Hartlepool (Hertilpole) was given a grant of murage dated 31/12/1383.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
JOH. A. gra. ep. Dun. burgensibus & p'bis hoi'b's v. de Hertilpole S. Sciatis q'd de gra n'ra sp'iali concessimus & lic. dedimus vob. in auxilium v. p'dce claudende et pavimentum in ead. rep'and & faciend. nec non ad majorem securitatem & tuitionem ho'i'um & rerum eju'd. v. & p'tium adjacentium q'd a die &c. ad finem quinq annor. &c. capiatis in ead. v. tam de rebus venal, in d'c'a v. ad datam prefatam existen' q'm de reb's ven. ad d'ca v. venien. conauetudines subscriptas viz.
de quolt. sum'agio bladi ae brasij venal, cujuscunq gen'is sit, unum q'adrantem.
de quoit. dolio vini ven. duos d.
de quoit. equo & equa bove & vacca ven. j d.
de quolt. corio equi & eque bovis & vacce fristo salito aut tannato ven. j q'dr.
de qualt lasta corior bov. & vaccar. venalium duodecim d.
de quoit. bacone ven. j q'adrant.
de X ovibus & capris ven. j d.
de quinq porcis ven. j d.
de qualt centena pellium caprar. 4 d.
de qualt centena pellium lepor &e. (ut s'a) & squirrellor ven. jd.
de qualt' cent. grisi-operis ven. j d.
de quolt. quart' salis ven. j ob.
de quolt su' panni ven. j. d.
de quolt panno integro valor. 40s. ven. j. ob
de quoit trussello panni ven. duct. p' carectam ijd.
de qualt centena pannor.
de worsted ven. ijd.
de quolt panno qui vocat' cov'lyt j q'dr.
de qualt centena linee tele & canevas ijd.
de quolt. sumagio salmonis ven. ijd.
de quoit. milliar. alec. ven. jd.
de quolt. sumagio de wadd ven. ijd.
de duob. milliarib's alij aut cepar. ven. j ob
de qualt duodena de cordewayn & rasam ven. jd.
de quoit pari molar aut. rotar. ven. j ob.
de quolt sumagio plumbi et ferri aut stanni ven. jd.
d qualt carreeta maeremij ven. jd.
de qualt carr. bosci aut bruere ven. j d dr.
de qualt carracta pan.......ven. j ob.
de quolt sumagio de lattes et bord j quad.
de qualt petra uncti sepi butiri & casei ven. j q'dr.
de qualt centena cere ven. ijd.
de qualt cent pip'is ven. ijd.
de qualt centena amigdol. ven. jd.
de qualt centena cumini j ob
de qualt centena todde & madre ven. j q'dr.
de quolt' milliar. cardonum ven. j. q'dr.
de quoit sumagio de batry ven. ijd.
de qualt carr.
de batery specier & mere...ven. iiijd...
de qualt carr. sindonum ven. ijd.
de quolt sumagio fructuum ven. j ob.
de quoit sumagio eujuscunque m'cimonij ven. venien. ad eand. villam & exceden' valorem decem sol. jd.
de quoit trussello cujuscunq m'cimonij ven. venien. ad eand. v. & non exceden' valor, decem sol j ob.
de qualt merchandisa ven. hic non no'i'ata valor' quinq solidor. & amplius exceden. vil. ven. ad eand. vil. j. q'dr.
Et ideo vob' &c. Reb's & bonis nativor' n'ror & ten. n'ror in bondagio nec non reb's & bonis nativor pr. Dun. ae lanis & pellibus laniatis ad iatas consuetudines prestandas semp' exceptis &c. &c.
For every horse load of corn and malt of every sort, 1/4d.
For every tun of wine, 2d.
For every horse and mare, ox and cow, 1d.
For every hide of horse, mare, ox, and cow, fresh salted or tanned, 1/4d.
For every last of ox and cow hides, 12d.
For every fat Hog, 1/4d.
For ten sheep and goats, 1d.
