Hereford was given a grant of murage dated 18/5/1426.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the mayor and bailiffs of the city of Hereford of murage for three years, to be applied under the survey of John Falk the elder, Walter Mybbe, 'draper' and Henry Chippenham, 'grocer' who are each year to send the accounts of the said mayor and bailiffs after audit, into the chancery.
Granted by Henry VI. (Regnal year 4). Granted at Leicester.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry VI (1422-29) Vol. 1 p. 336
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. 37
Comments
Clearly local citizens and a local audit. Presumably these details were copied from the petition. Although such details don't normally get into the petition they must have been fairly standard.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 20/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
