Newcastle-upon-Tyne was given a grant of murage dated 3/3/1408.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Pardon, with the assent of the council, to the king's lieges of Newcastle on Tyne, in consideration of their great labours and costs on the safe-keeping of the town and their losses in ships and merchandise, and the destruction of the adjoining country, of a moiety of the sum due to be paid by them for the tenth and moiety of a tenth granted to the King at the last Parliament at Gloucester, amounting to 100l. By p.s.
Granted by Henry IV. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Westminster. Granted by p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1907,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry IV (1405-08) Vol. 3 p. 411
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 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
