Newcastle-upon-Tyne was given a grant of murage dated 12/11/1414.
This was in the form of:-
This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.
Wording
Pardon to the burgesses and commons of the town of Newcastle on Tyne of two tenths and two fifteenths granted to the king in the last Parliament by the commons of the realm; because they are much impoverished by captures of their ships by the king's enemies of Scotland and others, sudden maritime tempests and divers costs and expenses about the walls, towers, turrets, pontage and pavage of the town and more watches on the walls and because they made no shipments of wools, hides and wool-fells in the port of the town for the last four years. By K.
Granted by Henry V. (Regnal year 2). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1910,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry V (1413-16) Vol. 1 p. 273-4
online copy
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 43, 104n3
Comments
A rare mention of 'watches on the wall.'
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 22/01/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
