There is associated evidence for murage, dated 21/8/1331, concerning Lichfield and Tamworth.
Wording
Commission of oyer and terminer to Master Philip Aubyn, John de la Lee and Roger de Bodenham, in the counties of Stafford and Warwick, touching the accounts of the collectors of the murage granted by the late king and the king to the towns of Lichfield and Tamworth.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Bedford.
The appointed commissoners or auditors were Master Philip Aubyn; John de la Lee; Roger de Bodenham
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1893, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1330-34) Vol. 2 p. 201
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
Lichfield had not received murage since 1300, but was granted pavage, which was used for cathedral precinct wall. Tamworth never granted murage (certainly none enrolled). Were there illicit collections? (Derived from Coulson)
Was this a clerical slip of murage for pavage? Tamworth granted pavage in 1317 and 1320
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 15/01/2009. Last updated on 18/01/2013. First published online 9/01/2013.
