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burgesses of Conwy (Aberconeweye) was granted an exemption from murage dated 8/9/1284.

Wording
Grant that the town of Aberconeweye shall be in future a free borough, and that the men of the said town shall be free burgesses.
{various liberties}
The burgesses shall have sok and sac, tol and team and infangenethef, and shall be quit throughout the realm of toll, lastage, passage, murage, pontage, stallage, leve, danegeld and gaywite and all other customs and exactions throughout the king's power in England and elsewhere. …

Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 12). Granted at Flint.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1906, Calendar of Charter Rolls Henry III-Edward 1 1257-1300 Vol. 2. (HMSO) p. 276-7 view online copy

Secondary Sources
Ballard, A. and Tait, J. (eds), 1923, British borough charters, 1216-1307 p. 256

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 07/03/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.

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