Great Yarmouth was given a grant of murage dated 23/5/1399.
This was in the form of:-
This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and burgesses of Great Yarmouth, in aid of enclosing their town, of murage† for three years.
† In margin of roll 'De pavagio.'
Granted by Richard II. (Regnal year 22). Granted at Haverford.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1909,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II (1396-99) Vol. 6 p. 572
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
†shows the equivocation between different aspects of 'improvement' grants (Coulson).
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 19/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
