Shrewsbury (Salopie) was given a grant of murage dated 4/10/1229.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Pro burgensibus Oxonie, Bruges et Salopie. — Terminus quem burgenses Oxonie habent de consuetudine capienda ad villam suam claudendam, prorogatur usque in tres annos a festo Sancti Michaelis anno etc xiij, per eadem verba que prius habuerunt.
Teste ut supra. {Teste rege, apud Westmonasterium, iiij die Octobris, anno etc.}
Consimiliter habent burgenses de Bruges terminum prorogaturn usque in duos annos ab eodem festo Sancti Michaelis de consuetudine ad villam de Bruges claudendam.
Et burgenses Salopie habent eodem modo terminum suum prorogatum usque ad eundem terminum.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 13). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1903,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1225-32) Vol. 2 p. 271
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 05/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
