Northampton (Norhampton) was given a grant of murage dated 26/1/1252.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the mayor, burgesses and good men of Norhampton of murage for two years from Easter this year. By K.
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Grant to the mayor, burgesses and good men of Northampton of murage for 2 years, from Easter 36 Hen. III., viz.:
of every cart carrying brushwood for sale 1/4d.;
of every cartload of corn for sale 1/2d.;
of every horseload of brushwood, by the week, 1/2d.;
of every horseload of straw, by the week, 1/2d.;
of every horse, mare, ox or cow sold 1/2d.;
of every truss of cloth brought by cart for sale 2d.;
of every weight of Cordulean leather for sale 2d.;
of every tanned hide of horse, mare, ox or cow 1/4d.;
of every cart loaded with sea fish 4d.;
of every horseload of sea fish 1d.;
of every horseload of cloths for sale 1d.;
of every cart loaded with salt fish for sale 2d.;
of every cask of wine or ashes coming to the said town for sale or passing through the same 2d.;
of every sack of wool for sale 4d.;
of every untanned hide of ox, cow, horse or mare 1/4d.;
of 10 sheep, goats and pigs 1d.;
of 10 sheep skins tanned and sold 1d.;
of every boat coming to the said town loaded with merchandise for sale 1/2d.;
of every hundredweight 1d.;
of every size of wood sold 1d.;
of every boat load of salt for sale 1/2d.;
of 2,000 onions sold 1/4d.;
of every quarter of corn conveyed by water and sold 1/4d.;
of every thousand of herrings 1/2d.;
of every load of garlic sold 1/2d.;
of every hundred of boards sold 1d.;
of every hundred of buckets sold 1/4d.;
of every car and cart sold 1/2d.;
of every millstone sold 1d.;
of every stone of flax 1/2d. {From Kleineke ref:- Lancum vs. Lovell, 204; Northampton Records I, 41-43}
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 36). Granted at Silverstone. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1908,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1247-58) Vol. 4 p. 127
online copyMarkham, C.A.(ed), 1898,
The Records of the Borough of Northampton Vol. 1 (Northampton and London) p. 41-3
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009,
Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Hannes Kleineke, 2006, 'Market Privileges 1150-1300',
Borough Market Privileges: The hinterland of medieval London, c.1400 online copyPage, Wm (ed), 1930,
VCH Northampton Vol. 3 p. 1-32
dated to 1251>online copyBallard, A. and Tait, J. (eds), 1923,
British borough charters, 1216-1307 p. 348-9 [online copy
Lancum, S., 1833, Report of the cause Lancum against Lovell … for ascertaining the right of the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Northampton to take certain tolls in the said town (Northampton) p. 206-7
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 06/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
