All Souls College, Oxford was granted an exemption from murage dated 14/8/1442.
Wording
Grant to Richard Andrews, warden, and the college of the Souls of all the faithful departed, of Oxford of the following:-
they and all their men and tenants shall be quit of toll, pavage, pontage, carriage, murage, passage, payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, pesage, picage, terrage, scot and geld, of hidage, tax, rent or charge to be rendered in lieu of hidage or by the name of hidage, and of rendering any tax, rent or contribution …
Granted by Henry VI. (Regnal year 20). Granted at Windsor Castle. Grant by By K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1927, Calendar of Charter Rolls 5 Henry VI - 8 Henry VIII, AD 1427-1516, with an appendix, 1215-1288 Vol. 6. (HMSO) p. 35-36
Comments
The College was founded by Henry VI and Henry Chichele (fellow of New College and Archbishop of Canterbury), in 1438.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 11/03/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.
