Exeter (Exonie) was given a grant of murage dated 8/11/1224.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
De villa Exonie claudenda. Burgenses Exonie babent litteras de auxilio babendo ad villam Exonie claudendam in forma qua burgenses Salopie babent: que quidem fornia inrotulata est in rotulo litterarum patentium de anno viij, excepta bac clausula, 'et de qualibet nave' etc. Durent littere iste usque in tres annos completes a die Natalis Domini anno etc. nono. Teste rege, apud Westmonasterium, viij die Novembris, anno etc. nono, coram consilio domini regis.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1216-25) Vol. 1 p. 495
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 194
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 04/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
