There is associated evidence for murage, dated 6/3/1308, concerning citizens of Exeter (a complaint by commonalty of the county of Devon).
Wording
Commission to Roger de Bella Fago and John de Bateaford, upon the memorial of the commonalty of the county of Devon, to audit the accounts of the murage granted to the citizens of Exeter by the late king, and to report upon the application of it to that purpose, what surplus there is, and in whose hands the same may be.
Granted by Edward II. (Regnal year 1). Granted at Westminster.
The appointed commissoners or auditors were Roger de Bella Fago; John de Bateaford
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1894, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward II (1307-13) Vol. 1 p. 86
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 195
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 11/01/2009. Last updated on 09/01/2013. First published online 9/01/2013.
