Newcastle-upon-Tyne was given a grant of murage dated 2/5/1486.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant, during pleasure, to the mayor and burgesses of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne (in consideration of good and gratuitous services to the king, and the great charges and expenses they sustain in the defence of the marches towards Scotland, by sea and by land, and in the maintaining and repairing of the Tyne Bridge there, and the walls of the said town), of 20l. yearly out of the great customs in the port of the said town, towards the support and repairing of the bridge and walls aforesaid.
2 May P.S. No 865.
Granted by Henry VII. (Regnal year 1). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Campbell, Wm., 1873,
Materials for a History of Henry VII (Rolls Ser.) Vol. 1 p. 421-2
online copy
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 02/01/2010. Last updated on 30/04/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
