Lewes was given a grant of murage dated 6/5/1266.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and good men of Lewes, at the instance of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, of murage for three years from Whitsunday next.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 50). Granted at Northampton.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1910,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1258-66) Vol. 5 p. 590
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. 155
Salzman, L.F., 1940, 'The borough of Lewes: Introduction and history',
VCH Sussex Vol. 7: The rape of Lewes p. 7-19
online copy
Comments
LEWES 5416 1102. Borough early tenth century (Defence, pp. 207-8). Mint 924-39, 970s-1154. 1334 Subsidy £40.50. Borough with tolls in 1066 (Defence, pp. 207-8;
VCH Sussex i, p. 435). After the Norman Conquest, a substantial castle town of the Warenne family and later a county town of Sussex. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 475). Fair 1587, Tues in Whit week (Harrison, p. 394). (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.
