Stamford (Stanford) was given a grant of murage dated 19/10/1265.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and good men of Stanford, at the instance of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, their lord, of murage for five years after the expiration of their present grant to them of the same for five years from Whitsunday 45 Henry III.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 49). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1910,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1258-66) Vol. 5 p. 469
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. 32n17
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 07/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
