burgesses of Harlech (Hardelagh) was granted an exemption from murage dated 22/11/1284.
Wording
To archbishops, etc. The like in favour of the town of Hardelagh {as in _Record of Carnarvon,_ p. 193; _Calendar of Charter Rolls,_ ii, p. 280}. Witnesses as above.
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Pro burgensibus Hardelagh de libertatibus eis concessis.
Rex archiepiscopis etc. salutem. Sciatis quod volumus et concedimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quod villa nostra de Hardelagh de cetero liber burgus sit –etc. etc. as Conway above _mutatis mutandis._ … Et quod burgenses nostri praedicti non convincantur per aliquos forinsecos super aliquibus appellis –etc. etc. impositis aut imponendis a ripa de Karnarvan quae vocatur Seyntes usque ad ripam de Devy set solumodo {sic in MS.} per burgenses nostros prsedictos nisi –etc. etc. in civitate nostra Herefordie. Quare volumus {The _quare_ clause is not recited in the MS.} etc. ut supra. Testibus ut supra. Datum ut supra. {as Bere}
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 13). Granted at Cardigan.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1912,
Calendar of various Chancery Rolls - Welsh Rolls 1277-1294 p. 295
view online copyLewis, E.A.,
Mediaeval Boroughs of Snowdonia (London) p. 282
view online copyEllis, H. (ed), 1838, Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum "The record of Caernarvon" è codice ms to Harleiano 696. descriptum (Eyre and Spottiswoode: London) p. 193
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/03/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.
