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burgesses of Bridgnorth (Bruges, alias Bruggenorth) was granted an exemption from murage dated 21/5/1446.

Wording
Grant o the burgesses of Bruges, alias Bruggenorth, of the following:-
(1) they and the residents in the borough and its suburbs shall be quit of pavage, quayage, murage, payage, lastage, tallage, carriage, picage, stricage, cranage, culage, pannage, chiminage, pesage, through all the king's realm of England, and his power; …
Vacated because otherwise below.

Granted by Henry VI. (Regnal year 24). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1927, Calendar of Charter Rolls 5 Henry VI - 8 Henry VIII, AD 1427-1516, with an appendix, 1215-1288 Vol. 6. (HMSO) p. 64-66

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 11/03/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.

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