Newcastle-upon-Tyne was given a grant of murage dated 10/7/1373.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Commission to the mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John de la Chaumbre, Thomas Graper, John Howeden and William Lang, burgesses of the said town, to levy for five years on every chaldron of coals for sale passing from the town by water 1d. from the sellers, and apply the proceeds to the repair of the walls, towers, gates, bridges, and dykes of the town. By C.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 47). Granted at Westminster. Granted by C..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1914,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1370-74) Vol. 15 p. 326
online copy
Comments
Presumably an additional levy added to the existing murage grant (presumably of the usual sort). The burgesses seem to have continued to exercise this levy after the end of this grant. (If the levy was only taken from Newcastle merchants it may well not have required royal consent provided the levy was lawful - i.e. granted by common consent see Commission of 1389 MI277)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 17/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
