Ipswich was given a grant of murage dated 6/6/1299.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the bailiffs and good men of the town of Ipswich of murage for five years. By K.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 27). Granted at Dover. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1292-1301) Vol. 3 p. 421
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. 126
Comments
IPSWICH 6165 2445. Borough 1066 (Darby, p. 367; BF, p. 166). Mint 970s-1154. 1334 Subsidy £645.25. A flourishing centre of trade and industry in the seventh to ninth centuries, with a borough court and other urban features in the tenth (D.M. Palliser ed.,
Cambridge Urban History of Britain (Cambridge, 2000) i, pp. 218-21; E.O. Blake ed., Liber Eliensis, Camden third series 92 (1962), p. 100). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 475). Fair 1587, 23 Apr; 25 Jul (Harrison, pp. 393, 395). (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 10/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
