Doncaster (Danecastre) was given a grant of murage dated 30/3/1215.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Rex Baillivus Petri de Maulay de Danecastre etc. Mandamus vobis quod villam de Danecastre claudi faciatis herit.one et palo secundum quod fossatum factum exigit, et unam levem bretascam fieri faciatis, super pontem ad villam defendendam, si opus fuerit, et hoc sub omni festinancone fieri faciatis. Scientes quod mandavimus domino vostro P. de Maulay quod hoc idem vobis mandet et fieri faciat. Teste me ipso apud Noting. xxx. die Marc.
Granted by John. (Regnal year 16). Granted at Nottingham.
Primary Sources
Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1833, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in turri Londinensi (1204-24) (Record Commission) Vol. 1 p. 192b
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
Doncaster, of P de Maulbry, ordered to be fortified. (Coulson)
DONCASTER 4578 4032. Borough 1136x52 (EYC, ii, no. 1004). 1334 Subsidy £255. Borough incorporated in 1467. Doncaster was a royal manor from 1461 until 1505, when it was granted to the mayor and commonalty (G.H. Martin, E.A. Danbury, P.J.P. Goldberg, B.J. Barber and M.W. Beresford,
Doncaster: A Borough and its Charters (Doncaster, 1994), pp. 18-19). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 469). (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 03/02/2009. Last updated on 26/04/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
