Grimsby (Grimesby) was given a grant of murage dated 30/4/1255.
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 mayor and good men of Grimesby in aid of amending their port, and of paving and enclosing their town, that they may take specified customs for five years from Whitsunday next.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 40). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1908,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1247-58) Vol. 4 p. 408
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
GRIMSBY 5272 4093. Borough 1194 (BF, p. 137). 1334 Subsidy £97.23. Developed in the ninth century; dependant on trade with Norway and fishing. The reference to tolls at Grimsby in Domesday Book implies trade and a market (G. Platts,
Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 189; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire’,
History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 176). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
online copy)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 03/02/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
