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Newcastle-upon-Tyne was given a grant of murage dated 22/3/1404.

This was in the form of:-

Wording
Pardon to the mayor and commonalty of Newcastle on Tyne, in consideration of their expenses for the safety of the town against, the king's enemies of Scotland and elsewhere by land and water, of all the subsidy granted to the king in the last Parliament from or for all their lands, rents, goods and possession in the towns and its suburbs. By K.

Granted by Henry IV. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1905, Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry IV (1401-05) Vol. 2 p. 372 online copy

Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 43, 104n3

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 22/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.

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