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Great Yarmouth was given a grant of murage dated 24/6/1285.

This was in the form of:-

Wording
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the burgesses of Yarmouth of 40 marks received by them from certain customs in the town granted to them by the late king in order to enclose the town for the security thereof and of the adjoining parts, as they have shown to the king that they received this sum and expended it and more about the enclosure of the town and the making of the ditches about the same, and that the treasurer and barons exact this sum from them.

Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 13). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1902, Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I Vol. 2 p. 328 online copy

Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 139

Comments
'by 1285 the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were ordered to discharge the burgesses of forty marks said to have been spent on the defences' (Turner)

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 25/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.

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