John Bunce and John Bonde, burgesses of Bristol was granted an exemption from murage dated 28/2/1386.
Wording
Exemption, with the assent of the Council, for five years, of John Bunce and John Bonde, burgesses of Bristol, in consideration of their great expenses and losses in their suit for the deliverance of the king's kinsman, Philip de Courtenay, and other knights and esquires, the king's lieges, lately prisoners in Spain, from the payment of all new customs and subsidies for all merchandise bought or sold by them or their servants in the king's city of Bayonne or the liberty thereof, and from pontage and murage there.
Granted by Richard II. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Westminster. Grant by By p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1900,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II (1385-89) Vol. 3 p. 126
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Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 18/01/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.
