York (Eborac) was given a grant of murage dated 30/4/1225.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Rex Baronibus suis de Scaccario salutem. Allocate dilectis et fidelibus nostra Civibus Eborac. on debitis que nobis debent quinquaginta libras que supersunt reddende de taillagio ultimo assiso in civitate Eboram anno regni nostro vij. et xxxix. libre decem solidos et septem denarius de pluribus debitis et arreragiis suis, quos eis concessimus inauxilium civitatis Eboraci firmande. Teste ut supra anno nono. {Teste me ipso apud Westm., xxx. die April.} Coram Justiciario et Bathoniensi et Sarresburiensi Episcopis.
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1844, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in turri Londinensi (1224-27) (Record Commission) Vol. 2 p. 34b-35
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
grants of £50 and £39 10s 7d. (Turner)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 23/01/2009. Last updated on 30/04/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
