Hartlepool (Hartilpol) is said to have been given a grant of murage dated 1325 but this report is rejected.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
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Granted by Edward II. (Regnal year 18).
Primary Sources
moot
Secondary Sources
Astle, Thomas (ed), 1802,
Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi p. 98
online copySharp, C., 1851,
History of Hartlepool p. 142
online copy
Comments
Sharp writes 'The walls and fortifications of Hartlepool soon became objects of national importance, and were frequently supported and repaired by grants of murage from the crown.' and the footnotes
'Anno 9. Regis Edward II. Muragium pro villa de Hertilpole.
18. Edward II. Murag. pro majore de Hartilpol.
19. Edward II. Murag. pro villa de Hertilpol.
4. Edward III. do.
13. Edward III. do.
38. Mur. pro hominibus de Hertilpol.
Calendarium Rotulurum Patentium'
I can not find a murage in 18 Edward II. However, the murage for 19 Edward II is on membrane 18 and reads in Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium (The most likely source to be used by Sharp) '18. Muragium pro villa de Hertilpole.' I, therefore, suspect an error by Sharp.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/03/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
