Stafford (Staffordie) was given a grant of murage dated 4/8/1224.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
De villa Staffordie claudenda. Burgenses Staffordie habent concessionem domini regis per omnia de auxilio habendo ad villam suam claudendam, duraturam usque in duos annos a festo Assumptionis Beate Marie anno etc. viij, in forma quam burgenses Salopesbirie habent. Set ubi dicitur, 'de qualibet caretta sive carro ejusdem comitatus ferente res venales,' apponitur, 'ferente sal vel bladum sive alias res venales,' et ubi dicitur, 'ferente sal et ibidem vendendas' apponitur postea 'vel per ipsam villam transeunte.'
Teste rege, apud Bedeford, iiij die Augusti, coram justiciario, et Bathoniensi et Sarresburiensi episcopis.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 8). Granted at Bedford.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1216-25) Vol. 1 p. 459
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 209
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 04/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
