York (Eborum) was given a grant of murage dated 10/5/1221.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
D' comput'. Rex Baronibus suis de Scaccario saletum. Computate Civibus nostris Eborum cent' libra de antiquis firmis et antiquis debitis qua nobis debent et unde nobiscum finem fecerunt per cent' libra pro annum quas eis dedimus ad villam nostram Eborum claudendam Teste ut supra, anno etc. vo. per eundem. {Teste eodem apud Westm', x. die Maii, anno r. n. vo.}
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 5). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1833, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in turri Londinensi (1204-24) (Record Commission) Vol. 1 p. 456b-57
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971,
Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 114n66
Tillott, P.M. (ed), 1961,
VCH York; City of York p. 510-4n6
online copy
Comments
pardon of £100.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 23/01/2009. Last updated on 26/04/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
