Grimsby (Grimmisby) was given a grant of murage dated 17/3/1261.
This was in the form of:-
This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.
Wording
Grant to the mayor and good men of Grimmisby to take certain specified customs for the amending of their port and for the paving and walling of their town for four years from the Annunciation, 45 Henry III.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 45). Granted at Tower of London..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1910,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1258-66) Vol. 5 p. 144
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. 119
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 07/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
