merchants of Amiens was granted an exemption from murage dated 8/7/1279.
Wording
Grant, at the instance of the king of France, to his merchants of Amiens, that all the merchants of that town coming to London to trade, be quit of murage there until a year after Michaelmas.
Mandate in pursuance to the mayor and sheriffs of London: and if they have taken anything already there are to restore it.
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 7). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1272-81) Vol. 1 p. 319
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Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 14/01/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.
