Wales, of murage for seven years, in aid of the enclosure of the town and the construction of a quay. By p.s.
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Grant to the men of Tynebey, in North (sic) Wales, of quayage for seven years, in aid of the enclosure of the town and the construction of a quay. By p.s.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 2). Granted at York. Granted by p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1891,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1327-30) Vol. 1 p. 245, 248
online copyOwen, H. (ed), 1918,
A calendar of the public records relating to Pembrokeshire Vol. 3 (Cymmrodorion record series No. 7) p. 218-9
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 224
Comments
Either a clerical duplication or a grant of murage and a separate grant of quayage somewhat confused together; I suspect the later with murage of goods by land and quayage on good by water. I wonder if the customs rates are the same?
TENBY / DINBYCH-Y-PYSGOD 2133 2005. Borough late eleventh century. Occupied in the Roman period and possibly by Viking settlers. In the late eleventh century, the Normans established the first permanent settlement, constructing a castle and laying out a borough. In the late thirteenth century, the borough was rebuilt by William de Valence, who issued the first borough charter in the 1280s. Tenby’s economy thrived throughout the medieval period and beyond (Soulsby, pp. 250-3). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 472). See also Griffiths, pp. 289-320. (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
online copy)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 15/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
