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burgesses of Caernarfon (Kaernarvan) was granted an exemption from murage dated 8/9/1284.

Wording
Grant that the town of Kaernarvan shall be a free borough, in the same terms as the chater above toughing the town of Aberconeweye, …
{Record of Carnarvon p. 185}

Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 12). Granted at Flint.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1906, Calendar of Charter Rolls Henry III-Edward 1 1257-1300 Vol. 2. (HMSO) p. 278 view online copy
Ellis, H. (ed), 1838, Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum "The record of Caernarvon" è codice ms to Harleiano 696. descriptum (Eyre and Spottiswoode: London) p. 185

Secondary Sources
Ballard, A. and Tait, J. (eds), 1923, British borough charters, 1216-1307 p. 256

Comments
Directly after Flint charter.

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 07/03/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.

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