Newcastle-upon-Tyne was given a grant of murage dated 24/11/1404.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Pardon to the men of the town of Newcastle on Tyne in consideration of their poverty on account of their great costs and labours in the making of walls and ditches of the town and the custody and watch of the same from night to night, for which many men dwelling there have depaited and dwell elsewhere, of all taxes, tillages, tenths and fifteenths granted to the king in the last Parliament. By K.
Granted by Henry IV. (Regnal year 6). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1905,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry IV (1401-05) Vol. 2 p. 465
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 43, 104n3
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 22/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