For five hogs, 1d.
For every hundred goat skins, 4d.
For every hundred hare skins, &c. and squirrel skins, 1d.
For every hundred {ells} of hair work, perhaps made from the hair of the gris, gray, or badger. 1d.
For every quarter of salt, 1/2d.
For every horse load of cloth, 1d.
For every whole piece of cloth of the value of 40c. 1/2d.
For everv truss of cloth brought by a cart, 2d.
For every hundred {ells, each hundred containing 8 score} of worsted cloth, 2d.
For every piece of cloth called a coverled {couvre-lit. French} 1/4d.
For every hundred ells, {each hundred containing 8 score} of linen web and canvas, 2d.
For every horse load of salmon, 2d.
For every thousand herrings, 1d.
For every horse load of ashes {q. pot-ash} 1d.
For every horse load of wadd {dyer's weed} 2d.
For two thousand {heads of} garlick or onions, 1/2d.
For every dozen {skins} of cordovan leather, and dressed leather, a penny.
For every pair of mill stones or wheels, 1/2d.
For every horse load of lead and iron, or tin, 1d.
For every cart load of {building} timber, 1d.
For every cart load of brush-wood or heath, 1/4d
For every cart load of cloth.....1/2d.
For ever horse load of laths and boards, 1/4d.
For every stone of fat, tallow, butter, and cheese, 1/4.
For every hundred (108lbs.) of waix, 2d.
For every hundred of pepper, 2d.
For every hundred of almonds, 1d.
For every hundred of cummin seed, 1/2d.
For every hundred todde and madder, {perhaps woad and madder} 1/4d.
For every thousand cardonum, teazles (dipsacus sativus) 1/4d.
For every horse load of batery, {q. what?}
For every cart load of batery {q.} spices and wares, 4d.
For every cart load of fine linen, 2d.
For every horse load of fruits, 1/2d.
For every horse load of whatsoever kind of wares, exceeding the value of ten shillings, 1/2d.
For every truss of any sort of wares, coming to the said town, and not exceeding the value of ten shillings, 1/2d.
For every merchandise not especially named, of the value of 5 shillings and more, brought into the said town, 1/4d. &c. &c.
Granted by Bishop Fordham.
Primary Sources
Rot. Fordham Sch. 4. No. 5, Commissio pro Burgensibus ville de Hartilpol ad consuetudines levand (in Sharp, C., 1851,
History of Hartlepool App. p. ii
online copy)
Secondary Sources
Page, Wm (ed), 1928,
VCH Durham Vol. 3 p. 265-6
online copy refs. Sharp, C.,
History of Hartlepool App. p. ii
Sharp, C., 1851,
History of Hartlepool p. 145-6
online copy (refs. —v.
Appendix, p. ii. and Hutchinson's
History of Durham v. 3. p. 23.)
Hutchinson, Wm, 1794,
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Vol. 3 p. 23
online copy
Comments
Grants of murage were made during the 14th and early 15th century to the mayor and bailiffs on behalf of the burgesses. These grants illustrate one feature of the history of the borough—the continual rivalry between king and bishop for the supreme influence there. The burgesses took advantage of this rivalry to obtain charters first from one authority and then from the other, so that their right to take murage was almost continuous for nearly a century.(VCH)
Amongst a variety of other similar grants by the successors of Bishop Bury, which present little novelty in the detail, is one from Bishop Fordham, A. D. 1383, (given in the notes) to the burgesses and honest men of Hartlepool, in aid of enclosing the town with walls, and making and repairing the pavement within the same, also for the greater security and defence of the inhabitants and goods of the same town and parts adjacent, whereby he permits them to take certain customs as well from articles remaining for sale, as from articles brought for sale, for the period of five years. (Sharp)
Bifhop Fordham granted his charter to the burgeffes to receive tolls within the borough for the maintenance of the walls and haven, and for other public ufes; and bifhop Langley and other fucceeding prelates renewed and or enlarged the fame. (Hutchinson)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 20/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
