Newcastle-upon-Tyne was given a grant of murage dated 26/5/1421.
This was in the form of:-
Tax Remission:- pardon of all sums from the tenths and fifteenths granted in the fifth and seventh years
Wording
Pardon to the king's lieges of the town of Newcastle on Tyne of all sums from the tenths and fifteenths granted to the king by the commons of the realm in the fifth and seventh years, as they are much impoverished by captures of their ships and merchandise by the king's enemies of Scotland and others, the murage and fortification of the same, many watches there on the safe-keeping of the town and great mortality of themselves. By K.
Granted by Henry V. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 191?,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry V (1416-22) Vol. 2 p. 343
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.
