Leicester was given a grant of murage dated 16/2/1286.
This was in the form of:-
This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.
Wording
Grant to the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Leicester of murage and pavage for five years.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 14). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1893,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1281-91) Vol. 2 p. 221
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. 119
McKinley (ed), 1958, 'The City of Leicester: Political and administrative history, 1066-1509',
VCH Leicester: Vol. 4: The City of Leicester p. 1-30
online copyBateson, Mary, 1899,
Records of the Borough of Leicester (London) p. xxxvi-xxxvii
online copy
Comments
LEICESTER 4585 3044. Borough 1086 (BF, p. 135). Mint 924-1154; Viking coins before 924. 1334 Subsidy £266.67. Seat of a bishopric from late seventh century to late ninth century. Viking stronghold in late ninth and early tenth century. Borough and civitas in Domesday Book (BF, p. 135; Darby, p. 366). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, 1 May; 29 Sept (Harrison, pp. 393, 396). See also
VCH Leicestershire iv, pp. 46-7. (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.
