Southampton (Suthampton) was given a grant of murage dated 26/5/1321.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant for three years to the mayor, bailiffs and good men of the town of Suthampton of murage upon all wares for sale brought into their town.
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Nov. 20. 1341. Stamford 15 Edward III
Exemplification, at the request of the men of the town of Suthampton, of letters patent (1) dated 26 May, 14 Edward II, granting to the mayor, bailiffs and good men of the town, murage for three years, and (2) dated 21 November, 17 Edward II, granting to them quayage for one year.
Granted by Edward II. (Regnal year 14). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1903,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward II (1317-21) Vol. 3 p. 590
online copyMaxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1900,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1340-43) Vol. 5 p. 339
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. 172
Page, Wm (ed), 1908,
VCH Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 3 p. 493-530
online copy
Comments
The exemplification of these grants will be to do with the Commission investigating Southampton's murage set up Oct. 11, 1341.
The Chancery seems to have been much less good than the Exchequer in using records to check. The 'exemplifications' are quite likely to have been based on the originals produced rather than on the rolls. In theory, the rolls were an excellent reference medium but evidence that they were used at all thoroughly is absent (Coulson).
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 13/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
