Nottingham was given a grant of murage dated 2/5/1267.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and good men of Nottingham of murage for five years from the Ascension 51 Henry III.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 51). Granted at Windsor.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1913,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1266-72) Vol. 6 p. 57
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. 120
Comments
NOTTINGHAM 4572 3395. Borough 918 (BF, p. 146). Mint 924-39, 979-1154. 1334 Subsidy £370.50. Vikings wintered in a fortress at Nottingham in 868. Borough captured by K Edw the Elder in 918. Capital of the shire in 1016. Borough in Domesday Book. The great market place lay between the pre-Conquest town and the ‘French borough’ established by 1086 (BF, p. 146; Darby, p. 366). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 475). (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
online copy)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 08/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
