Chester may have been given a grant of murage dated 1320.
This was in the form of:-
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I find this record in the year 14 Edw. II. the custom of Murage was granted the city for two years, to the reparation and amendment of the walls of the said city, and for the paving of the streets: in which grant there is set down some particulars, which are to be paid thus, viz. for every cranock of all kinds of corn, a half-penny; and of all meal and malt, a farthing. And for what is not in the said grant expressed, there should be paid for the value of every two shillings a farthing, which was two-pence-halfpenny a pound. (Webb in Ormerod)
Granted by Edward II. (Regnal year 14).
Primary Sources
moot
Secondary Sources
Ormerod, G., 1819,
History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol. 1 p. 158
online copy
Comments
William Webb writing about 1621. No reference given but Webb's source seems to be the city records rather than the royal rolls.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 10/03/2011. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
