Hay on Wye (Haya) was given a grant of murage dated 6/6/1232.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Pro Eva de Braosa de villa de Haya.—Dominus rex concessit Eve de Braosa quod capiat in villa de Haya ad tuitionem et securitatem ejusdem ville et partium adjacentium, a festo Sancte Trinitatis anno regni domini regis xvj usque in tres annos completes, videlicet,
de qualibet carretta sive carro comitatus Herefordie ferente res venales ad predictam villam de Haya ibidem vendendas, j obolum;
et de qualibet caretta sive carro alterius comitatus etc.
in forma quam cives Herefordie habent ad villam suam claudendarn in rotulo patentium de anno domini regis quarto decimo.
Teste rege, apud Gloucestre, vj die Junii, anno xvj.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 16). Granted at Gloucestre.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1903,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1225-32) Vol. 2 p. 477
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Soulsby, Ian, 1983, The Towns of Medieval Wales (Phillimore; Chichester) p. 142-4
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 205
Comments
Indexed in Calendar as murage grant for Hereford.
HAY-ON-WYE / Y GELLI GANDRYLL 3226 2421. Borough thirteenth century. Area conquered by the Normans: a castle and priory are mentioned in the early twelfth century. No foundation or borough charter survives for Hay. The earliest date for the town is 1216, when it was burnt by K John. It was burnt by the Welsh in 1231. Hay was thereafter fortified in the mid and late thirteenth century and a new castle constructed. The town declined in the later medieval period, probably the result of Owain Glyndwr’s attack in 1400 (Soulsby, pp. 142-4). 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 05/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
