Ellesmere was given a grant of murage dated 30/6/1258.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to Peter de Monte Forti, keeper of the manor of Ellesmere, of murage for the town of Ellesmere for five years from St. Peter's Chains.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 42). Granted at Oxford.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1908,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1247-58) Vol. 4 p. 640
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
8 months seems a long time to delay a grant (unless there was an earlier, unrecorded, grant). I've interpreted this as a backdated grant (although this implies murage was being taken before the grant was given - also suggestive of earlier grants).
ELLESMERE 3400 3347. Borough 1216x37 (BF, p. 151). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 471). (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 14/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
