Kidwelly (Kedwelly) was given a grant of murage dated 8/12/1280.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant, at the instance of Patrick de Cadurcis, their lord, to the bailiffs and good men of Kedwelly of murage for five years from Christmas, 9 Edward I.
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De Muragio de Kedwely.
REX, Ballivis et probis hominibus de Kedwelly, Salutem. Sciatis, quod ad instantiam dilecti et fidelis nostri, Patricij de Cadurcis, Domini vestri, concessimus vobis in auxilium ville vestre predicte claudende, ad securitatem et tuicionem eiusdem ville et partium adiacentium, quod a festo Natalis Domini, anno regni nostri nono, usque ad finem quinque annorum proximo sequencium completorum, capiatis de rebus venalibus in villam predictam venientibus, consuetudines subscriptas, videlicet
De qualibet carecta cariata panni, duos denarios:
De quolibet summagio panni, unum denarium:
De quolibet dolio vini, duos denarios:
De qualibet carecta cariata lane, quatuor denarios:
De quolibet summagio lane, unum denarium:
De qualibet carectata mellis, duos denarios:
De quolibet summagio mellis, unum denarium:
De qualibet carectata ferri, duos denarios:
De quolibet summagio ferri, unum denarium:
De qualibet carectata piscis marini, duos denarios:
De quolibet summagio eiusdem piscis, unum obolum:
De qualibet carectata bladi, unum denarium:
De quolibet summagio bladi, vnum obolum:
De qualibet carectata panis, vnum denarium:
De quolibet summagio panis, vnum obolum:
De qualibet carecta cariata coriis bouinis vel equorum, duos denarios:
De quolibet summagio eorumdem corrorum, vnum obolum:
De qualibet carecta salis, unum denarium:
De quolibet summagio salis, vnum quadrantem:
De quolibet summagio pellium caprorum, ouium uel agnorum, unum denarium:
De quolibetsummagiofarine, unum obolum:
De quolibet summagio Wayde(?) unum obolum:
De quolibet summagio pomorum, pirorum, uel fructum, unum quadrantem:
De quolibet summagio hominis de blado, vnum quadrantem:
De quolibet equo, uel equa, boue, uel vacca, vnum obolum:
De decem bidentibus vel ouibus, vnum denarium:
De sex capris, vnum denarium:
De quatuor porcis, unum denarium:
De quolibet summagio linee tele, unum denarium:
De quolibet summagio hominis de eadem tela, vnum obolum:
De quadraginta pellibus vulpium vel squirellorum, vnum denarium: et
De viginti pellibus vulpium uel squirellorum, vnum obolum.
Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod a predicto festo Natalis Domini vsque ad finem predictorum quinque annorum consuetudines illas capiatis, sicut predictum est. Completo autem termino illo, consuetudines ille penitus cessent et deleantur. In cuius, etc., per totum tempus predictum duraturum. Teste Rege spud Turrim Londinensem viij ? die Decembris.
Concerning the Murage of Kidwely.
THE KING, to the Bailiffs and Good men of Kidwely, Greeting. Know ye, that at the request of Our dear and faithful Patrick de Chaworth, your Lord, We have granted to you in aid of enclosing your aforesaid Town for the security and the defence of the same Town and the adjacent parts, that from the Feast of the Birth of our Lord, in the ninth year of our reign, until the end of Five years next following and to be completed, you may take the underwritten customs for saleable things coming into your aforesaid town, to wit
For each cart load of cloth, two pence:
For each horse load of cloth, one penny:
For each pipe of wine, two pence:
For each cart load of wool, four pence:
For each horse load of wool, one penny:
For each cart load of honey, two pence:
For each horse load of honey, one penny:
For each cart load of iron, two pence:
For each horse load of iron, one penny:
For each cart load of sea fish, two pence:
For each horse load of the same fish, one half penny:
For each cart load of corn in the straw, one penny:
For each horse load of corn in the straw, one half penny:
For each cart load of bread, one penny:
For each horse load of bread, one half penny:
For each cart load of ox, or horse-hides, two pence:
For each horse load of such hides, one half penny:
For each cart load of salt, one penny:
For each horse load of salt, one farthing:
For each horse load of goat, sheep, or lambskins, one penny:
For each horse load of flour, on half penny:
For each horse load of …(?) one half penny:
For each horse load of apples, pears, or fruit, one farthing:
For each manload of corn in the straw, one farthing:
For each horse or mare, ox or cow, one half penny:
For ten old or young sheep, one penny:
For six goats, one penny:
For four pigs, one penny:
For each horse load of thread web, one penny:
For each manload of such web, one half penny:
For forty fox, or squirrelskins, one penny: and
For twenty fox, or squirrelskins, one half penny.
And therefore we command that from the aforesaid feast of the Birth of our Lord, until the expiration of the aforesaid five years, ye may take those customs as is aforesaid. But that term being complete, those customs shall wholly cease and be annulled. In witness, &c., to continue during the whole time aforesaid. Witness the King at the Tower of London, the 8th day of December.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Tower of London.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1272-81) Vol. 1 p. 418
online copyPATENT ROLL. 9th. EDWARD I., A.D. 1280. MEM. 29.
Online as Murage of Kidwelly (translator not cited)
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
KIDWELLY / CYDWELI 2409 2067. Borough possibly twelfth century. The town and castle were constructed by Roger, bp of Salisbury in c.1110. From this early date there is evidence of a ‘new town’ on the opposite bank of the River Afon. The men of ‘Cadweli’ were granted freedom from toll in 1106-14. Flemish settlers established a cloth industry, which encouraged the development of the town. From the early thirteenth century, Kidwelly was an important port. During the reign of K Edw I, the borough and castle were refortified. The old town was destroyed by Owain Glyndwr in 1403 and, although repaired, was thereafter eclipsed by the importance of the ‘new town’ across the river (Soulsby, pp. 152-4). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 472). (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 09/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
