Totnes (Totton) was given a grant of murage dated 13/4/1264.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and burgesses and other good men of Totton of murage for five years from Easter, 48 Henry III.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 48). Granted at Nottingham.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1910,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1258-66) Vol. 5 p. 312
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. 199
Comments
TOTNES 2802 605. Borough c.1018 (BF, p. 99). Mint Edmund/Edgar-1042, 1066-1135. 1334 Subsidy £83.83. A commercial centre from the tenth century. Borough in Domesday Book. A separate borough was recorded at Little Totnes in 1326. By 1189, Totnes was divided into Little Totnes and Great Totnes. Although both areas remained in the borough of Totnes, manorial dues were paid separately. See also the entries for Bridgetown and North Ford, Devon (q.v.) (Darby, p. 364; BF, p. 93; Beresford, p. 421; P. Russell, The Good Town of Totnes, The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art (Exeter, 1964), p. 24). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 471). (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 07/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
