Stamford (Stamford) was given a grant of murage dated 19/10/1218.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
De mairem. ad villam de Stanf' claudend. Mandat' est Com. Albemarl quod herere faciat Comiti Warenñ maeremium de parco dñi Rex de Clive ad villam suam de Stanford claudendam. Teste ut supra. pro ipsum Com' Mar'. {Teste Comiti apud Westm., xix die Octobr.}
Regarding timber to enclose Stamford. Mandate to the earl of Albemarle, who is to acquire, for Earl Warenne, timber from the lord's park of King's Cliff, to enclose the town of Stamford. {My translation}
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 2). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1833, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in turri Londinensi (1204-24) (Record Commission) Vol. 1 p. 370b
Secondary Sources
Turner, H.L., 1971,
Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 122
Roffe, David, 2002,
Stamford Castle: history online copy
Comments
A grant of timber was received in 1218 (Turner)
In 1218 and 1226 the king granted wood from his park at King's Cliffe (Northants.) to `enclose the town of Stamford' (Rot Litt Claus i, 370; ii, 26). (Roffe)
STAMFORD 5028 3071. Borough 918 (BF, p. 137). Mint 970s-1154. 1334 Subsidy £358.83. Danish borough annexed by K Edw the Elder in 918. Borough in Domesday Book. Incorporated in 1462 (Darby, p. 366; BF, p. 137). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, 12 Mar (Harrison, p. 393). See also E.W. Moore,
The Fairs of Medieval England, an Introductory Study (Toronto, 1985), pp. 12-13 and passim. (Letters, S., 2003,
Gazetter of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Centre for Metropolitan History)
online copy)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 24/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
