Gloucester petitioned for a grant of murage in {1312}.
Wording
Nature of request: {Petition in 3 parts}.
1) The burgesses request confirmation of their charters of their liberties.
2) They request a grant de novo that no-one of the town will be impleaded for tenements of pleas of trespass and quarrels outside of the town.
3) They request murage for 10 years.
Endorsement: They should have murage for 5 years, and they should have confirmation of their charters, and according to the petition it is granted except in cases concerning the lord king himself or his ministers or the community of the town. Let it be done for a fine of £40.
Endorsement
They should have murage for 5 years, and they should have confirmation of their charters, and according to the petition it is granted except in cases concerning the lord king himself or his ministers or the community of the town. Let it be done for a fine of £40.
Details of the murage grant which resulted from this petition can be seen
at this link. 
Primary Sources
National Archive SC 8/114/5679 Former Reference - Parliamentary Petition 3829
Comments
Apparently firmly datable to 1312 by reference to CPR 1307-13, p. 497. (National Archive note)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created . Last updated on 22/03/2012. First published online 6/01/2013.
