mayor, bailiffs, commonalty, burgess and merchants of Coventry was granted an exemption from murage dated 26/11/1451.
Wording
Grant, of special grace, mere motion and sure knowledge, to the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Coventry, and their heirs and successors … {created county and various liberties}…;
the mayor, bailiffs, commonalty, burgess and merchants of the city shall be quit of toll, passage, pontage, murage and pavage on their goods and merchandise in the land of Ireland;
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By K. and for one mark paid in the hanaper.
Granted by Henry VI. (Regnal year 30). Granted at Westminster. Grant by By K. and for one mark paid in the hanaper..
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. 116-17
Comments
Very small fee. Unusual for quittance to be for a specific area.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 24/03/2009. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.
