Oxford (Oxonie) was given a grant of murage dated 19/9/1226.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
De villa Oxonie claudenda.—Probi homines Oxonie habent tales litteras de auxilio ad villam suam claudendam, quales homines Wigornie habent de villa Wigornie claudenda, navibus solummodo exceptis.
Teste rege, apud Radinges, xix die Septembris.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 10). Granted at Reading.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1903,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1225-32) Vol. 2 p. 62
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009,
Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Hassall, T.G., 1979, ‘City walls, gates, and postems’, in A Crossley (ed),
VCH Oxford Vol. 4, The City of Oxford (OUP for the Institute of Historical Research) p. 300-4
online copy
Comments
OXFORD 4511 2064. Borough early tenth century (Defence, pp. 211-12). Mint ante 924-1154. 1334 Subsidy £913.92: the value is the total assessment for Oxford and its suburbs. Although there is evidence for earlier settlement, Oxford probably emerged as an urban centre and defended place in the late ninth century. It was noted in the Burghal Hidage. Capital of a shire in 1011. Borough and civitas in Domesday Book (Defence, pp. 211-12; Darby, p. 366; BF, p. 148). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 475). Fair 1587, 7 May; 17 Oct (Harrison, pp. 393, 396). See also
VCH Oxfordshire iv, pp. 305-12. (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.
