burgesses of Overton was granted an exemption from murage dated 20/1/1292.
Wording
Grant that the town of Overton shall be a free borough, and the men of the said town free burgesses, … and the said burgesses shall be quit through all the king's land of toll, stallage, lastage, passage, murage, pontage and ostallage (ostallagio), and of danegeld and gaywite and all other customs and exactions as well in England as in the king's other dominions; …
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 20). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1906,
Calendar of Charter Rolls Henry III-Edward 1 1257-1300 Vol. 2. (HMSO) p. 414
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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.
