Stamford (Stanford) was given a grant of murage dated 23/10/1267.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Whereas lately, at the instance of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, lord of Stanford, the king granted to the bailiffs and good men of Stanford murage for five years from Whitsunday, 50 Henry III.; the king, in consideration that they were constant in their fidelity in the disturbance had in the realm, grants that after the end of the said term they may take the same murage for another six years with these additions :—on every quarter of madder 1/2d., and on every cartload of teasles for the preparation of cloth 1d.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 51). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1913,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1266-72) Vol. 6 p. 121
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
a reward for loyalty, not a military precaution (Coulson)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 08/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
